SPACE SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS

MGEN Philippe Adam, FRA-AF

Space Commander, Air & Space Force

French Space Command

Chris Adams

Sector Vice President and General Manager, Strategic Space Systems Division

Northrop Grumman

Christina Agnew

Vice President, Space

Palantir

Col. Raj Agrawal

Commander, Mission Delta 2, Space Operations Command

U.S. Space Force

Thomas Ainsworth

Chief Architect, Futures

U.S. Space Force

H.E. Salem Butti Salem Al Qubaisi

Director General

United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA)

Meghan Allen

Senior Vice President, Washington Operations

Space Foundation

Ray Allensworth

Director, Blue Ghost Program

Firefly Aerospace

H.E. Dr. Mohammed Altamimi

Governor

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Communications, Space, & Technology Commission

Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Space Agency (SSA)

Johan Åman

Chief Executive Officer

Unibap

Grant Anderson

President & Chief Executive Officer

Paragon Space Development Corporation

Dr. Robert Antypas

Space Access, Mobility, and Logistics Mission Area Lead

Air Force Research Laboratory

Dr. Pakorn Apaphant

Director

Thailand Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA)

Lt. Gen. Nina M. Armagno, USSF (Ret.)

Executive Director, International Partnerships

Elara Nova

Gp. Capt. Vaughn Arnall, RAF

Group Captain

Royal Air Force

Steven Arnold

Deputy Mission Area Executive for Civil Space

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tom Arseneault

President & Chief Executive Officer

BAE Systems, Inc.

Mikhail Asavkin

Chief Executive Officer

ANT61

Dr. Josef Aschbacher

Director General

European Space Agency (ESA)

Thomas Ayres

General Counsel

Starlab

Capt. Andrew Baac, USSF

3d Space Operations Squadron

U.S. Space Force

Dr. Brian Barritt

Chief Technology Officer

Aalyria

Dr. Paul Bate

Chief Executive Officer

UK Space Agency (UKSA)

Col. Dean Bellamy, USAF (Ret.)

Executive Vice President, National Security

Redwire Space

CMSgt John Bentivegna, USSF

Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force

U.S. Space Force

RADM Heidi Berg, USN

Deputy Commander

U.S. Navy

Danielle Bierman

SGFF 2025 Manager

Space Generation Advisory Council

Kari Bingen

Director, Aerospace Security Project

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

Ronald Birk

Principal Director, Space Enterprise Evolution

The Aerospace Corporation

Lt. Gen. Shawn N. Bratton, USSF

Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Strategy, Plans, Programs, and Requirements

U.S. Space Force

Hon. Jim Bridenstine

Former Administrator

NASA

Managing Partner, The Artemis Group

Dr. Esther Brimmer

James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance

Council on Foreign Relations

Natalia Larrea Brito

U.S. Director

Novaspace

Lt. Gen. David Buck, USAF (Ret.)

President

BRPH Mission Solutions

Dennis Burnett

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

HawkEye 360

Dr. Ben Bussey

Chief Scientist

Intuitive Machines

Maj. Gen. Steven “Bucky” Butow, USAF

Space Portfolio Director

Defense Innovation Unit

Lisa Campbell

President

Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

Brig. Gen. Matthew S. Cantore, USSF

Deputy Commander, Space Training and Readiness Command

U.S. Space Force

Krystle Caponio

Chief Business Officer

AstroForge

David Caponio

SVP Product & Business Development

Vast

Alicia Carey

Space Formulation Manager

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Phil Carrai

President, Space, Training and Cybersecurity Division

Kratos

Richard Cartwright

Senior Professional Staff

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Joe Cassidy

Partner, FS Advisory

KPMG U.K.

