Strategic Council

Gretchen W. McClain

Senior Vice President, ITT Corporation

President, ITT Fluid and Motion Control

Gretchen W. McClain is President of ITT Fluid and Motion Control, ITT's portfolio of businesses serving vital markets including water and fluids management and motion and flow control. She is also a corporate Senior Vice President and a member of the company's Strategic Council.

McClain joined ITT in September 2005 as the President of ITT's Residential & Commercial Water business. She was named President of ITT Fluid Technology in March 2007 and served in that role before being named to her current post in December 2008.

Prior to joining ITT, McClain was Vice President and General Manager of the Business, General Aviation & Helicopters (BGH) Electronics division at Honeywell Aerospace based in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to assuming the BGH position, she held a variety of leadership positions in Honeywell Aerospace's Engines, Systems & Services division, including Vice President for Engineering and Technology and Vice President for Program Management. She joined AlliedSignal in 1999, which later merged with Honeywell.

Earlier, McClain spent nine years with NASA and served as Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Development where she played a pivotal role in the successful development and launch of the International Space Station Program. Also with NASA, she served as Chief Director for Space Station, and as a Deputy Director for Space Flight. She began her career as a structures and dynamics engineer in the commercial aerospace industry.

McClain currently serves on the boards of the Hydraulic Institute, the largest association of pump producers in North America, and Faradyne, an ITT joint venture with Pentair, Inc.

McClain is a graduate of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where she earned her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.