Leo Mackay Jr.

Leo Mackay Jr.
Mackay in 2002
4th United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
In office
May 24, 2001 – September 30, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byEdward A. Powell (Acting)
Succeeded byGordon H. Mansfield
Personal details
Born
Leo Sidney Mackay Jr.

(1961-08-15) August 15, 1961 (age 62)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUnited States Naval Academy (BS)
Harvard University (MPP, PhD)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of service1983–1995
Rank Lieutenant Commander
UnitVF-11
Battles/warsOperation Earnest Will

Leo Sidney Mackay Jr. (born August 15, 1961) is an American businessman, and a former deputy secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

He is senior vice president, and an elected officer, of Lockheed Martin Corporation.[1] Currently, he is senior vice president - ethics and enterprise assurance, serving as the corporate audit executive (CAE); as well as leading the offices of Ethics and Business Conduct; Environment, Safety, and Health; enterprise risk; and serving as chief sustainability officer. The Lockheed Martin sustainability program has been perennially ranked among the world's best.[2]

He is a director, and investment committee member, of Lockheed Martin Ventures, the wholly owned venture capital arm of Lockheed Martin.[3] He reports to the CEO, the Audit Committee, and the Nominations and Corporate Governance Committee of the board of directors. He is an independent director of publicly-traded companies Ameren[4] and Cognizant Technology Solutions.[5] His work on Cognizant's audit committee has been highly praised.[6] He is also a former director (from 2016-2022) of the Federal Savings Bank of USAA and a former strategic advisor of Pegasus Capital Advisors. He was U.S. Black Engineer magazine's 2012 Black Engineer of the Year Awardee for Career Achievement, and the 2014 Lincoln-Douglass Award winner from the Republican National Committee.[7] He is a member, with term ending in September, 2023, of the Board of Regents of Concordia Theological Seminary.[8]

Previously, Mackay chaired the Board of Visitors at the Graduate School of Public Affairs of the University of Maryland (2008–2014). He was a board member, and chair of the Audit Committee, of the Center for a New American Security in Wahshington, DC (2007–2015), and continues on its Board of Advisors.[9] He was chair of the Lutheran Housing Support Corporation (2006–2011); Chair of the Secretary of Health and Human Services' Advisory Committee on Minority Health (2004–2005); and a board member of Cook's Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas (1998–2001).

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  2. ^ [2] 3BL Media, retrieved April 20, 2019
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  4. ^ [3] Ameren, Inc., retrieved January 17, 2021.
  5. ^ [4] Cognizant Technology Solutions, retrieved April 15, 2016
  6. ^ "More Cognizant FCPA Lessons". Radical Compliance. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  7. ^ [5] Black Engineer of the Year 2012 STEM Global Conference, retrieved April 15, 2016
  8. ^ [6] LCMS Convention, 2010, retrieved April 15, 2016
  9. ^ [7] Archived 2016-04-03 at the Wayback Machine Center for a New American Security, retrieved April 15, 2016