Jason Cerundolo

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Colossus

Yvette Cesario

Director of National Security

AWS

Dr. Franklin Chang-Díaz

Chief Executive Officer

Ad Astra Rocket Company

Former NASA Astronaut

Lyn Chassagne

Senior Vice President, Go to Market

BlackSky

Andrew Chassin

Managing Director

Bank of America

Stacy Cirasunda

Mission IT Director

Amentum

Dr. Mark Clampin

Acting SMD Deputy Associate Administrator

NASA

Don Claussen

Chief Executive Officer

ST Engineering iDirect

Jules Clayton

Director – Civil, Commercial & Defense Space Programs

Insight Global

Mary Clum

President, Product & Space Systems Portfolio

BlueHalo

Kevin Coggins

Deputy Associate Administrator and Program Manager, Space Communications and Navigation Program (SCaN)

NASA

Chris Coker

Vice President, Civil Programs & Robotics

Maxar Space Systems

Vittorio Colella-Albino

Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs

Telespazio

Hon. Judith Collins, KC

Minister for Space

New Zealand Government

Lt. Gen. Heath Collins, USAF

Director

Missile Defense Agency

Dr. Alberto Conti

Vice President & General Manager, Civil Space Strategic Business Unit

BAE Systems, Inc.

Clive Cook

Chief Executive Officer

precursor SPC

Richard B. Cooper

Vice President, Strategic Communications & Space Awareness

Space Foundation

Tara Copp

Pentagon/National Security Reporter

Associated Press

Maj Gen D. Jason Cothern, USSF

Deputy Director

Missile Defense Agency

Alexandra Coultrup

Director, LEO Business & Policy

Starfish Space

LTGEN Susan Coyle, AM, CSC, DSM

Chief of Space and Cyber

Australian Defence Force

Dr. Tim Crain

Chief Growth Officer & Chief Technology Officer

Intuitive Machines

Tracie Crane

Director of Space Systems, MSFC

Amentum

Maj. Gen. Clinton E. Crosier, USAF (Ret.)

Director of Aerospace and Satellite Solutions

AWS

Pablo Cuervo

Managing Partner

VenQuest Group

CAPT Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., USN (Ret.)

President

Higher Flight LLC

Secretary, Space Foundation Board of Directors

Rodrigo da Costa

Executive Director

European Union Agency for the Space Programme

Richard DalBello

Former Director, Office of Space Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce

Hailu Daniel

Fellow Alumni

Patti Grace Smith Fellowship

Col. Robert Davis

Program Executive Officer, Space Sensing Directorate

Space Systems Command

Tahara Dawkins

Director of Policy

Astroscale U.S., Inc.

Guy de Carufel

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Cognitive Space

Sam Deneke

President, Air & Space Defense Systems

Raytheon

Rob Desborough

Managing Partner

Seraphim

Adam Dissel

Director, Transformation, Space Propulsion & Power Systems

L3Harris Technologies

Thomas Dorame

Senior Vice President, Symposium 365

Space Foundation

Dr. Sheldon Drobot

International Business Development Lead

BAE Systems, Inc.

Rod Drury

Vice President Global Business, Strategy & Business Development

Lockheed Martin Space

Wolfgang Duerr

Vice President & Head of Global Business Institutional Space

Airbus Defence and Space

Jillian Durkee

Philanthropy Coordinator

Space Foundation

Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund

President

Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)

