Darleen Druyun

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Darleen Druyun

Darleen Druyun, an alumna of Chaminade University and of the executive education program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, is a former United States Air Force official who went to work for Boeing. Druyun caused an illegal conflict of interest when she was hired to an executive position [1] and thereby tainted a deal the US government had made with Boeing for a 767 tanker lease program valued at $23 billion. After an investigation and pleading guilty to fraud, Druyun was sentenced to nine months in prison during 2004. She was released from prison on September 30, 2005. The ramifications extended to Boeing CFO Michael M. Sears, who was released from Boeing involuntarily, and Boeing CEO Phil Condit resigned.

Druyun was also involved in other scandals. In 1993 she was investigated for her involvement in a plan to speed up payments by the Air Force to McDonnell Douglas [2]. Although several other people involved were discharged, Druyun kept her position. During the discussions with Boeing regarding the tanker program she arranged positions for her daughter and her daughter's fiancé at Boeing[3]. Although this was a conflict of interest, it was not illegal.