PHOTO RELEASE—Huntington Ingalls Industries President and CEO Honored By The Committee for Economic Development
September 14 2017 - 10:00AM
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its
president and CEO, Mike Petters, received the 2017 Owen B. Butler
Education Excellence Award. Petters was honored at the Committee
for Economic Development’s Distinguished Performance Awards Dinner
last night at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.
The Owen B. Butler Education Excellence Award was established in
2013 in honor of Brad Butler, former chairman and CEO of Procter
& Gamble and former chairman of the Committee for Economic
Development (CED). The award recognizes an individual’s exceptional
commitment to quality education, skills development and workforce
development programs.
“Receiving an award named for Owen B. Butler, a name synonymous
with commitment to early childhood education, is quite humbling,”
Petters said. “I’m a strong believer that our national security is
dependent on a well-educated populace. And the earlier we can
formalize that education, the stronger our nation will be.”
In 2016, Petters established the HII Scholarship Fund to
annually provide scholarships for children of its employees who are
pursuing post-secondary college or technical/vocation degrees, or
who are enrolled in pre-k school readiness programs. Petters
declines his annual salary, but for $1, to fund the program. He and
his family are also the sponsors of the class of 2014 at An
Achievable Dream, a Newport News school dedicated to the belief
that all children can learn and succeed regardless of their
economic status.
Mike Petters’ bio and photo are available at:
http://www.huntingtoningalls.com/team/mike-petters/.
The Distinguished Performance Awards Program recognizes business
leaders who have answered the call for leadership in their
companies and the communities in which they operate. The CED
believes when business becomes significantly involved in helping to
solve key economic problems, it can have a long-term positive
effect on society. Highlighting the outstanding work of our
Distinguished Performance Awardees offers the business community
strong examples they can follow.
Founded in 1942, the Committee for Economic Development of The
Conference Board (CED) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, business-led
public policy organization that delivers well-researched analysis
and reasoned solutions to our nation’s most critical issues. CED’s
work is grounded on seven core principles: sustainable capitalism,
long-term economic growth, efficient fiscal and regulatory policy,
competitive and open markets, a globally competitive workforce,
equal economic opportunity, and nonpartisanship in the nation’s
interest. View our latest research on sustainable capitalism,
education, immigration, infrastructure, campaign finance, tax
reform, and health care here: www.ced.org.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to
partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s
Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and
Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any
other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division
provides a wide range of professional services through its Fleet
Support, Integrated Missions Solutions, Nuclear &
Environmental, and Oil & Gas groups. Headquartered in Newport
News, Virginia, HII employs nearly 37,000 people operating both
domestically and internationally. For more information,
visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
Contact:
Beci BrentonBeci.Brenton@hii-co.com202-264-7143
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