Richard Stephens

Richard (Rick) Stephens is Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration for The Boeing Company. Stephens also is a member of the Boeing Executive Council.

A 30-year Boeing veteran, Stephens, 56, oversees all leadership development, training, employee relations, compensation, benefits, Global Corporate Citizenship, and diversity initiatives at the Chicago-based, $60.9 billion, 162,000-person commercial airplane and defense company. Stephens serves on a number of non-profit and business focused boards and has been recognized for his long-standing leadership to local and national organizations. He is an advocate for aligning and integrating community leaders' actions to develop a future workforce capable of the complex critical thinking and skills necessary for success in aerospace and other innovative industries.

Stephens has served on the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council; the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education; and on the President's Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and Universities. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a member of the National Science Resource Center Advisory Board, a member of the Business Higher Education Forum, and is chairman of the Illinois Business Roundtable. Stephens also serves as the Boeing executive focal for the University of Southern California and is chair of Healthcare for the Orange County Business Council.

Stephens received his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics in 1974 from the University of Southern California and his Master of Science degree in computer science in 1984 from California State University, Fullerton. He has completed the bulk of units necessary to receive a Master of Business Administration from the Claremont Graduate School of Business.

Stephens is an enrolled member of the Pala Band of Mission Indians and served as its chairman from 1988-89. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps officer.