GM Adds Former Lockheed Executive as Fifth Female Board Member

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General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, added Linda Gooden, a former executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Corp., as a director, giving the board a fifth woman and second black member.

Gooden, 61, retired from Lockheed in 2013. She also served on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010. She joined GM’s board Thursday as its 13th director.