Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chairman
Martin C. Faga
former president and chief executive officer, The MITRE Corporation
former director, National Reconnaissance Office
Chief Executive Officer
Elliot H. Pulham
Space Foundation
Vice Chairman
Lon C. Levin
co-founder, XM Satellite Radio
president, SkySevenVentures
Secretary
The Honorable Barbara M. Barrett
interim president (April 2012 - ), Thunderbird School of Global Management
president and chief executive officer, Triple Creek Ranch
former ambassador to Finland
Treasurer
Anita M. Antenucci
senior managing director, Houlihan Lokey
AT Large Member
ADM James O. Ellis, Jr., USN, Ret.
former commander, United States Strategic Command
former president and chief executive officer, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
Directors
Richard F. Ambrose
executive vice president, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Wanda M. Austin, Ph.D.
president and chief executive officer, The Aerospace Corporation
David Caddey
executive vice president, Space Missions Group, MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates, Ltd.
The Honorable Robert E. Cramer
chairman, Wexler & Walker
Lynn A. Dugle
president, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS)
John W. Elbon
vice president and general manager, The Boeing Company - Space Exploration
James Maser
president, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
P.J. O’Rourke
author and political satirist
Kay N. Sears
president, Intelsat General
Ronald M. Sega, Ph.D.
vice president and enterprise executive for energy, Colorado State University and The Ohio State University
The Honorable Patricia Grace Smith
former assistant administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
principal, Patti Grace Smith Consulting
Kathryn C. Thornton, Ph.D.
professor, University of Virginia
former NASA astronaut
Thomas E. Vice
corporate vice president and president
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
The Honorable Dave Weldon, M.D.
head of Dave Weldon Consulting
former U.S. representative from the State of Florida
Chairman Emeritus
William B. Tutt
Tutco, LLC
President Emeritus
Richard P. MacLeod
Directors Emeritus
William F. Ballhaus, Jr., Ph.D.
former president and CEO, The Aerospace Corporation
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
Simon Ramo, Ph.D.
The Honorable Robert S. Walker
Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates
Space Foundation Founders
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.
James M. Beggs
Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Ph.D.
Aerospace Technology Group
CAPT Eugene A. Cernan, USN, Ret.
The Cernan Corporation
Jaleh Daie, Ph.D.
Aurora Equity LLC
Gary W. Ervin
corporate vice president and president, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Gen. Howell M. Estes, III, USAF, Ret.
Howell Estes & Associates, Inc.
The Honorable Don Fuqua
The Honorable E. J. Garn
Paul Graziani
Analytical Graphics, Inc.
CAPT Frederick H. Hauck, USN, Ret.
former president, AXA Space
former NASA astronaut
William MacDonald Evans
James B. Hayes
Sam F. Iacobellis
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
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.
Heidi R. Wood
managing director and senior equity analyst - aerospace, defense & defense electronics, Morgan Stanley
Honorary Members
The Honorable Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Buzz Aldrin, Ph.D.
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.
