Howard L. Lance (born December 15, 1955, in East Peoria, Illinois) is an executive advisor at The Blackstone Group. On April 14, 2016, Lance was named as president and chief executive officer of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) effective May 16, 2016. In 2017, MDA became Maxar Technologies. On January 14, 2019, Maxar announced that Lance had "resigned from his roles as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of Maxar."