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BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC (BWXT)

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Board of Directors

Director information for BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC (data for year 2026)

NamePositionAgeQualifications and ExperienceCommittee MembershipsFiling Year
Barbara A. NilandIndependent Director; Chair67["Former Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.","Over 30-year career with Northrop Grumman in roles of increasing responsibility, including the spin-off of HII in 2011","Over 30 years of financial and operations experience with shipbuilding and manufacturing operations for the U.S. Navy","Tenure in senior financial leadership roles with publicly traded peer companies","financially literate","audit committee financial expert"]["Audit and Finance","Governance","Audit and Finance Committee","Governance Committee"]2026
Daniel L. JablonskyCEO; Independent Director57["CEO at Sierra Space","Former Chairman & CEO at Ursa Major","Former President & CEO of Maxar Technologies","Former President of DigitalGlobe","Extensive leadership experience in the aerospace industry","Nuclear engineer","Lawyer","financially literate","audit committee financial expert"]["Audit and Finance","Audit and Finance Committee"]2026
Gerhard F. BurbachIndependent Director64["Former President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Thoratec Corporation","Former leadership roles with Digirad Corporation, Philips Medical Systems, ADAC Laboratories, McKinsey & Company and CitiCorp","Leadership background with medical device companies","Key external perspective and insight into medical isotope business","Experience in strategy, development, operations, customers and other stakeholders","financially literate","audit committee financial expert"]["Compensation","Audit and Finance","Audit & Finance","Audit and Finance Committee"]2026
James M. JaskaChief Executive Officer; Independent Director75["Chief Executive Officer, Versar, Inc.","Former President, Valiant Integrated Services LLC","Former President, Government for AECOM (formerly AECOM Technology Corporation)","Former Director, President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Tetra Tech, Inc.","Chief Executive Officer, Versar, Inc. since October 2021","Former President and Chief Executive Officer of GC Valiant LLC and Valiant Integrated Services LLC","Former Division President of Supreme Group LLC","Leadership roles with AECOM and Tetra Tech, Inc.","Master's degree and a bachelor's degree from Western Illinois University","financially literate","audit committee financial expert"]["Audit and Finance","Compensation","Audit and Finance Committee"]2026
Jan A. BertschDirector; Independent Board Chair69["Former Chief Financial Officer, Owens-Illinois, Inc.","Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation","Former Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer, Borg Warner, Inc.","extensive corporate finance","strategic planning","restructuring","international experience","focus on operational enhancements","cost reduction strategies","revenue generation for Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies"][]2026
John M. RichardsonIndependent Director66["Former Chief of Naval Operations for the U.S. Navy","Over 37 years of service in the U.S. Navy with service as Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and command of the USS Honolulu nuclear submarine","nuclear","safety","regulation","operations management","oversight of complex systems","national security experience"]["Audit and Finance","Compensation","Audit and Finance Committee"]2026
John R. MacQuarriePresident, Commercial Operations59["27 years with BWXT","Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in applied science in mechanical engineering from the University of Toronto","Licensed professional engineer in Ontario","Former Chair of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Nuclear Association"]["Canadian Nuclear Association","Nuclear Innovation Institute"]2026
Joseph K. MillerPresident, Government Operations46["15 years with BWXT","master's degree in radiation health physics from Oregon State University","experience in Photolithography Engineering at Samsung Austin Semiconductor","Mechanical Test Engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding","Machinist Mate and ELT in the U.S. Navy"]["Central Virginia Community College Educational Foundation Board","Nuclear Energy Maritime Organize Ltd. Board","Oregon State University Nuclear Science and Engineering Advisory Board"]2026
Kenneth J. KriegIndependent Director65["Founder and Principal, Samford Global Strategies","Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics","Various roles with the Department of Defense","Founder and Principal of Samford Global Strategies","Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics","Experience in defense and foreign policy assignments","Public company board member of Leonardo DRS, Inc. since November 2022","Board member of Republic Capital Access since 2025","Previous board member of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. (2014-2016) and API Technologies, Inc. (2011-2016)"]["Governance","Governance Committee"]2026
Kurt A. BenderChief Digital Officer48["Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering technology","Master of Science in Technology from Purdue University","MBA and Ph.D. in Global Leadership from Indiana Institute of Technology","Experience as Chief Digital Officer","Experience as Vice President - Global Applications, IT Quality & Continuous Improvement","Experience as Senior Director, Digital Transformation & Architecture at BAE Systems","Experience at L3Harris Technologies and Harris Corporation"][]2026
Leland D. MelvinIndependent Director62["Former astronaut serving twice on space shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist in support of the International Space Station","Former NASA associate administrator for education","24-year career with NASA as an astronaut and research scientist","served as mission specialist on two Space Shuttle Atlantis missions","served as a NASA Associate Administrator for Education","co-chair of the White House's Federal Coordination in STEM Education Task Force","U.S. representative to the International Space Education Board","director of Star Harbor Space Training Academy","Trustee Emeritus of the University of Richmond Board of Trustees","B.S. in chemistry from the University of Richmond","M.S. in materials science engineering from the University of Virginia","Venture Partner in Pier 70 Ventures"]["Governance","Governance Committee"]2026
Nicole W. PiaseckiIndependent Director63["Over 25 years with The Boeing Company in a number of senior leadership positions, including Vice President and General Manager of the Propulsion Systems Division for Boeing Commercial Airplanes","Director of BAE Systems and Weyerhaeuser Company","25 years with Boeing Company","Vice President and General Manager of the Propulsion Systems Division","Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Integration","President of Boeing Japan","board member of BAE Systems PLC","board member of Weyerhaeuser Company","board member of Howmet Aerospace Inc.","director on private company and non-profit boards"]["Governance","Governance (Chair)","Governance Committee"]2026
Rex D. GevedenPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director65["President and Chief Executive Officer since 2017","Former Chief Operating Officer from October 2015 to December 2016","Former Associate Administrator of NASA","broad leadership and technical experience overseeing commercial manufacturing operations for publicly traded companies","experience with high-consequence technology programs for the U.S. government","strategic vision","10 years with BWXT","Led operating segments at Teledyne Technologies","President of Teledyne DALSA, Inc.","Bachelor and masters degrees in physics from Murray State University"][]2026