President and CEO
Business Executives for National Security
General Charles G. Boyd became president and CEO of Business Executives for National Security (BENS) on May 1, 2002. Before joining BENS, Boyd served as senior vice president and Washington program director of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Boyd was commissioned in the Air Force through the aviation cadet program in 1960 and retired in 1995 after 35 years of service. A combat pilot in Vietnam, he was shot down on his 105th mission and survived 2,488 days as a prisoner of war. He subsequently became the only POW from that war to achieve the four-star rank. Boyd's final military assignment was as deputy commander in chief of U.S. forces in Europe. His other assignments as a general officer include vice commander of Strategic Air Command's 8th Air Force, director of plans at Headquarters U.S. Air Force in Washington, D.C., and commander of the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Boyd is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours.
Following his retirement from active duty, Boyd served as the director of the 21st Century International Legislators Project for the Congressional Institute, Inc. In 1998, he became executive director of the Hart-Rudman National Security Commission. Boyd is a member of the Board of Directors of the Nixon Center, DRS Technologies, Inc., Forterra Systems, Inc. and In-Q-Tel. He is a member of the USAF Air University Board of Visitors, is chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Air University Foundation, and serves on the Transformation Advisory Group for U.S. Joint Forces Command as well as the U.S. European Command Senior Advisory Group.
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