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Textron’s Holmes To Replace Waldman as Huntington Ingalls Washington Chief

By John Robinson

Thursday, September 2nd, 2021

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Textron’s Holmes To Replace Waldman as Huntington Ingalls Washington Chief

Stewart Holmes, Huntington Ingalls Industries' new head of Washington operations

Mitch Waldman, long-time head of the Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Washington office, is retiring and will be replaced by his counterpart at Textron [TXT], Stewart Holmes, according to sources. Waldman’s departure marks the latest in a string of executive changes at the shipbuilder. Long-time communications chief, Jerri Dickseski, retired on Sept. 1. Both had been in their roles since 2011. Dickseski is being replaced by Brooke Hart, who starts at the end of the month. The company last week also…

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