Dawne Hickton​, EVP and COO, Critical Mission Solutions​, Jacobs

2020 PSC Board Member

Dawne Hickton Executive Vice President and COO, Critical Mission Solutions

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Dawne S. Hickton serves as Jacobs Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Critical Mission Solutions line of business, and she is a member of the Executive Leadership Team for Jacobs. Additionally, Ms. Hickton oversees several corporate teams, including Federal Government Relations and International Relations.

Ms. Hickton joined Jacobs on June 3, 2019 after having served on the Jacobs Board of Directors since 2015. She has more than 30 years of diversified manufacturing experience, including more than 15 years at the executive officer level in the aerospace and defense metals industry spanning several business cycles. She is the former Vice Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer of RTI International Metals, Inc. a billion dollar, vertically-integrated global supplier of advanced titanium and specialty metals fabricated structural products that was acquired by Alcoa in July 2015, and subsequently split into a division of Arconic in 2016.

Under her leadership from 2007-2015, RTI was transformed from a mid-size manufacturer of titanium mill products to one of the world’s largest integrated, value-added suppliers of titanium and aluminum parts and engineered structures as part of a key supply chain to the aerospace industry and other markets. Ms. Hickton and her team were able to grow the company by doubling its revenue and were able to provide shareholders a 50% premium in stock value with the sale to Alcoa.

She was named in the Top 100 STEM Leaders by STEMconnector, a consortium of businesses, organizations, and universities that connects thought leaders on issues related to science, technology, engineering, and math.

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Ms. Hickton is the founding partner of Cumberland Highstreet Partners, Inc., a consulting services company established in 2016, where she currently serves in an advisory capacity. She is past president of the board of directors of the International Titanium Association (ITA). In her capacity as a director of ITA, she founded an international organization, Women in Titanium, which provides mentoring for young women in the material sciences. Ms. Hickton also served on the executive committee of the Aerospace Industries Association, a Washington, D.C. based organization supporting the U.S. aerospace and defense industries. She is a board member of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum as well as a member of the University of Pittsburgh’s Board of Trustees.

Ms. Hickton earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and is a graduate of the University of Rochester.