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Former Boeing Comms Exec To Join Leidos As EVP Of Communications And Marketing

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 3rd, 2024

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Former Boeing Comms Exec To Join Leidos As EVP Of Communications And Marketing

Longtime Boeing [BA] communication Chief Thomas Downey, who retired from company in 2017, will be back in business shortly, joining Leidos [LDOS] next Monday as executive vice president, chief communications and marketing officer, reporting to Tom Bell, the company’s CEO. Downey, 60, will join Leidos’s executive leadership team and manage government affairs for the defense and government services company. Downey succeeds Melissa Duenas, who left Leidos in August to become the vice president of communications for Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Aeronautics…

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