Board Membership

The Defense Business Board has seventeen members as of April 2022. 
Click the member photo to read their biography.                           
 

Former Chairs

  • William "Gus" Pagonis (2002-2006)
  • Michael J. Bayer (2007-2011)
  • John Goodman (2011-2014)
  • Bobby L. Stein (2014-2015)
  • Michael J. Bayer (2015-2017)
  • Bill Simon (2018-2019)
  • Michael J. Bayer (2019-2020)

Presidential Appointments of Former Members After Serving on the Board

  • Barbara Barrett as Secretary of the Air Force
  • Denis Bovin as President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
  • Stephen Friedman as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, Council of Economic Advisors
  • Bob Hale as Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller
  • Dennis Hightower as Deputy Secretary of Commerce
  • Phil Merrill as Chairman of the Export-Import Bank
  • Richard Spencer as Secretary of the Navy