Meet the Team
Board of Directors
Board of Advisors
Barrett S. Caldwell
Chair, Board of Advisors
William Pomerantz
Board of Advisors
AeroVironment
Therese Jones
Board of Advisors
NASA, Senior Policy Advisor
Hannah Kerner
Board of Advisors
Arizona State University · Former SEDS-USA Chair
Carlos G. Niederstrasser
Board of Advisors
Northrop Grumman · Former SEDS-USA Vice Chair
Chris Lewicki
Board of Advisors
Planetary Resources, CEO · Former SEDS-USA Chair
Mike Mongo
Board of Advisors
Ryan McLinko
Board of Trustees
Astranis, Co-Founder and CTO · Former SEDS MIT Chair
Dave Fischer
Board of Advisors
Liftoff Strategic Advisors
John Conafay
Board of Advisors
Integrated Space, Co-Founder · Former SEDS-USA Executive Director
Bradley Cheetham
Board of Trustees
Advanced Space, CEO
Rachel Lyons
Board of Trustees
EarthRise Leadership, Founder
Kris Lehnhardt
Board of Advisors
Baylor College of Medicine, Senior Faculty — Dept. of Emergency Medicine and Center for Space Medicine
Taylour Mills
Board of Advisors
Crane Aerospace, Aerospace Engineer
Michael Kincaid
Board of Advisors
Challenger Center, President and Executive Director
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