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LGBTA Community in the US Defense Industry – A Role Model Distinguished Panel John Hickey Northrop Grumman Sandra Evers-Manly Northrop Grumman Sandra Fields Northrop Grumman Lt. Col. John Gillespie USAFR, OutServe SLDN Lance Freedman Lockheed Martin Mike Sofield Lockheed Martin Our Mission • • • • Explore Personal Development Explore Organizational Development Learn & Grow Share Our Personal Truth The Defense Industry1 • Over 1 million U.S. workers employed • 2.4 million Additional jobs from “Indirect and induced” employment that cascades from the industry • $84.2 billion payroll • ~$370 billion in products and services purchased from U.S. Department of Defense in 2010 • Over 2.2% of GDP from direct sales in the industry • Operating margins of around 7.15%2 • • 1 Source: The Aerospace and Defense Industry in the U.S., March 2012, available at http://armedservices.house.gov Source: Margins by Sector posted by Aswath Damodoran of NYU Stern School of Business, available at http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/datafile/margin.html 2 Influences on the Industry Culture • Impacted by political climate / executive administrations – Financial impacts – Social Trends • Highly regulated – Federal Acquisition Regulations – Ethical Disclosure Rules and Employment Restrictions – Arms Trafficking Regulations • • • • Specific to Defense: a military/veteran culture Highly technical, often cutting-edge Cooperation with customers and competitors Competition for highly-educated workers Historical Highlights- Civil Service Employment • 1950s: LGBT persons officially prohibited from federal employment – Over 1,000 gay federal employees fired and 2,000 applicants denied jobs – Executive Order 10450 explicitly called out “sexual perversion” • Series of court cases beginning with Norton v. Macy in 1969 began to change this position • 1970s: Sexual orientation removed as grounds for dismissal as a government employee • 1998: Executive Order 13087 (prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the competitive service of federal employment) • 2013: Overturning of Section 3 of the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) – Federal Agencies began changing policies on benefits • 2015: Marriage Equality further promotes equality Historical Highlights- Security Clearances • Most agencies refused clearances to LGBT persons until the mid 1980s • Clearances were granted sparingly for many years • Justifications relied officially on susceptibility to blackmail – Defense Personnel Security Research and Education Center (PERSEREC) found only 7 of 117 espionage (or attempted espionage) cases involved LGBT persons and none of the 7 involved blackmail • As late as 1990, in a case called High Tech Gays, the Court of Appeals in CA. ruled it was legal to deny clearances to gays and lesbians • 1995: Executive Order 12968 (forbids including sexual orientation as a basis for granting access to classified information) Famous Figures • • • • • • • • Alan Turing Dr. Frank Kameny Sgt. Leonard Matlovich Dr. Sally Ride BG Tammy Smith Major Gen. Trish Rose Grethe Cammermeyer Eric Fanning Time Magazine September 8, 1975 Sergeant Leonard Matlovich Famous Figures • • • • • • • • Alan Turing Dr. Frank Kameny Sgt. Leonard Matlovich Dr. Sally Ride BG Tammy Smith Major Gen. Trish Rose Grethe Cammermeyer Eric Fanning Brigadier General Tammy Smith Diversity in the Industry • Influenced by: – Federal Equal Opportunity laws – Incentives for contractors to the federal government – Same pool of potential employees • Challenged by: – Retirement “brain drain” and salary • At end of 2013, 10% of federal workers were eligible to retire • High Tech companies pay $20,000 to $35,000 more for mid career software engineers than defense industry³ – Need for highly educated, highly skilled workers 3 Source: Fortune Magazine http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/aerospace-defenseretirement-younger/2013/11/14/id/536565/ Diversity in the Industry • Defense Companies value diversity – – – – The two companies represented on this panel are: Out & Equal Sponsors Proud of their O&E Outie Trailblazer Award winners Proud to have Scored 100% in the 2014 HRC Corporate Equality Index • 3 additional defense companies also score 100% • Other companies are also working towards that goal Distinguished Panel John Hickey Northrop Grumman Sandra Evers-Manly Northrop Grumman Sandra Fields Northrop Grumman Lt. Col. John Gillespie USAFR, OutServe SLDN Lance Freedman Lockheed Martin Mike Sofield Lockheed Martin Remember Your Mission • Personal Growth • Organizational Growth …Continue the Conversation
