President and Chief Executive Officer,
Hawaii Superferry
Elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2008
Fargo is president and chief executive officer of Hawaii Superferry as part of his duties as managing director of J.F. Lehman & Company.
Fargo served as commander of the U.S. Pacific Command leading the largest unified command while directing the joint operations of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force from May 2002 until his retirement from the United States Navy in March 2005. He was responsible to the President and the Secretary of Defense through the chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and was the U.S. military representative for collective defense arrangements in the Pacific.
His naval career included six tours in Washington, D.C., in addition to five commands in the Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Middle East, which included serving as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander of the Naval Forces of the Central Command.
Fargo graduated from the United States Naval Academy.
Fargo serves on the Board of Directors for Hawaiian Electric Industries, Hawaiian Airlines, USAA, and the Japan-America Society of Hawaii. He also serves on the I’olani School Board of Governors and the Hawaii Pacific University Board of Trustees, and he is the National Vice Chairman of the Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