Steve Eisenhart

Senior Vice President, Strategic & International Affairs

Space Foundation

Kyle Engle

Manager, Space Practice & Digital Engineering Offering

Deloitte

Paul Engola

Independent Director

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation

Ronald Epstein

Managing Director

Bank of America

Todd Ericson

Polaris Mission Director

SpaceX

Sandra Erwin

Reporter

SpaceNews

Alessandro Fabbri

Chief Executive Officer

Novac

Ron Faith

Chief Executive Officer

RBC Signals

Dr. Michele Faragalli

Chief Technology Officer

Mission Control

Negar Feher

Chief Executive Officer

Orbital Outpost X

Jeremy Fehrenbacher

Regional Business Development Manager

MOOG

Dr. Christian Feichtinger

Executive Director

International Astronautical Federation

Lee Feinberg

Habitable Worlds Observatory Principal Architect

NASA

Karen Feldstein

Associate Administrator for International & Interagency Relations

NASA

Col. Eddie Ferguson, USAF

Chief of Advanced Warfighter Capabilities & Resources Analysis Division

U.S. Space Command

Shea Ferring

Chief Technology Officer

Firefly Aerospace

Lorenzo Feruglio

Chief Executive Officer

AIKO

Carla Filotico

Partner & Managing Director

Novaspace

Dr. Nicola Fox

Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate

NASA

Dr. Kevin France

Associate Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences & LASP

University of Colorado

Tony Frazier

Chief Executive Officer

LeoLabs

Ricky L. Freeman

President

Amazon Kuiper Government Solutions

Mike French

Founder

Space Policy Group

Senior Advisor, BCG

Stefan Frey

Chief Executive Officer

Vyoma

Aaron Futch

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Redwire Space

Kelly Garehime

Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Ethics Officer, and Corporate Secretary

Sierra Space

Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant, USSF

Commander

Space Systems Command

Norman Garza, Jr.

Executive Director

Texas Space Commission

Charlotte Gerhart

Deputy Program Executive Officer, MilComm & PNT Directorate

Space Systems Command

Kip Gering

Chief Revenue Officer

SpiderOak

Sarah Gillis

Lead Space Operations Engineer

SpaceX

Mission Specialist, Polaris Dawn Crew

Daniel Gizinski

President of Satellite & Space Communications Segment

Comtech

Dr. Lori Glaze

Deputy Associate Administrator, ESDMD

NASA

Tom Goffus

Assistant Secretary for General Operations

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Hon. Daniel Goldin

Founder

Cold Canyon

Former NASA Administrator

Barbara Golf

Executive Agent for Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power Directorate

Space Systems Command

David Goodwin

General Counsel

Vast

Todd Gossett

Vice President, Space & National Security Initiatives

SES Space & Defense

James Graf

Director for Earth Science and Technology

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Gil Griffin

Vice President, Strategy & Business Development Space & Airborne Systems Segment

L3Harris

Arthur Grijalva

Director

SpaceWERX

Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, USSF

Vice Chief of Space Operations

U.S. Space Force

Neeraj Gupta

Chief Innovation Officer

Voyager Technologies

Topher Haddad

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Albedo

Dr. Kelly Hammett

Director and Program Executive Officer

Space Rapid Capabilities Office

Max Haot

Chief Executive Officer

Vast

CMSgt. J. Wesley Harms, USSF

Senior Enlisted Leader, Space Delta 15

U.S. Space Command

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Director, National Space Defense Center

Alex Haro

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Hubble Network

Dr. Seth Harvey

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Bluestaq

Christian Hauglie-Hanssen

Director General

Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA)

Brig. Gen. James Haywood, USAF (Ret.)

Senior Advisor to the Service Acquisition Executive (SASAE)

Space Systems Command

Senior Advisor for Space Command, Control, and Integration (SASC2I)

Robyn Henderson

Head

New Zealand Space Agency

Dan Hendrickson

Vice President of Business Development

Astrobotic Technology, Inc.

Erich Hernandez-Baquero

Vice President of Space Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance

Raytheon

Kylie Ho

Senior Director, Strategy

Blue Origin

Rainer Horn

Partner & Managing Director

Novaspace

Kristin Houston

Space Propulsion & Power Systems President, Aerojet Rocketdyne

L3Harris Technologies

Dr. Samuel Howell

Project Staff Scientist, Europa Clipper Mission

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

VADM Jeffrey Hughes, USN

HQ SACT Deputy Chief of Staff, Capability Development

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Dr. John Huth

Chief, Office of Space & Counterspace

Defense Intelligence Agency

Gen. John E. Hyten, USAF (Ret.)

