Rich Greene has joined Lockheed Martin Corporation as the Director of Global Aid and Development.

Greene joins the corporation from the State Department where he most recently served as the Acting Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance, helping manage the $35 billion annual foreign aid budget and ensuring that government funding was used effectively to meet American policy objectives. In this role he also was responsible for the planning and coordination of all foreign assistance programs, which touch more than 150 countries through ten separate federal agencies.

Greene previously served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. In that capacity he managed humanitarian assistance and refugee resettlement programs and oversaw U.S. assistance to United Nations agencies, the Red Cross and other non-governmental organizations.

"I'm proud to welcome Rich to the Lockheed Martin family," said Mike Dignam, President of Lockheed Martin Readiness and Stability Operations. "Rich brings tremendous experience and understanding of American aid programs and their essential role in advancing U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives. I know he will build on our company's outstanding record of support to our customers at the Department of State and international organizations."

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.

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