John L. Garrison Jr.

John L. Garrison Jr.
President and CEO
Bell Helicopter, Textron
John Garrison was named Bell Helicopter’s president and chief executive officer in July 2009.
Prior to joining Bell, he served as president of Textron’s Industrial segment, which comprises four businesses:
E-Z-GO, Greenlee, Jacobsen and Kautex. Before that, he was president of E-Z-GO. John joined Textron in
2002 from Azurix Corporation, a global water company, where he was chairman, president and CEO. He
previously was vice president and general manager of Case Corporation’s North American Agricultural Group
and vice president and general manager for Case’s Agricultural Systems Group.
John earned a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University, and his bachelor’s degree
in engineering from West Point (Class of 1982). He also completed Textron’s Global Leadership program at the
University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He served 10 years on active duty in the U.S. Army as an
Airborne Ranger qualified artilleryman and taught in the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point, N.Y.
John serves as chair of the American Helicopter Society’s Vertical Flight Foundation, a board member for the
General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), and as a cabinet member of the Marine Corps
Scholarship Foundation’s American Patriots Campaign. He is also a member of Textron’s executive leadership
team.
When he’s not traveling the globe visiting with customers and employees, John enjoys golf, hunting and fishing,
and family vacations with his wife, Janet, and their two children.
About Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Bell Helicopter is an industry-leading producer of commercial and military, manned and unmanned vertical-lift aircraft and the pioneer of the revolutionary tilt-rotor
aircraft. Globally recognized for world-class customer service, innovation and superior quality, Bell Helicopter’s global workforce serves customers flying Bell aircraft
in more than 120 countries.
www.bellhelicopter.com | www.textron.com

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