Leadership
Space Foundation Board of Directors

Executive Committee
Chairman
Jeffrey Grant
Chairman of Space Foundation Board of Directors, Former Sector Vice President and General Manager, Space Systems
Vice Chairman
CAPT Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., USN (Ret.)
President, Higher Flight LLC
Secretary
Peter B. Trainer
Vice President & General Manager, Air & Space Force Solutions, BAE Systems
Treasurer
Tom Feeney
Partner, Fowler, Feeney & Associates | Of Counsel, Gray Robinson
Member-at-Large
Gen. John Hyten, USAF (Ret.)
Former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Directors
CAPT Jeff Ashby, USN (Ret.)
Former Chief of Mission Assurance, Blue Origin
Christopher U. Browne
John and Adrienne Mars Director, Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum
Jim Chilton
Senior Vice President, Senior Advisor, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Hoyt Davidson
Managing Partner, Near Earth LLC
Paul Engola
Executive Vice President, National Security Space, Leidos
Dr. Kam Ghaffarian
CEO and Founder, IBX
Lt. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves, USAF (Ret.)
Former Director, Missile Defense Agency
Jeanne Meserve
Host NatSec Tech Podcast
Former CNN and ABC News Correspondent
Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund
President, Committee on Space Research COSPAR
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President & President, Space Systems Sector, Northrop Grumman
Ed Zoiss
President, Space & Airborne Systems, L3 Harris
New Generation Space Leader
Lauren Smith
Program Manager, Satellite Servicing
Northrop Grumman
Chairman Emeritus
William B. Tutt
President Emeritus
Richard P. MacLeod
Directors Emeritus
William F. Ballhaus, Jr., Ph.D.
ADM James O. Ellis, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Martin C. Faga
John B. Higginbotham
The Honorable Kenneth B. Kramer
Lon C. Levin
The Honorable Jaime Oaxaca
Gen. William L. Shelton, USAF (Ret.)
Kathryn C. Thornton, Ph.D.
The Honorable Robert S. Walker
Space Foundation Founders
J. Braxton Carter
The Honorable William Hybl
The Honorable Kenneth B. Kramer
Life Directors
Richard F. Ambrose
Anita M. Antenucci
The Honorable Barbara M. Barrett
Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Ph.D.
Alice Bunn, Ph.D.
Jaleh Daie, Ph.D.
John W. Elbon
Gary W. Ervin
Gen. Howell M. Estes, III, USAF (Ret.)
William MacDonald Evans
The Honorable Don Fuqua
The Honorable E. J. Garn
Michael C. Gass
Paul Graziani
CAPT Frederick H. Hauck, USN (Ret.)
James B. Hayes
W. Bruce Kopper
Alexis C. Livanos, Ph.D.
Fritz Merkle, Ph.D.
The Honorable Bill Nelson
Gen. John L. Piotrowski, USAF (Ret.)
The Honorable Charles Robb
Kay N. Sears
Ronald M. Sega, Ph.D.
Col. Brewster Shaw, Jr., USAF (Ret.)
David Weldon, M.D.
Heidi R. Wood
Honorary Members
The Honorable Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Buzz Aldrin, Ph.D.
Norman R. Augustine
Jean-Jacques Dordain
Dr. Charles Elachi
Eugene F. “Gene” Kranz
CAPT James A. Lovell, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Joanne M. Maguire
Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.)
VADM Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret.)
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
A. Thomas Young
Space Foundation Leadership
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Thomas E. Zelibor, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.)
Chief Executive Officer
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Shelli Brunswick
Chief Operating Officer
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Holly Roberts
Chief Financial Officer
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Steve Eisenhart
Senior Vice President – Strategic & International Affairs
As Space Foundation Senior Vice President – Strategic & International Affairs, Steve…
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Elizabeth Y. Wagner
Senior Vice President – Strategic Partnerships
As Space Foundation Senior Vice President – Strategic Partnerships, Elizabeth Wagner is responsible for…
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Thomas Dorame
Senior Vice President — Symposium 365 Division
Thomas Dorame leads Symposium 365, the premier source for media and events in the global space ecosystem…
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Richard B. Cooper
Vice President – Strategic Communications & Outreach
As Space Foundation Vice President – Strategic Communications & Outreach, Rich Cooper is…
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Kelli Kedis Ogborn
Vice President – Space Commerce & Entrepreneurship
As Space Foundation Vice President – Space Commerce & Entrepreneurship, Kelli Kedis Ogborn is responsible for…
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Dr. John West
Senior Vice President of Center of Innovation & Education
As Senior Vice President of Center of Innovation & Education (CI&E), Dr. John West is responsible for the development and delivery of…
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Rob Henderson
Vice President – Operations
As Space Foundation Vice President – Operations, Rob plays a pivotal role within the organization that ties multiple departments…
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