Boeing names lead director

Boeing Co. said Thursday that its board of directors has elected Kenneth Duberstein to the post of lead director, succeeding Lew Platt, who died Sept. 8.

Duberstein, 61, has been a member of Boeing’s board since 1997. He is chairman and chief executive of The Duberstein Group, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm, and served as President Reagan’s chief of staff for two years in 1988-89.