Executive Director

Club for the Future

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Space Foundation

Col. Michelle Idle

Deputy Commander

Space Systems Command

Steven Isakowitz

President & Chief Executive Officer

The Aerospace Corporation

Scott Jacobs

Vice President of US Government Programs

Astranis

Lt. Gen. Larry D. James, USAF (Ret.)

Strategic Advisor

SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre

Jeffrey Janicik

Chief Executive Officer & President

Innoflight

Corey Johnston

Executive Vice President

Strider Technologies

Philip Johnston

Chief Executive Officer

Lumen Orbit

Kaoru Kodama

General Counsel

Astroscale Holdings (Japan)

Jim Kainz

Director, Business Development

Applied Research Associates, Inc.

Dr. Jason Kalirai

Mission Area Executive for Civil Space

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Dr. Dave Kaufman

President, Space & Mission Systems

BAE Systems, Inc.

Kelli Kedis Ogborn

Vice President, Space Commerce & Entrepreneurship

Space Foundation

Christian Keil

Vice President of External Relations

Astranis

David Kervin

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Proteus Space

Kyle Kight

Corporate Services Support Associate

Space Foundation

Jason Kim

Chief Executive Officer

Firefly Aerospace

Jay Kim

Chief Executive Officer & Chairman

Boryung

Dr. Jim Kinnison

Advanced Concepts and Mission Formulation Manager

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Spc4 Dillon Kinsey, USSF

Instructor & Course Developer for the Training Flight, 74th Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance Squadron

U.S. Space Force

Col. Richard Kniseley, USSF

Senior Materiel Leader, Commercial Space Office (COMSO)

Space Systems Command

Nikol Koleva

Executive Director

Space Generation Advisory Council

Catherine Kuersten

Senior Corporate Counsel

Project Kuiper

Omar Kunbargi

Director of Global Business Development

SpaceX

Laurie Labra

Vice President, Science and Space Human Exploration Division

KBR

Dr. Seth Lacy

Senior Scientist for Space Mobility & Precision Maneuver

Air Force Research Lab

Bosco Lai

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Little Place Labs

Dan Laubach

Senior Director of Programs

Raft

John Lee

Vice Administrator

Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA)

Kimberly Lehn

Senior Director

Pacific Forum

Dr. Kris Lehnhardt

Professor of Emergency Medicine

UTHealth Houston

Director of Space Medicine

Lon Levin

President

SkySevenVentures

Robert Lightfoot

President, Space

Lockheed Martin

Timothy Linn

Advanced Programs Senior Manager, Commercial Civil Space – Deep Space Exploration

Lockheed Martin

Matthew Linton

General Counsel

True Anomaly

Thomas Lockhart

Director, J8

U.S. Space Command

Robert Long

Space Florida

President & Chief Executive Officer

Douglas Loverro

President

Loverro Consulting, LLC

Randy Lycans

Senior Vice President and General Manager

Amentum

Michael Madrid

Chief Growth Officer

Starfish Space

Matt Magaña

President of Defense & National Security

Voyager

Bernadette Maisel

Director, Growth & Development

National Cybersecurity Center

Dr. Chiara Manfletti

Chief Executive Officer

Neuraspace

Ananda Martin

General Counsel

ispace technologies U.S., inc.

