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Clay Mowry 2022ASCEND
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…
Lawrence Garrett
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.…
Lawrence Garrett
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…
Lawrence Garrett
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…
Lawrence Garrett
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…
Lawrence Garrett
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,…
Lawrence Garrett
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…
Lawrence Garrett
Bhavya Lal 2025
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…
Lawrence Garrett
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