Business Executives for National Security

According to its website, Business Executives for National Security (BENS) is a "nation-wide, non-partisan, member-driven organization working to help make America safe and secure." It was founded in 1982 by Stanley A. Weiss.

Personnel

• General Charles G. Boyd, President
• Stanley A. Weiss, Chairman
• Sidney Harman, Executive Committee Chairman (also of Harman International Industries)
• Stephen A. Cheney, Chief Operating Officer; also member of the Strategic Advisory Board of Triple Canopy Inc.

Vice Chairmen

• Denis A. Bovin, Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.
• Sidney Harman, Harman Int'l Industries, Inc.
• Landon H. Rowland, Stilwell Financial, Inc.
• Josh S. Weston, Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

Directors

• Gordon T. Beaham, III, Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Co.
• Raphael Benaroya, United Retail Group, Inc.
• Jeffrey T. Bergner, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Mary M. Boies, Boies & McInnis LLP
• Guy F. Budinscak, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
• Raymond G. Chambers, Amelior Foundation
• William T. Coleman III, BEA
• Jan Collmer, High Voltage Power Systems, Inc.
• Cristobal I. Conde, SunGard
• Howard E. Cox, Jr., Greylock
• Frank J. Caufield, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
• Albert R. Gamper, Jr., The CIT Group, Inc.
• Maurice Greenberg, American International Group, Inc.
• Earle W. Kazis, Earle W. Kazis Associates, Inc.
• James V. Kimsey, President, Kimsey Foundation
• Bernard Marcus, The Home Depot, Inc.
• Ramon P. Marks, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
• John P. Morgridge, Cisco Systems, Inc.
• William F. Murdy, Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
• Mark S. Newman, DRS Technologies, Inc.
• Zenon Nie, C.E.O. Advisory Board
• H. Ross Perot, Jr., Perot Systems Corporation
• Kenneth W. Rind, Israel Infinity Venture Capital
• William J. Rouhana, Jr., WS Management, LLC
• Paul G. Stern, Arlington Capital Partners
• The Honorable John C. Whitehead, AEA Investors, Inc.

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch articles

• Dan Rice
• Doug McCormick
• Jonathan E. Lewis
• Philip Lader - former president
• Stephen W. Powell
• Don W. Carlson - leading member