Trent Martin

Senior Vice President of Space Systems

Intuitive Machines

Thomas Martin

Director, National Security Sales

Blue Origin

Nicole Jordan Martinez

Business Development and Strategy, Launch Vehicles Division

Northrop Grumman

Brig. Gen. Anthony Mastalir, USSF

Commander

United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific

Lisa May

Deep Space Exploration Strategy & BD Lead

Lockheed Martin

James Mazol

Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

U.S. Department of Defense

Chief Technology Officer

Brad McCain

Vice President and Deputy Program Manager - Space Operations Division

Amentum

Col. Jonathan F. McCall

Deputy Director for Space

Advanced Battle Management Cross Functional Team

Col. Bryon McClain, USSF

Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power

Space Systems Command

Amber McIntyre

Senior Director, Civil Space

Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

Sam Mehta

President, Communication Systems

L3Harris

Bridgit Mendler

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Northwood Space

Anna Menon

Lead Space Operations Engineer

SpaceX

Mission Specialist & Medical Officer, Polaris Dawn Crew

Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton, USSF

Commander, U.S. Space Forces Europe & Space Forces Africa

U.S. Space Force

Dr. Robyn Millan

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Dartmouth

Erin Miller

Executive Director

Space ISAC

Brian Miske

Principal & Americas Space Leader

KPMG

Mayor Yemi Mobolade

Mayor

City of Colorado Springs

Lt. Governor Howie Morales

Lieutenant Governor

State of New Mexico

Aitor Moríñigo Muñoz

Chief Executive Officer

Satlantis US

Dr. Jean-François Morizur

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Cailabs

Joe Morrison

Vice President & General Manager, Remote Sensing

Umbra

Kevin “Morty” Mortensen

Vice President, Customer Advocacy and Mission Expansion

BAE Systems, Inc.

James Moschgat

Director

National Security Space Institute

Clay Mowry

Chief Executive Officer

AIAA

President, International Astronautical Federation

Hannah Nabavi

Fellow

Brooke Owens Fellowship

Shashank Narayan

Chief Technology Officer

Ansys Government Initiatives

Dr. Michael Nayak

Program Manager

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Andrew Nelson

Vice President, Aerospace

RS&H

Heather Nelson

Director, Club for the Future

Blue Origin

Secretary Jane Nelson

Secretary of State

State of Texas

Reza Nikfarjam

Credit Program Deputy Director

U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Strategic Capital

Dr. Soichi Noguchi

Astronaut & CEO & Founder

Miraispace co ltd.

Matt Norton

Partner

Madison Dearborn Partners

Dr. Robert O’Brien

Director

USRA - Center for Nuclear Space Research

Kevin O’Connell

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Space Economy Rising, LLC

Nathan O’Konek

General Counsel

Neo Space Group

Henry “Trey” Obering III

Executive Counsel

Booz Allen Hamilton

Maj. Gen. Wolfgang Ohl

Deputy Director-General for Military Strategy and Operations

German Federal Ministry of Defence

Maj. Gen. John Olson, USSF (Ret.)

Special Government Employee

Defense Innovation Unit

Masami Onoda

Director, International Relations and Research Department

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Uri Oron

Director

Israel Space Agency (ISA)

J. Asir Packiaraj

Director, Propulsion Complex

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Dr. Anke Pagels-Kerp

Divisional Board Member Space

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Enrico Palermo

Head of Agency

Australian Space Agency (ASA)

Richard “Dick” Palmer

Deputy Director, Capability and Resource Integration (J8)

U.S. Space Command

Dara Panahy

Partner

Milbank

Meena Pandit

Associate of Strategy and Government Engagement

GXO, Inc.

Brooke Owens Fellow Alumni

Dr. Shawna Pandya

Chief Instructor, Space Medicine and Extreme Environments & Director, Space Medicine Group

International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS)

Research Astronaut

Dr. Michelle Parker

Vice President, Space Mission Systems

Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Dr. Russell Partch

Acting Director/Deputy Director of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center

