Dawne Hickton

She is the chief operating officer and president of the aerospace, technology and nuclear businesses of the Jacobs Engineering Group.

[12] She pursued a strategy of buying specialty firms such as Remmele Engineering,[11][13][14][15] the Forming Division of Aeromet,[16][17] and others as part of a program of vertical integration.

[20] She worked as a Corporate Trial Attorney at U.S. Steel from 1983 to 1994, and represented the firm before the Equal Employment Advisory Counsel.

[22] She managed accounting, treasury, tax, business information systems, personnel and legal functions.

[27] During the global downturn beginning about 2008, the company struggled to stay profitable despite weakness in industries which buy titanium and related products such as the commercial aerospace and energy industries,[28] although a reporter described the business as "relatively strong" when then-presidential contender Barack Obama toured an RTI plant in February.

[12] She wrote: It is long past time for congressional leaders to stop blaming the "other side" and take action.

Kicking the deficit reduction can down the street into the election year ahead is a dangerous strategy.As a business executive, she serves on various boards, including the Board of Governors of the Aerospace Industries Association,[21][23][26][36] a director of the International Titanium Association,[23][26] and a director of the FNB Corporation.