Christopher W Hansen

Hansen was elected senior vice president of Government Relations and named a member of the company's Executive Council on Jan. 1, 1999. Hansen joined the Boeing Congressional Affairs organization in May 1986. He held positions of increasing responsibility, including his appointment to the position of vice president of Congressional Affairs in January 1993. He was selected as vice president of the Washington Office in September 1994, and vice president of Government Affairs in 1997. In 1974, Hansen arrived in Washington, D.C., where he represented a group of 20 major international business concerns before the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch. He simultaneously helped direct a small international business trade association. In 1975, Hansen joined the aerospace community by becoming a corporate employee of General Dynamics in their Washington, D.C., office. He held various positions of increasing responsibility, including corporate director of Washington Operations. In that capacity, he was responsible for Congressional Affairs, the daily operation of the Washington office, and the management of corporate marketing field offices nationwide. Hansen received a bachelor's degree from the University of Denver and earned a master's in International Management from the American University Graduate School of International Management. In addition to membership on the National Bureau of Asian Research Board of Directors, Hansen is a member of the Executive Committee of the U.S. Council of International Business as well as the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for The Wolf Trap Foundation.