Will Lead Effort To Reduce Company's Environmental
Footprint
Kim Smith has been named to the position of vice president of
Boeing Environment, Health and Safety. In that role, she will be
responsible for leading Boeing's ongoing effort to continuously
reduce the environmental footprint of its global operations,
products and services. In addition, she leads the company's
workplace safety programs. Smith will report to John Tracy, Boeing
chief technology officer and senior vice president of Engineering,
Operations & Technology.
Smith, 37 (pictured), succeeds Mary Armstrong, who has announced
her retirement after 27 years with Boeing. Armstrong will continue
with the company through February to ensure a smooth leadership
transition. She brings a wide range of manufacturing, engineering
and supplier management experience and leadership to the Boeing
Environment Health and Safety leadership role, Tracy said. "Kim is
uniquely suited to build upon Boeing's record of progressive
environmental and safety strategies and performance that Mary
Armstrong and her team have delivered over the past five years,"
said Tracy. "She's the right person to drive continued improvements
in these areas throughout Boeing and our supply chain."
Since 2007, when the Environment Health and Safety group was
formed under Armstrong, the number of Boeing International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 certified sites has
grown from 2 to 35; its Carbon Disclosure Project Index score on
climate change awareness and reporting has improved from 35 to 92;
the company is the highest ranked company in the capital goods
sector of the Newsweek Green Rankings at 37; and the company has
steadily improved its employee safety record.
"Mary has helped Boeing push the envelope in leading the
aerospace manufacturing industry in setting measurable goals for
reducing our global environmental footprint and driving injuries
out of the workplace," said Tracy. "She brought discipline and
rigor to our EHS organization, and Boeing and the aerospace
industry are in a better place in this critical area because of her
leadership."
Since May 2009, Smith has been Boeing Commercial Airplanes'
director of Supplier Management for Spirit AeroSystems, a key
Boeing supplier of airplane sections and fuselages. Smith has held
a wide range of internal and external assignments. She has led
organizations within the Fabrication Division and 737 program at
Boeing Commercial Airplanes and has held jobs in manufacturing
research and development and production support engineering during
her career at Boeing. In addition, Smith has external experience as
a supplier to the automotive and other industries while she served
as a plant manager at GKN Sinter Metals, a division of GKN plc, in
Michigan. GKN Sinter Metals produces powdered metal parts for
automotive and a wide range of other industries. In that role,
Smith was responsible for overseeing all aspects of business,
including P&L responsibility and ISO 14001 certification.
Smith has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from
Michigan State University and an executive MBA from Seattle
University. She currently serves on the board of directors for the
League of Education Voters. She and her husband have two
children.
During her Boeing career, Armstrong also served as president of
Shared Services Group, vice president and general manager of
Commercial Airplanes Fabrication, vice president and general
manager of Boeing Aircraft Systems & Interiors, vice president
of Boeing Facilities Services, and process engineer for
Manufacturing Research & Development.