Lorraine M. Martin

Martin began her career in the 1980s as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, serving in several leadership positions for software intensive technology and development programs.

Following the Air Force, Martin joined Lockheed Martin at Unisys Defense Systems (which became Lockheed Martin) in 1988 as program manager for computer security contracts in support of the Strategic Defense Initiative and the YF-23 fighter aircraft program. She led command, control and intelligence programs, quickly established her leadership and business acumen, going on to hold larger roles.

As Executive Vice President and General Manager of the F-35 Lightning II program, Martin is credited with reducing costs while simultaneously increasing production and fielding aircraft worldwide. Her tenure with Lockheed Martin also includes serving as Vice President for all aspects of the C-130 Hercules and C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft, and as Vice President of the Flight Solutions, Simulation, Training and Support business area, leading the aircrew training programs for the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, C-130 Hercules, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor, F-15 Eagle and F-35 Lightning II, as well as flight simulation systems for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. She also led the expansion of Lockheed Martin's training business to numerous international training contracts. Her career began leading command, control and intelligence programs.

She retired from Lockheed Martin in May 2018 after 30 years.

Martin is a champion for diversity and inclusion, with a focus of advancing women in STEM, and speaks around the world about the importance of supporting and promoting women in STEM careers.[5]

Over the course of her career, Martin has worked with organizations in support of this mission, including Girls Inc, Girls Who Code and Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, where she served on the Board of Directors. She has also served on nonprofit boards, including INROADS, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orlando and the Cobb County GA Arts Council. In 2017, she was named to STEMconnector’s 100 Corporate Women Leaders in STEM.[6]

In 2015, was honored by the Fort Worth Business Press as one of the Great Women in Texas, where she led the F-35 program.[7] And in 2013, she was named among the year’s Women Worth Watching in STEM by Profiles in Diversity Journal, a magazine that works to advance diversity in STEM and other sectors.[8]

Martin holds a Master of Science in computer science from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts in computational mathematics from DePauw University.[9]