Victor L. Vigliotti is the Deputy Branch Chief of the Commercial Integration Branch (J811), United States Space Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. He is responsible for implementing the command’s Commercial Integration Strategy, with the intent to collaborate, integrate, and partner with the U.S. commercial industry, in order to enhance overall military space power. Prior…

Maxwell Starr is a gap-year mechanical engineering student at Ohio State University with a focus on space bionics. Inspired by superheroes, he’s passionate about promoting space accessibility and innovation, particularly for underrepresented groups. As a Patti Grace Smith Fellow, he’s dedicated to supporting mentorship and mental health initiatives for young minority men pursuing their passions.…

Hira is an alumni of the Brooke Owens Fellowship program from the Class of 2020, and was the first Canadian selected for the program. As a Fellow, she had the opportunity to intern in the Manufacturing and Test Engineering department at Planet in 2020. From this experience, Hira went on to adapt the program for…

Randy Lycans is Jacobs’ Senior Vice President and General Manager (GM) of the NASA Enterprise Solutions organization.  Randy oversees Jacobs’ support to NASA at Johnson Space Center (JSC), Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), and Langley Research Center (LaRC). Prior to his current role, Randy served as the Program Manager (PM) for…

Thomas O. (Tom) Engler is the Director of the Center Planning and Development Directorate at the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC).  He provides strategic leadership and management integration of Center planning activities and partnership development initiatives to further develop KSC as a multi-user spaceport supporting both government and commercial launch providers and their customers.  He…

Col James T. Horne, III is the Deputy Director, Assured Access to Space Directorate, and Deputy Director, Operations, Patrick Space Force Base, FL. He leads a team integrating space mobility plans, policy, requirements and capabilities to rapidly launch, sustain and reconstitute USSF space assets across a ~$67B portfolio encompassing 10,000+ personnel across two Services, 9…

Jeroen Wink is Co-founder and CRO of Dawn Aerospace. He obtained a Bachelor and Masters in Aerospace Engineering from the Delft University of Technology. During his studies he leads the development and launch of a record breaking sounding rocket. After his studies he co-founded Dawn Aerospace, a space transportation company delivering green propulsion systems for…

Pam Underwood is the Director of the Office of Spaceports in the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation.  Her office is responsible for strengthening the Nation’s competitiveness in commercial space transportation infrastructure and increasing their resilience for the Federal Government and commercial customers. Her office develops policies that promote infrastructure improvements at spaceports, supports licensing…

Dr. George C. Nield is the president of Commercial Space Technologies, LLC, which he founded to encourage, facilitate, and promote commercial space activities. He also serves as the Chairman of the Global Spaceport Alliance. In March of 2022 he flew to space on the fourth human flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.  He had…