Howard Lance

Howard L. Lance currently serves as non-executive chairman of the board of Summit Materials, an aggregates-based construction materials company, as non-executive chairman of the board of Change Healthcare, a leading healthcare information technology company, and as a director of New Vista, a defense and aerospace special-purpose acquisition corporation.

Mr. Lance previously served as president and chief executive officer of Maxar Technologies from 2016-2019. He served as an executive advisor to The Blackstone Group from 2012-2016. Mr. Lance served as president and CEO of Harris Corporation between 2003-2012. Previously, he served as co-president of NCR Corporation and chief operating officer of its Retail and Financial Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lance spent 17 years at Emerson Electric Co., holding a number of senior management positions.

Mr. Lance has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Bradley University and a master’s degree in Management from Purdue University.