Jim Albaugh is executive vice president of The Boeing Company and president and 
chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He is responsible for all of 
the company's commercial airplanes programs and related services. Named to this 
position effective Sept. 1, 2009, Albaugh, 60, is a member of the Boeing 
Executive Council and serves as Boeing's senior executive in the Pacific Northwest.
Prior to his current position, Albaugh was president and chief executive officer of 
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, a business unit providing integrated solutions 
to meet the needs of defense, space and intelligence customers in the United 
States and around the world. 
Previously, Albaugh was president and CEO of Boeing Space and Communications 
(S&C) for four years. This unit merged in July 2002 with the company's Military 
Aircraft and Missiles Systems unit to create Integrated Defense Systems. 
Before leading Space and Communications, Albaugh was president of Boeing Space 
Transportation, a predecessor unit of S&C. He assumed that position after serving 
as president of Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power, part of the Rockwell aerospace 
and defense businesses acquired by Boeing in 1996.  
A Washington state native, Albaugh joined the company in 1975 as a project 
engineer at its Hanford, Wash., operations. 
He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and an 
elected member of the International Academy of Astronautics. In 2010, Albaugh 
received the Forrestal Award from the National Defense Industrial Association for 
leadership in preserving a strong U.S. defense industrial base. He also was 
appointed to the board of the National Competitiveness Center, an independent 
organization that helps Saudi Arabia compete more effectively in the global economy.
In 2008, he was honored by the Southern California Aeronautic Association with its 
prestigious Howard Hughes Memorial Award for his extensive contributions to the 
aerospace industry. He was elected to the Willamette University Board of Trustees 
the prior year. 
In 2006, Albaugh was elected a member of the TRW Automotive board of 
directors; received the Semper Fidelis Award from the Marine Corps Scholarship 
Foundation; and was elected a member of the Aerospace Industries Association 
Board of Governors Executive Committee. 
He was appointed in 2003 by President George W. Bush to the National Security 
Telecommunications Advisory Committee. The National Defense Industrial 
Association recognized Albaugh in 2001 with the Bob Hope Distinguished Citizen 
Award. That same year, he also received the International von Karman Wings 
Award from the Aerospace Historical Society and was elected a Fellow to the Royal 
Aeronautical Society. 
Albaugh, a Gold-and-Silver-Knight of the National Management Association, was 
that organization's Executive-of-the-Year in 1999. He also is a member of the 
American Astronautical Society, the Air Force Association and the Washington 
Roundtable, and sits on the boards of a variety of corporate and charitable 
organizations. 
Albaugh holds bachelor's degrees in mathematics and physics from Willamette 
University and a master's degree in civil engineering from Columbia University.