Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director / Former Senior Government Official Role: Director, Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (BAH) Board Tenure: 2014 – present Committee Memberships: Compensation Committee (Chair); Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Basis for Inclusion: Gretchen W. McClain holds a documented governance role at Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation, which is a major defense and government technology contractor deriving approximately 97% of its revenue from U.S. federal government contracts — primarily with defense and intelligence agencies. Booz Allen Hamilton made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while holding billions in federal government contracts whose renewal and expansion are directly influenced by presidential administration priorities and budget decisions. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.

Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director / Former Senior Government Official. Board membership and prior government service are matters of public record. This profile documents only the governance role and its connection to documented corporate political activity.

What is NOT the basis for inclusion: McClain’s personal political opinions, party affiliation, public statements, or any protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion. The basis is solely the documented directorial role and its fiduciary connection to corporate political spending and government contracting documented in the parent corporate donor profile.

Biographical Overview

Gretchen W. McClain is a defense industry executive and former senior NASA official with a career spanning aerospace engineering, space technology, and industrial operations. She served as Deputy Associate Administrator and later Associate Administrator for Space Science at NASA, bringing government-side experience in large-scale technology program management to her corporate career. After leaving government service, McClain built an executive career in the industrial and defense technology sectors, including CEO and executive roles at major industrial companies. She has served on the boards of multiple publicly traded companies across defense, energy, and technology sectors. Her background in large-scale federal program management and industrial operations is directly relevant to Booz Allen’s government technology business.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE: BAH)
• Board tenure: 2014 – present
• Committee assignments: Compensation Committee (Chair); Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
• As Chair of the Compensation Committee, McClain has direct governance responsibility for executive compensation at Booz Allen Hamilton — including the compensation structure for CEO Horacio Rozanski and the senior leadership team. The Compensation Committee also oversees equity incentive plans and compensation policies across the organization.
• As a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, she participates in governance policy decisions including board composition and corporate governance standards.

Government Service

• Associate Administrator and Deputy Associate Administrator, Space Science, NASA
• Senior executive responsible for managing NASA’s space science programs and technology development
• Additional federal government advisory roles in aerospace and technology

Other Current Board Memberships

• Additional public company board service in industrial, defense, and energy sectors (current as of proxy filing date)

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the Booz Allen Hamilton corporate donor profile, which documents the corporation’s government contracting relationships and political spending under the Trump administration.

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Sources

• Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement, 2025; SEC EDGAR (CIK 1443646)
• NASA biographical records