Business Executives for National Security (BENS) is an American public interest group. It was founded in 1982 by former mining executive Stanley A. Weiss.
Programs supported by BENS have included the Base Realignment and Closure program[1] and the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program. Base Realignment and Closure (or BRAC) is a process of the United States federal government directed at the administration and operation of the Armed The Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR Program (occasionally known as Nunn–Lugar based on a 1992 U
Board members include former Hewlett-Packard chairman, Carly Fiorina; former AIG chairman, Maurice R. Greenberg; EDS founder Ross Perot; and former chairman of Goldman Sachs, John C. Whitehead. Carleton "Carly" Sneed Fiorina (born Cara Carleton Sneed on September 6, 1954) is an American businesswoman Maurice R "Hank" Greenberg (born May 4, 1925 in New York City) is an American Businessman and former chairman and CEO of Henry Ross Perot (born June 27 1930 is an American businessman from Texas, who is best known for seeking the office of President of the United States in John Cunningham Whitehead (born April 2 1922) is currently the chairman of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation (WTC Memorial Foundation and former The group's current president is former Air Force general Charles G. Boyd. Charles Graham Boyd (1938-) is a retired four-star general of the United States Air Force.