Lindsay Papsidero

Sr. Director Civil & Commercial Business Development, Astrobotic Technology Lindsay Papsidero leads Astrobotic’s civil and commercial space business development portfolio, to include strategy development, payload sales, and strategic partnerships. Prior to Astrobotic, Lindsay served as the Director of Lunar Communications and Navigation at Crescent Space, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. During her time at Crescent,…
Tanya Pemberton

Executive Vice President, The Aerospace Corporation Tanya Pemberton is Executive Vice President of The Aerospace Corporation. She assumed this position on January 1, 2024. She was formerly Senior Vice President of the National Systems Group, responsible for the company’s support to the national security space and intelligence community in the acquisition, launch, and orbital operation…
Hélène Huby

CEO & Founder, The Exploration Company Helene is Co-Founder & CEO at The Exploration Company, a space tech startup whose mission is to democratize space exploration, making it affordable, sustainable, and open. The Exploration Company develops, manufactures, and operates spaceships that serve the logistic needs of the space stations around the Earth and the Moon,…
Dr. Michelle Parker

Vice President, Space Mission Systems, Boeing Defense, Space & Security Dr. Michelle Parker is vice president for the Space Mission Systems Business within Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS). She is responsible for strategic direction, program execution, and profit and loss for a portfolio that includes government and commercial satellites, space systems architecture, national security…
Wolfgang Duerr

Vice President & Head of Global Business Institutional Space, Airbus Defence and Space Wolfgang Duerr is Vice President and Head of Global Business Institutional Space at Airbus Defence and Space. He covers the Airbus Space Systems portfolio with focus on business with the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Union (EU), the National Aeronautics and…
Dr. Robert Fleming

Corporate Vice President & President, Northrop Grumman Space Systems Dr. Robert Fleming is corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems sector, a space and launch systems provider serving national security, civil and commercial customers. As lead for Space Systems, Dr. Fleming oversees the strategy, capture, design, build and delivery of space-related systems…
Robert Lightfoot

President, Space, Lockheed Martin Robert Lightfoot is the president of Lockheed Martin Space and an officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. In this capacity, he leads the Space business, which is a more than $11 billion enterprise employing more than 22,000 people globally. The Space portfolio provides advanced technology systems for national security, civil and commercial…
Paul Engola

Independent Director, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation Paul Engola is an aerospace engineer and business executive who has served a variety of commercial, civil government, and national security customers over the years in roles such as Executive Vice President for National Security Space and Chief Human Resources Officer for Leidos; Vice President at Lockheed Martin Space;…
Hoyt Davidson

Founder and Managing Partner, Near Earth LLC Mr. Hoyt Davidson is the founder and Managing Partner of Near Earth LLC. His investment banking career began in 1987 as an associate and one of roughly 100 bankers at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He was part of the phenomenal growth and success of DLJ to over 1,200 bankers…
Tom Feeney

Senior Partner of Counsel, Fowler, Feeney and Associates, P.A.
As a seasoned advocate deeply rooted in Florida’s government, legal, and business communities, Thomas “Tom” Feeney’s valuable relationships and ability to coordinate on the local, state, and federal levels serve to…