Aerospace and industrial energy control solutions provider Woodward announced the appointment of Karrie Bem as executive vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary, and chief compliance officer, effective Sep 16.

Bem will report directly to Chip Blankenship, chair and chief executive.

Most recently, she worked for Lockheed Martin Space as general counsel, National Security Space. In her three years at Lockheed Martin, she also served in roles as general counsel for the space sector’s operations, and supply chain operations functions, and Astrotech Space Operations.

Prior to that, she was the deputy general counsel for United Launch Alliance.