Board of Directors
Pictured above, left to right, top to bottom:
Weldon, Ambrose, Smith, Ervin, Dugle, O’Rourke, Thornton, Faga, Maser, Levin, Pulham, Barrett, Ballhaus
Executive Committee
Chairman
Mr. Martin C. Faga
former president and CEO, The MITRE Corporation
former director, National Reconnaissance Office
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Elliot H. Pulham
Space Foundation
Vice Chairman
Mr. Lon C. Levin
president, SkySevenVentures
Secretary
The Honorable Barbara Barrett
president and CEO, Triple Creek Ranch
former U.S. ambassador to Finland
Treasurer
Ms. Anita M. Antenucci
managing director, Houlihan Lokey
Directors
Mr. Richard F. Ambrose
president, Lockheed Martin IS&GS – National
Mr. David Caddey
executive vice president, Space Missions Group, MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates, Ltd.
The Honorable Robert E. Cramer
chairman, Wexler & Walker
Ms. Lynn A. Dugle
president, Raytheon IIS
Mr. John W. Elbon
vice president and general manager, Boeing Space Exploration
ADM James O. Ellis, Jr., USN, Ret.
former commander, United States Strategic Command
Mr. Gary W. Ervin
corporate vice president and president, Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems
Mr. James Maser
president, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Mr. P.J. O’Rourke
author and political satirist
Ms. Kay N. Sears
president, Intelsat General
The Honorable Patricia Grace Smith
former assistant administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
principal, Patti Grace Smith Consulting
Mr. David L. Taylor
president and CEO, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Dr. Kathryn C. Thornton
University of Virginia professor
former NASA astronaut
The Honorable David Weldon, M.D.
head of Dave Weldon Consulting
former U.S. representative from the State of Florida
Chairman Emeritus
Mr. William B. Tutt
Tutco, LLC
President Emeritus
Mr. Richard P. MacLeod
Directors Emeritus
Dr. William F. Ballhaus, Jr.
former president and CEO, The Aerospace Corporation
Mr. John B. Higginbotham
The Honorable Kenneth B. Kramer
Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., USAF, Ret.
Booz Allen Hamilton
The Honorable Jaime Oaxaca
U.S. Mexico Foundation for Science
Dr. Simon Ramo
The Honorable Robert S. Walker
Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates
Space Foundation Founders
Mr. J. Braxton Carter
Carter and Company
The Honorable William Hybl
El Pomar Foundation
The Honorable Kenneth B. Kramer
Life Directors
The Honorable Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Mr. Robert A. Bednarek
SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES
Mr. James M. Beggs
Dr. Guion S. Bluford, Jr.
Aerospace Technology Group
CAPT Eugene A. Cernan, USN, Ret.
The Cernan Corporation
Dr. Jaleh Daie
Aurora Equity LLC
Gen. Howell M. Estes, III, USAF, Ret.
Howell Estes & Associates, Inc.
The Honorable Don Fuqua
The Honorable E. J. Garn
Mr. Paul Graziani
Analytical Graphics, Inc.
CAPT Frederick H. Hauck, USN, Ret.
former president, AXA Space
former NASA astronaut
Mr. William MacDonald Evans
Mr. James B. Hayes
Mr. Donovan B. Hicks
Mr. Sam F. Iacobellis
Mr. W. Bruce Kopper
Dr. Alexis C. Livanos
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Ms. Joanne M. Maguire
executive vice president, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
The Honorable Bill Nelson
Mr. Richard D. O'Connor
Gen. John L. Piotrowski, USAF, Ret.
The Honorable Charles Robb
former U.S. senator
former governor of the State of Virginia
Col. Brewster Shaw, Jr., USAF, Ret.
former vice president and general manager of Boeing Space and Exploration Systems
former NASA astronaut
VADM Richard H. Truly, USN, Ret.
Ms. Heidi R. Wood
managing director and senior equity analyst - aerospace, defense & defense electronics, Morgan Stanley
Honorary Members
The Honorable Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Dr. Buzz Aldrin
Mr. Norman R. Augustine
Dr. Charles Elachi
CAPT James A. Lovell, Jr., USN, Ret.
Dr. Hans Mark
The Honorable Peter B. Teets
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Museum of Natural History and NOVA Science Now
CAPT John W. Young, USN, Ret.
