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ButowBucky 2025
June 3, 2025

Steve “Bucky” Butow

Home > Program >Maj Gen Steve “Bucky” Butow, USAF, is the Military Deputy of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Office of the Secretary of Defense. General Butow joined the team in 2015 as an early plank…
Bill Hippie Woolf 2025
June 3, 2025

Bill “Hippie” Woolf

Home > Program >Bill “Hippie” Woolf is a retired Air Force colonel and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Space Force Association. Bill is also the CEO of the Woolf Consulting Group, LLC. The Woolf…
Shahir Gerges headshot 2025
February 12, 2025

Shahir Gerges

With a focus on the long-term financial sustainability of Orbital Reef, Shahir Gerges works to grow opportunities for customers in LEO as well as reduce the barriers of entry. Shahir has been with Blue Origin…
Norman D Knight NASA 2026
January 24, 2025

Norman Knight

Norm Knight earned a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering from the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1990 and began his career at the Johnson Space Center as a Space Shuttle mechanical systems flight controller, working…
Holly Ridings 2026
January 24, 2025

Holly Ridings

Holly E. Ridings is a distinguished aerospace leader and mechanical engineer whose career has played a defining role in the evolution of NASA’s human spaceflight program. Renowned for her operational excellence, technical depth, and visionary…
James Myers 2025
January 24, 2025

James Myers

James (Jim) M. Myers is senior vice president of Civil Systems Group (CSG), which operates in the national security interests of the United States and its allies to broaden the company’s business and technology base.…