Maryanne R. Lavan
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Lockheed Martin Corporation
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Maryanne Lavan is the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Lockheed Martin Corporation. She is responsible for the Corporation’s legal affairs and law department, including serving as counsel to its senior leadership and Board of Directors.
She previously served as Vice President of Corporate Internal Audit, providing independent assessments of governance, internal controls and risk management.
She joined Lockheed Martin in 1990 as an attorney and served in increasingly responsible positions.
Ms. Lavan graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany with a Bachelor of Science degree. She received her juris doctor degree from the Washington College of Law, American University.
Ms. Lavan is a member of the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association. She serves on the governing bodies for the University at Albany Foundation and The Potomac School. Ms. Lavan also serves on the boards of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, the Council for Court Excellence, Equal Justice Works and MP Materials Corporation.