Primary Job Title Independent Board Director Primary Organization QuantumScape
Location Saint Louis, Missouri, United States Regions Midwestern US Gender Female
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Gena Lovett is an Independent Board Director at QuantumScape and was the vice president of Operations for Defense, Space & Security. Her primary responsibilities include production of all fixed-wing tactical aircraft, tankers, transport aircraft, rotorcraft, satellites and weapon systems. In this role, she integrates work across the core
Operations and Integrated Quality functions and coordinates with other functions, including Engineering and Environment, Health and Safety.
Lovett serves as deputy leader of the Boeing Operations Leadership Team (BOLT). The BOLT is responsible for encouraging the use of common metrics, systems and processes, as well as the replication of best practices throughout Boeing.
She has more than 20 years of leadership experience in manufacturing and operations. Before joining Boeing, Lovett was chief diversity officer for Alcoa, where she was responsible for cultivating a work environment that encouraged and supported diversity and inclusion at all levels of the organization. Under her leadership, Alcoa won the 2013 Catalyst Award and the Human Rights Campaign’s 2014 Corporate Equality Award.
Prior to this, as Alcoa’s director of manufacturing Lovett led the successful turnaround of a historically underperforming operation. Under her direction safety improved almost 80 percent, on-time delivery rose 50 percent, productivity grew 45 percent and employee engagement increased 24 percent.
Lovett spent the previous 15 years in progressively demanding manufacturing roles with Ford Motor Co. in Cleveland; Dearborn, Mich.; Chicago; Atlanta; and Allen Park, Mich. Her last assignment at Ford was plant manager of Prototype Operations.
She has a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Ohio State University and a master’s in international business from Baker College’s Center for Graduate Studies.
