Leadership

Space Foundation Board of Directors — November 2024

(back row, left to right) Sam Greaves, Tanya Pemberton, Pete Trainer, Wolfgang Duerr, Robert Lightfoot, Tom Feeney, Hoyt Davidson, Lindsay Papsidero, Rob Fleming (seated, front row) Frank Culbertson, Space Foundation CEO Heather Pringle, John Hyten, Paul Engola

Executive Committee

Chairman
Gen. John Hyten, USAF (Ret.)
Former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

Vice Chairman
CAPT Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., USN (Ret.)
President, Higher Flight LLC

Secretary
Dr. Michelle Parker
Vice President, Space Mission Systems, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Treasurer
Paul Engola
Independent Director, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation

Board Liaison

Kristie Webber
[email protected]

Directors

Hoyt Davidson
Founder and Managing Partner, Near Earth LLC

Wolfgang Duerr
Head of Global Business Space Exploration, Airbus Defence and Space

Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund
President, Committee on Space Research COSPAR

Tom Feeney
Of Council, GrayRobinson PA.

Dr. Robert Fleming
Corporate Vice President & President, Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Dr. Kam Ghaffarian
CEO and Founder, IBX

Lt. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves, USAF (Ret.)
Former Director, Missile Defense Agency

Hélène Huby
CEO & Founder, The Exploration Company

Robert Lightfoot
President, Space, Lockheed Martin

Tanya Pemberton
Executive Vice President, The Aerospace Corporation

Col. Peter B. Trainer, USAF (Ret.)
Managing Director, Elara Nova

Ed Zoiss
President, Space & Airborne Systems, L3Harris Technologies

New Generation Space Leader

Lindsay Papsidero
Director Civil & Commercial Business Development, Astrobotic Technology

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.)
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
Jeffrey Grant

Space Foundation Founders

J. Braxton Carter
The Honorable William Hybl
The Honorable Kenneth B. Kramer

Life Directors

The Honorable Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Richard F. Ambrose
Anita M. Antenucci
The Honorable Barbara M. Barrett
Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Ph.D.
Christopher U. Browne
Alice Bunn, Ph.D.
Jaleh Daie, Ph.D.
John W. Elbon
Gary W. Ervin
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.
Joanne M. Maguire
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.)
Lauren Smith
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
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
A. Thomas Young

Space Foundation Leadership

Heather Pringle, Maj Gen, USAF (Ret.), PhD

Chief Executive Officer

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Holly Roberts

Chief Financial Officer

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Pedro Almeida

Chief of Staff

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Melanie Stricklan

Executive Director of Space Workforce For Tomorrow (SWFT)

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Meghan Allen

Senior Vice President of Washington Operations

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Thomas Dorame

Senior Vice President — Symposium 365 Division

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Steve Eisenhart

Senior Vice President – Strategic & International Affairs

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Elizabeth Y. Wagner

Senior Vice President – Strategic Partnerships

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Richard B. Cooper

Vice President – Strategic Communications & Outreach

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Rob Henderson

Vice President – Operations

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Kelli Kedis Ogborn

Vice President – Space Commerce & Entrepreneurship

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Tyler Mandroian

Vice President – Digital Marketing

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Suzanne Sakai Musgrave

Vice President — Development

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