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February 15, 2022

Clay Mowry

Home > Program >Clay Mowry is the CEO of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a globally recognized space industry executive. Clay is a lifetime AIAA member and was elected as an AIAA…
February 15, 2022

Ally Warson

Home > Program > Ally Warson has experience as both an operator and investor. Prior to UP.Partners, Ally worked at Sherpa Capital where she helped transition the firm’s brand; serving as a founding member of ACME Capital.…
February 15, 2022

Akshay Patel

Home > Program > Akshay Patel is a Director in the Strategic Advisory Group at PJT Partners, based in New York. ​Akshay has over 10 years of experience in the aerospace and satellite industry across finance, business development and…
February 15, 2022

Anton Brevde

Home > Program >Anton Brevde is a Partner at Prime Movers Lab where he leads investments in breakthrough scientific startups. His primary focus areas are space and manufacturing-related technologies. He sits on the boards of E-Space (SATCOM), Space Perspective (space tourism), Alpha…
February 15, 2022

Michael Palank

Home > Program >Michael Palank has been General Partner at MaC Venture Capital since its inception in January 2019. At MaC, Michael focuses on seed-stage consumer and enterprise startup investing across a number of sectors, with…
Nujoud Merancy
February 15, 2022

Nujoud Merancy

Home > Program >Nujoud Merancy is the deputy associate administrator for the Strategy & Architecture Office (SAO) in the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) for NASA Headquarters. Based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston,…
February 15, 2022

Montgomery B. Goforth

Home > Program >Mr. Goforth has more than 30 years of experience as both Engineer and Manager in a variety of highly technical space and defense-related efforts. He joined NASA in 1990 as part of the…
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February 11, 2022

Bhavya Lal

Home > Program >Dr. Bhavya Lal is currently a Professor at RAND School of Public Policy. She most recently served as NASA's Associate Administrator for Technology, Policy, and Strategy, advising the NASA Administrator and senior leadership…