U.S. Space Force

Dr. Sanjay Parthasarathy

Director, Custody and Emerging Capabilities Cell,

Space Development Agency

Chris Pearson

Chief Executive Officer

Agile Space Industries

Joseph Pelfrey

Director, Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA

Mark Peller

Senior Vice President, Vulcan Development and Advanced Programs

United Launch Alliance

Dr. Walther Pelzer

Head of the German Space Agency

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Tanya Pemberton

Executive Vice President

The Aerospace Corporation

Maj. Gen. Devin R. Pepper, USSF

Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans & Policy

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Janet Petro

Acting Administrator

NASA

Christopher Pimentel

Partner

SpaceWERX Ventures

Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell

Lieutenant Governor

State of Oklahoma

Marie-Pierre Pluvinage

Director, Business Development, C4ISR Program

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense

Eric Ponzio

Head of Government Finance

J.P. Morgan

Matthew Popplewell

Staff Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation Engineer

Advance Space

Dr. Jamie Porter

Director, Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Ray Powell

Founder & Director

SeaLight

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

Chief Executive Officer

Space Foundation

Todd Probert

President, HawkEye U.S.

HawkEye 360

Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Purdy, Jr., USSF

Military Deputy

Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration

Melissa Quinn

Managing Director

Slingshot Aerospace

Col. Alexander Rasmussen

Chief Capabilities Officer

Space Development Agency

Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, USSF (Ret.)

Senior Managing Director

Cerberus Capital Management

Pacôme Révillon

Chief Executive Officer

Novaspace

Robin Ricketts

Vice President & General Counsel

Lockheed Martin Space

Bob Ritchie

Chief Technology Officer

SAIC

Spencer Roberts

Fellow

Patti Grace Smith Fellowship

Robbie Robertson

Chief Executive Officer

Sedaro

Dan Robitzski

News Editor

SpaceNews

Dr. Brenda Rolls

President and Chief Executive Officer

Frontier Electronic Systems (FES)

Pier Michele Roviera

President, Space Solutions

Safran Defense & Space Inc.

Deanna Ryals

Director of Space

Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs

Alexis Sáinz

Global Co-Lead, Space and Satellite

Hogan Lovells

Partner, Infrastructure, Energy, Resources & Projects

Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, USSF

Chief of Space Operations

U.S. Space Force

Alvaro Sanchez

Chief Executive Officer

Integrasys

Audrey Schaffer

Vice President of Strategy and Policy

Slingshot Aerospace

Caryn Schenewerk

President

CS Consulting

Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, USSF

Commander, U.S. Space Forces - Space

U.S. Space Command

Robbie Schingler

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Planet

Dr. Lara Schmidt

Vice President, Defense Architectures and Integration

The Aerospace Corporation

Dr. Didier Schmitt

Head of Future Preparation

European Space Agency

Jay Schwarz

Chief

Federal Communications Commission Space Bureau

Maj. Gen. Timothy A. Sejba, USSF

Commander, Space Training & Readiness Command

U.S. Space Force

Lt. Col. A. Walter Shedroff, USAF

Chief, Combat Operations

United States Air Force

Senior IMA to the Director at The National Space Defense Center/Delta 15

Julie Sheetz

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Space and Missile Defense

U.S. Department of Defense

Umair Siddiqui

Chief Technology Officer

Phase Four

Bailey Siegfried

Owner and Officer

NORDAM

CMSgt Jacob Simmons, USSF

Command Senior Enlisted Leader

U.S. Space Command

Dalvir Singh

Director, Head of Industry

Office for Space Technology & Industry, Singapore (OSTIn)

Milton “Skip” Smith

Chair, Space & Satellite Industry Group

Greenberg Traurig

Lauren Smith

Program Manager, Satellite Servicing

Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Systems

Dipak Srinivasan

Space Exploration Sector’s Formulation & Strategic Engagements Program Area Manager

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Janice Starzyk

Acting Director, Office of Space Commerce

U.S. Department of Commerce

Sabrina Steele

Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Communications

The Aerospace Corporation

Lee Steinke

Chief Operating Officer

CisLunar Industries

VADM Nils Andreas Stensønes, RNoN

Chief

Norwegian Intelligence Service

Quincy Stott

General Counsel

Maxar Space

Jared Stout

Chief Government Relations & Communications Officer

Axiom Space

Melanie Stricklan

Executive Director

Space Workforce For Tomorrow

Executive in Residence (XIR), Space Foundation

AM John Stringer, RAF

Deputy Commander, NATO’s Combined Force Space Component Command

Royal Air Force

Col. Jon Strizzi

Director of Enterprise Integration

Space Systems Integration Office

Director of Analysis (S9) & Nuclear Systems (S10), Space Systems Command

RADM Mike Studeman, USN (Ret.)

