Dr. Alex Marrero
As the child of a Cuban refugee and an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, Dr. Marrero prides himself on representing many of the Latinx and black students in the communities he has served as a school leader and in district leadership positions. Dr. Marrero has been honored as an outstanding administrator by the Latino Caucus…
Read MoreDr. Russell Boyce
Professor Russell Boyce holds the position of Chair for Intelligent Space Systems and Director of UNSW Canberra Space – Australia’s largest and leading space mission, research and education team. On the one hand, he has built and led teams pursuing game changing technologies across a three-decade career, firstly in hypersonics and scramjets, and now in…
Read MoreSameer Garg
Sameer Garg is a Managing Director and Head of Space Investment Banking at Citi. Over his 15+ year career, he has advised public and private companies on a variety of strategic alternatives including M&A and capital raising. Prior to Citi, Sameer was a Managing Director in Aerospace and Defense Group at RBC Capital Markets. Sameer…
Read MoreDr. John Huth
Dr. John Huth is the Chief of the Office of Space and Counterspace. He leads DIA’s activities on collection, characterization, and analysis of foreign space and counterspace capabilities, vulnerabilities, and intent. Prior to this assignment he served as the Defense Intelligence Officer for Space and Counterspace. In that role he was the senior intelligence advisor…
Read MoreAlex Grab
Alex Grab has worked in education for more than 10 years. She is an Education Program Manager at Space Foundation, collaborating with her team to develop and implement space-inspired educational STEM curriculum. As part of her role, Alex has developed the Space Foundation Leadership Academy which encompasses formal K-12 classroom programming. These include Junior Space…
Read MoreIsabelle Sadowski
Isabelle graduated from Auburn University with her Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Since graduating in May of 2021, she has worked for Jacobs under the ESSCA contract as a Damage Tolerance Engineer in Huntsville, Alabama, her hometown. Currently, she is primarily working tasks for the SLS and NESC programs. In her free time she enjoys going…
Read MoreChelsea Waddill
As the Director of Mission Assurance, Chelsea Waddill is responsible for strategic and operational leadership of the mission assurance organization, inclusive of disciplines in quality, specialty engineering, and mission risk management. Working closely with Ball’s Strategic Business and Capabilities Units, Waddill provides leadership through the lens of full life-cycle engineering to mitigate design, manufacture, test…
Read MoreMadison Telles
Dr. Tabitha Dodson
André Shappell
Mr. André Shappell is the Director, Plans, Programs, and Requirements, Headquarters Space Training and Readiness Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. Mr. Shappell oversees the Field Command’s strategic planning processes, development of its Program Objective Memorandum, execution of its International Affairs program, and implementation of its mission analysis capabilities. Mr. Shappell entered government service with…
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