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Northrop Grumman Names George Simmerman, Jr. and Jerri Fuller Dickseski Shipbuilding Vice Presidents
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2008 -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation has appointed two vice presidents to key
positions in its newly formed Shipbuilding sector, effective
immediately.
George Simmerman, Jr. will serve as vice president, assistant general
counsel and sector counsel, and Jerri Fuller Dickseski will serve as
sector vice president of communications. Simmerman is based in
Pascagoula, Miss. and Dickseski is based in Newport News, Va.
"I am delighted to name these two outstanding professionals as the
first appointments to my staff," said Mike Petters, corporate vice
president and president of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. "George is a
seasoned and highly regarded attorney and Jerri has earned respect from
the media, our customers and her industry colleagues. Both will be
vital to the transition process as we align Shipbuilding's Newport News
and Gulf Coast operations."
Simmerman will be responsible for all legal advice for the new sector.
He will report to W. Burks Terry, corporate vice president and general
counsel. He joined the company in 1991 as a division counsel at Ingalls
Shipbuilding and has held positions of increasing responsibility and
most recently served as vice president, assistant general counsel and
sector counsel at the company's former Ship Systems sector.
Simmerman earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from
Spring Hill College and a juris doctor from the University of
Mississippi School of Law. He has completed executive education
programs in finance, general management and leadership and on marketing
strategy at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the
University of Maryland. He has served as president, vice president and
treasurer of the Jackson County Bar Association, as a director of the
Mississippi Bar's Young Lawyer Section and as the Mississippi Chair of
the ABA Section on Public Contract Law. He is a native of Pascagoula.
Dickseski will be responsible for all communications functions
including media relations, employee and executive communications,
special events, and trade show support at Shipbuilding's Newport News
and Gulf Coast locations.
She most recently served as the sector director, communications, for
the company's former Newport News sector. Dickseski joined the company
in 1991 as a writer and editor for Newport News Shipbuilding and has
held a number of communications positions to include manager, media
relations and director, corporate communications, when Newport News was
an independent company. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in
English from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $32 billion global defense and
technology company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems,
products, and solutions in information and services, electronics,
aerospace and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers
worldwide.
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