Vice President, Strategic Growth, Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions Pete Trainer is Vice President of Strategic Growth at Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions. In this role, he leads the company’s space market strategy, focusing on identifying, pursuing, and shaping high-impact opportunities across the defense and intelligence community. He drives long-term growth by aligning strategic priorities with emerging mission needs,…

Jeanne Meserve is an expert interviewer, sought-after moderator, podcast host and awardwinning journalist. During her career as an anchor and correspondent with CNN and ABC News Jeanne earned her profession’s highest honors, including two Emmys and the Edward R. Murrow Award. She also contributed to two CNN Peabody Awards. Jeanne interviews top leaders in industry,…

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Space Foundation Executive Director, Club for the Future General (Ret.) John Hyten is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Space Foundation. He served as the 11th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after a distinguished 40-year career in the United States Air Force. Before retiring…

Former Director, Missile Defense Agency Lt. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves was the Director, Missile Defense Agency (MDA). MDA’s mission is to develop, test, and field an integrated, layered, ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends against all ranges of enemy ballistic missiles in all phases of…

President, Committee on Space Research COSPAR Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund is the President of the Committee of Space Research (COSPAR) and Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs at the Space Policy Institute/George Washington University in Washington DC. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Space Foundation, on the Supervisory Board of the…

President, Higher Flight LLC Frank Lee Culbertson, Jr. (Capt, USN, Ret.) is an Aerospace Executive and a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, NASA astronaut and graduate of the US Naval Academy. He served as the Commander of the International Space Station for almost four months in 2001 and was the…

Former Senior Vice President, Space & Launch, Boeing Jim Chilton is senior vice president and senior advisor to Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS). Chilton assumed this role in February 2023. Previously, Chilton served as senior vice president of Boeing Defense’s Space and Launch division, which comprised International Space Station; the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew…

Treasurer, Space Foundation Thomas Feeney has served on the Space Foundation board since 2015 and was elected Treasurer in 2019. Feeney is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Associated Industries of Florida. Previously, Thomas represented the 24th Congressional District of Florida for six years, and also served in the Florida House of Representatives for…