About UChicago Argonne, LLC
Board of Governors
Mary Armstrong
Vice President of Environment, Health and Safety, Engineering, Operations & Technology
Mary Armstrong is vice president of Environment, Health and Safety for The Boeing Company, the world's largest aerospace company.
Since naming Armstrong to the position in May 2007, Boeing has established — and is on track to meet — aggressive environmental performance targets for 25 percent improvements in energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions intensity, hazardous waste generation, water consumption and recycling rates by 2012.
Additionally, the company completed a major goal by certifying all of its major manufacturing facilities to the globally recognized ISO 14001 environmental standard and has been named a top performing industrial company in both the 2009 and 2010 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index, which ranks corporations for transparency around reporting climate-change risks and actions to improve environmental performance.
Under her leadership, Boeing established a target to improve workplace safety by 25 percent between 2009 and 2013. The company is on track to meet this target.
Armstrong reports to John Tracy, senior vice president of Engineering, Operations & Technology and chief technology officer for Boeing.
Prior to her current position, Armstrong was president of Boeing Shared Services Group, responsible for leading a 10,000 person business unit that provides cost-effective services across Boeing's global enterprise. She was named to that assignment in December 2004.
Previously, Armstrong served as vice president and general manager of the Commercial Airplanes Fabrication Division, composed of 12 operating sites throughout the world. There she was responsible for leading component engineering and manufacturing facilities that supply parts, tools and assemblies for Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space & Security.
Armstrong's earlier leadership assignments included serving as vice president and general manager of the Boeing Aircraft Systems & Interiors division and vice president of Boeing Facilities Services for the Puget Sound area and Wichita, Kan.
Armstrong joined the company in 1984 as a process engineer for Manufacturing Research and Development.
Prior to joining Boeing, Armstrong worked as a process engineer for Chevron Research Company.
Armstrong holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle, and a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester, New York.
She serves on The Nature Conservancy's International Leadership Council, the board of governors for Argonne National Laboratory, the executive committee for The Conference Board Chief EH&S Officers' Council and as vice chair of the board of directors for the World Environment Center. Armstrong also serves on the board of directors for IslandWood, a Bainbridge Island, Wash., school inspiring environmental and community stewardship, and the University of Washington Chemical Engineering advisory board.
Armstrong and her husband have five sons, and together they enjoy boating, fishing and other outdoor activities.
