Principal Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs; Chief Communications Officer
Ashburn, Virginia
Bechtel Corporation
Principal Vice President, Corporate Affairs
December 2009 to Present
Raytheon IIS
VP, Communications; Site Executive
October 2004 to December 2009
Raytheon Company
Vice President, Communications IIS; Falls Church Site Executive
October 2004 to December 2009
American Management Systems
SVP, Global Communciations
2000 to 2004
DynCorp
VP, Communications
1992 to 2000
PRC/Northrop Grumman
Director of Employee Communications
1995 to 1996
Charlene A. Wheeless is Principal Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs for Bechtel Corporation, one of the leading engineering, procurement, and construction companies in the world. Bechtel has annual revenue of $30 billion and employs more than 53,000 employees around the world. As head of Global Corporate Affairs, Charlene is responsible for all aspects of global employee,... Charlene A. Wheeless is Principal Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs for Bechtel Corporation, one of the leading engineering, procurement, and construction companies in the world. Bechtel has annual revenue of $30 billion and employs more than 53,000 employees around the world. As head of Global Corporate Affairs, Charlene is responsible for all aspects of global employee, executive and external communications, issues management, reputation management, sustainable development and public affairs. She serves on the company’s marketing and business development and ethics and compliance working groups and is a director of the Bechtel Foundation.
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Charlene Wheeless works for Bechtel Corporation
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Charlene Wheeless is Principal Vice President, Corporate Affairs
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Principal Vice President, Corporate Affairs @ Charlene A. Wheeless is Principal Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs for Bechtel Corporation, one of the leading engineering, procurement, and construction companies in the world. Bechtel has annual revenue of $30 billion and employs more than 53,000 employees around the world. As head of Global Corporate Affairs, Charlene is responsible for all aspects of global employee, executive and external communications, issues management, reputation management, sustainable development and public affairs. She serves on the company’s marketing and business development and ethics and compliance working groups and is a director of the Bechtel Foundation. From December 2009 to Present (6 years 1 month) VP, Communications; Site Executive @ Charlene was the Vice President of Communications for the Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) business unit of Raytheon Company as well as the Site Executive for the company’s 1,500-employee operation in Northern Virginia. In these positions, she oversaw global public relations, advertising, media relations, marketing communications, employee communications, and community relations for IIS locations throughout the world, and served as the lead executive for Raytheon’s largest facility in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Charlene was also a certified internal coach and mentor to employees across the company. From October 2004 to December 2009 (5 years 3 months) Vice President, Communications IIS; Falls Church Site Executive @ Charlene was the Vice President of Communications for the Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) business unit of Raytheon Company as well as the Site Executive for the company’s 1,500-employee operation in Northern Virginia. In these positions, she oversaw global public relations, advertising, media relations, marketing communications, employee communications, and community relations for IIS locations throughout the world, and served as the lead executive for Raytheon’s largest facility in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Charlene was also a certified internal coach and mentor to employees across the company. From October 2004 to December 2009 (5 years 3 months) SVP, Global Communciations @ Charlene was Senior Vice President of Global Communications and Marketing for American Management Systems (AMS) where she was responsible for all aspects of the AMS global communications program, including brand management, media relations, advertising, marketing communications, internal communications, and industry relations, as well as sales administration and management of the company’s customer communications and loyalty program. From 2000 to 2004 (4 years) VP, Communications @ Corporate officer and vice president of Corporate Communications for one of the nation’s largest employee-owned technology and service providers. From 1992 to 2000 (8 years) Director of Employee Communications @ From 1995 to 1996 (1 year) MBA, Marketing @ Keller Graduate School of Management From 2007 to 2009 Master of Arts, Public Communication @ American University From 1992 to 1994 BA, Journalism @ New Mexico State University From 1982 to 1987 Charlene Wheeless is skilled in: Internal Communications, Public Speaking, Marketing, Strategic Communications, Corporate Communications, Crisis Communications, Media Relations, Program Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Executive Management, Strategic Planning, Communication Training, Strategy, Public Affairs, Communications Planning
Extraversion (E), Intuition (N), Feeling (F), Judging (J)
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