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.

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