Senior Management
Victoria F. Haynes
President and Chief Executive Officer
download imageVictoria Franchetti Haynes, PhD, became RTI International’s third president in 1999. Her career spans 31 years of technology leadership, management, and new business development. She began her career at Monsanto Company in 1977, and held a number of senior management positions, including director of technology in the company’s plastics division until 1992. Prior to joining RTI, she worked for seven years at Goodrich Corporation as vice president of research and development and later as chief technical officer and vice president of the company’s advanced technology group. Haynes currently serves as a corporate board member for Archer Daniels Midland Company; Nucor Corporation; PPG Industries, Inc.; and Ziptronix, Inc.
James J. Gibson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jim Gibson became executive vice president and chief financial officer at RTI in 2000. He began his finance career at Ernst & Ernst in 1976 in New Jersey. In 1980, he joined Hughes Aircraft Company in Southern California holding a number of financial-related positions of increasing responsibility. In 1985, he joined the corporate office of Rockwell International Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he held various executive level positions including assistant corporate controller. Gibson is a licensed attorney with an undergraduate BS degree from State College of New Jersey-Ramapo, an MBA from The University of Southern California, and JD degree from Duquesne University. In addition to his active participation in many professional associations, he is a member of the board of directors of Nextreme Thermal Solutions and an advisory board member of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
E. Wayne Holden
Executive Vice President, Social and Statistical Sciences
E. Wayne Holden, PhD, a distinguished researcher and clinical psychologist with 20 years of experience, joined RTI International Nov. 1, 2005, as executive vice president of Social and Statistical Sciences. Holden previously served as president of the research company ORC Macro. Before joining ORC Macro, Holden served more than 10 years in a variety of roles at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine, including director of pediatric psychology and project director of the Families in Transition program, in addition to being a tenured associate professor. During that period, Holden also maintained a private clinical pediatric psychology practice. Since 1999, he has held an appointment as clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University’s School of Medicine. Holden is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and has authored more than 100 journal articles and 16 books or book chapters on various topics in clinical child/pediatric psychology and health services research.
Jennie Hunter-Cevera
Executive Vice President, Discovery and Analytical Sciences and Corporate Development
Jennie Hunter-Cevera, PhD, joined RTI International July 1, 2009, as executive vice president of Discovery and Analytical Sciences and Corporate Development. She has more than 22 years of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Before joining RTI, Hunter-Cevera was president of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and head of the Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology in 1995, received the Society of Industrial Microbiology (SIM) Charles Porter Award in 1996, was elected a SIM Fellow in 1997, and was named the Nath Lecturer at West Virginia University in 1999. She is the 2004 recipient of the American Society for Microbiology Porter Award for achievement in biodiversity research and was elected an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow in 2007. Hunter-Cevera holds five patents, has 15 pending patents, and currently serves on the editorial board for International Microbiology and the advisory board for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Lon E. Maggart
Executive Vice President, International Development Group
Lon "Bert" Maggart was named executive vice president of the International Development Group in 2008. In his previous positions at RTI, he has led corporate operations and served as senior vice president and chief of staff, special assistant to the president, interim senior vice president of the Science and Engineering Group, and director of the Center for Semiconductor Research. He also served as program director for advanced learning environments, responsible for the development of virtual reality projects, simulators, and conceptual work on advanced technology. Before joining RTI in 1996, Maggart served a 30-year military career in the U.S. Army, retiring as a major general. His assignments included tours as chief of staff for the 1st Infantry Division, brigade commander during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, deputy chief of staff for doctrine at Fort Monroe, Va.; deputy commanding general at Fort Knox, Ky.; and commanding general of Fort Knox.
Satinder K. Sethi
Executive Vice President
Satinder Sethi, PhD, became executive vice president of the Science and Engineering Group in 2003 after serving for a year as RTI’s senior vice president of Chemistry and Life Sciences. In 2009, after the reorganization of the Science and Engineering Group, he assumed a lead role in special RTI projects that include business analysis, cross-institute research teams, and university collaborations. Sethi completed his PhD and postdoctoral fellowship, and then signed with Baxter International in 1983 as a senior research scientist. He joined Glaxo (now known as GlaxoSmithKline) in 1987 and held various positions during his 15-year tenure with the company, rising from a principal research scientist to director and then vice president of analytical sciences; to vice president of pharmaceutical development for the company’s North America unit; to vice president of group development operations in RTP.
Allen W. Mangel
Senior Vice President, RTI Health Solutions
Allen Mangel, MD, PhD, is senior vice president of RTI Health Solutions, a business unit of RTI International. After obtaining an MD from the Georgetown University School of Medicine, he did his internship, residency, and fellowship in gastroenterology at Duke University Medical Center. He later joined the faculty at Duke in the department of medicine. In 1995, Mangel joined GlaxoSmithKline and held various posts during his 6 years at the company. He also served as an executive director at Quintiles Inc. and as vice president of research and development at Salix Pharmaceuticals before joining RTI.
Lorena K. Clark
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs
Lorena Clark joined RTI International as senior vice president of Human Resources in March 2006. In October 2006, she was named senior vice president of Human Resources and Corporate Affairs. She has more than 25 years of human resources and business management experience with Fortune 500 companies such as PepsiCo, BFGoodrich, Campbell Soup Company, General Dynamics, and GenCorp’s Automotive Segment. She established Pinnacle Leadership Consulting in 1995 and has been its managing partner for the past 10 years, providing consulting services to companies such as Hughes/General Motors in Europe, Nationwide, the Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS), First Energy, and QWest. She has provided consulting services in talent management assessment and human resources strategic business planning to commercial, not-for-profit, and government agencies domestically and globally. Before establishing her consulting firm, she was vice president of Human Resources for GenCorp's Automotive Segment. Clark also served on the board of the Human Resource Planning Society and the board of Visitors for Hiram College in Ohio.
G. Edward Story
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Edward "Eddie" Story was named senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary in 2008. In his previous positions at RTI, he served as assistant general counsel and assistant corporate secretary as well as a contracting officer. Before joining RTI in 1990, Story was a private practice attorney in Wilmington, N.C. Story earned a bachelor's degree at Wake Forest University and a Juris Doctorate from Campbell University School of Law. He is a member of various professional associations, including the Association of Corporate Counsel and the North Carolina and Wake County Bar Associations.