Former Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence

Lionel Suchet

Acting President

Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Rebecca Sutton

SGFF 2025 Deputy Manager

Space Generation Advisory Council

Gabriel Swiney

Director, Policy, Advocacy, & International Division

Office of Space Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce

Al Tadros

Chief Technology Officer

Redwire Space

Dr. Elsayed Talaat

President and Chief Executive Officer

USRA

Guillaume Tanier

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Leanspace

Maj. Gen. Paul Tedman

Commander

U.K. Space Command

Michelle Thissell

Senior Vice President

Bank of America

CAPT William Tirrell, USN

Deputy Director, OPNAV N2N6

U.S. Navy

LTC (P) Felix G. Torres

Commandant, Space and Missile Defense Command Center of Excellence

U.S. Army

Paula Trimble

Director, Legislative and Interagency Engagement

Space Development Agency

Mike Trumpfheller

Senior Advisor to the Chief of Space Operations

United States Air Force

Tyson Tucker

Vice President of Operations

MRI Technologies

Maj. Gen. Linda Urrutia-Varhall, USAF (Ret.)

Board of Trustees

The Aerospace Corporation

Prof. Teodoro Valente

President

Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Scott Van Sant

International Engagement & Allied Integrations

USSTRATCOM

Admiral Pierre Vandier

Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Samuel Sanders Visner

Chair, Board of Directors

Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center

Technical Fellow, Aerospace Corporation

Dr. Erika Wagner

U.S. Business Development Lead

The Exploration Company

Deidre Walsh

Executive Vice President for Strategy and Government Affairs

ARKA Group

Kevin Walsh

Senior Vice President, Business Development

Sidus Space

Alexandr Wang

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Scale AI

Dr. Ryan Watkins

Program Scientist - Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office

NASA, Science Mission Directorate

Kristie Webber

Chief Executive Assistant to CEO & Board

Space Foundation

Deborah Wells

Vice President, Space Exploration & Mission Operations

Leidos

Debra Werner

Correspondent

SpaceNews

Dr. Joseph Westlake

Heliophysics Division Director

NASA

David Wheeler

General Counsel

Firefly Aerospace

Maj. Gen. Martin “Marty” Whelan, USAF (Ret.)

Senior Vice President, Defense Systems Group

The Aerospace Corporation

Col. Jonathan Whitaker, USSF

Chief of Staff, Combined Forces Space Component Command

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, USSF

Commander

U.S. Space Command

VADM Frank “Trey” Whitworth

Director

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Brandon Whitworth

Former Technical Director

SSC Battlespace Integration

Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman

Commander

Swedish Air Force

Peter Wilczynski

Chief Product Officer

Maxar Intelligence

Hon. Dr. Heather Wilson

President

University of Texas at El Paso

Sarah Winfrey

Space Domain Awareness Branch Chief

U.S. Space Command

Spence Wise

Senior Vice President of Missions and Platforms

Redwire Space

Col. Matthew Wroten

Division Chief, Global Warfare Requirements

U.S. Space Force

Dr. Jong-Shinn Wu

Director General

Taiwan Space Agency (TASA)

Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa

President

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Tuana Yazici

Chair

IISL Working Group on Legal Aspects of AI in Space

Benjamin Zeitoun

Investing Partner

Starburst Ventures

Kate Zimmerman

Generative AI Innovation Center (GenAIIC) Geo Leader

AWS Worldwide Public Sector

Ed Zoiss

President, Space & Airborne Systems

L3Harris