Richard B. Cooper

Vice President, Strategic Communications
Space Foundation

Rich Cooper serves as Vice President – Strategic Communications for Space Foundation leading the team that is telling the story of our great adventure with space. While serving as the strategic communicator and spokesperson for Space Foundation since 2019, Cooper has also led Space Foundation’s Media & Public Affairs, Digital Marketing/Creative Services, Digital Engagement, and Space Awareness operations. His prior roles include senior positions with the SAS Institute, Catalyst Partners, LLC; US Chamber of Commerce Foundation; US Department of Homeland Security; NASA Headquarters; and other executive positions in private and non-profit sectors. An accomplished writer and program strategist, he has contributed commentaries, content/articles and speeches on space, homeland/national security and related strategic issues for Executive Branch, Congressional and corporate leaders, the 9/11 Commission as well as media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, TIME, Fox News, CNN, the Washington Post, Government Executive, Politico, the New York Times, the Hill, Axios, Homeland Security Today, and others. 

  

Cooper possesses a bachelor’s degree from Mary Washington College, with graduate work and executive education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Harvard’s Kennedy School and School of Public Health, and the University of Southern California. 

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Related Sessions

Space Eras Tour

Thursday, April 16, 2026

2:10 pm - 3:10 pm

Track: Symposium Program

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