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Robert Ambrose 2026
December 29, 2025

Robert Ambrose

Home > Program >Robert O. Ambrose retired from NASA in 2021 and accepted an endowed chair at Texas A&M, as the J. Mike Walker ‘66 Chair and in 2023 he was designated a University Distinguished Professor.…
Debbie Wells 2026
December 29, 2025

Debbie Wells

Home > Program > Debbie Wells is a Louisiana Tech biomedical engineer with an MBA from the University of Florida who has 25 years of space industry experience and over a decade in venture capital. Since…
Cat Hofacker HS 2026
December 29, 2025

Catherine Hofacker

Home > Program >Cat helps guide Aerospace America’s coverage, keeps production of the magazine on schedule and copy edits all articles. A two-time finalist for the Aerospace Media Awards Best Young Journalist award, she joined Aerospace…
Monte Goforth 2026
December 29, 2025

Monte Goforth

Home > Program >Mr. Goforth has more than 40 years of experience as both Engineer and Manager in a variety of highly technical space and defense-related efforts. After working for a small defense contractor specializing in…
Kevin Au 2026
December 29, 2025

Kevin Au

Home > Program >A people first executive leader, Kevin Au serves as the Mission Segment Vice President of the Exploration, Weather, Commercial & Nuclear Mission Areas within the Civil & Commercial Space Line of Business. He…
Olivia G Holzhaus 2025
December 29, 2025

Olivia Gámez Holzhaus

Home > Program >Olivia Gámez Holzhaus is Founder & CEO of Rhodium Scientific, America’s first commercial space biotech company. Since 2014, she has enabled research from labs to the ISS, developing the QuIC Space Process™ and…
Bobb Ess 2025 web
December 22, 2025

Bob Ess

Home > Program >Bob Ess is a seasoned aerospace executive with more than 35 years of leadership experience spanning NASA, commercial spaceflight, advanced vehicle development, and hypersonic systems. He currently guides the development and execution of…