Marti Powers is vice president of Communications for Boeing Defense, Space & Security. She is responsible for leading communications strategy and planning for the business. Before joining Boeing, she was the external relations country manager at Shell Oil Company, where she oversaw the development and implementation of reputation strategies that supported the country and multiple lines of business license to operate objectives in the United States. Powers has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Midwestern State University and an Executive Master of Business Administration from Grand Canyon University.