Ms. Benita Fortner
Director
Supplier Diversity
Raytheon Company

Benita Fortner is the Director of Supplier Diversity for Raytheon Company. Her career spans 35 years in the aerospace and defense industry holding various management positions in manufacturing and engineering procurement, material processing and inventory management, administration and materiel program management with Raytheon and Hughes Electronics Corporation.

Ms Fortner currently serves as co-chair of TRIAD and Chair of the Advisory Board for the Minority Business Executive Programs at the Tuck School of Business. She also serves as a board or committee member of numerous small and minority business organizations including WBENC, DIR and the New England and Virginia NMSDC affiliate organizations.