Saturday, December 17, 2022

The National Space Council's UAG Will Receive New Members Under the Biden-Harris Administration...

Vice President Kamala Harris chairs her first meeting of the National Space Council at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC...on December 1, 2021.
NASA / Joel Kowsky

Vice President Harris Announces Selections to the National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group (Press Release - December 16)

As Chair of the National Space Council, Vice President Kamala Harris today announced the individuals selected to serve on the National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group (UAG). Pending official appointment by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the selected members of the UAG will serve to enable the Biden-Harris Administration’s effort to maintain a robust and responsible U.S. space enterprise and preserve space for current and future generations.

The candidates represent a cross-section of companies and organizations that support the United States’ large and highly-skilled space workforce; users of space services, including climate scientists and agriculture providers; individuals focused on developing the next generation of space professionals; and leading experts in space.

The UAG will provide the National Space Council advice and recommendations on matters related to space policy and strategy, including but not limited to, government policies, laws, regulations, treaties, international instruments, programs, and practices across the civil, commercial, international, and national security space sectors.

The Vice President announced the UAG Chair, General (USAF, Ret) Lester Lyles, during the second space council meeting in September.

Below is the full selection to the National Space Council’s UAG:

General (USAF, Ret) Lester Lyles, UAG Chair

Mr. Rajeev Badyal, VP of Technology, Amazon Project Kuiper

Mr. Charles Bolden, Former NASA Administrator and Former Astronaut

Mr. Salvatore T. Bruno, CEO, United Launch Alliance

Dr. Lance Bush, President & CEO, Challenger Center

Ms. Bridget Chatman, Chairwoman, Women in Aerospace

Mr. Theodore “Ted” Colbert, CEO, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Ms. Nancy Colleton, President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Ms. Karina Drees, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation

Mr. Eric Fanning, President and CEO, Aerospace Industries Association

Dr. Daniel Hastings, Head, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ms. Dawne Hickton, Subject Matter Expert

Mr. Daniel Jablonsky, President & CEO, Maxar Technologies

Dr. Dave Kaufman, President, Ball Aerospace

Mr. Patrick Lin, Director of the Ethics & Emerging Sciences Program, California Polytechnic State University

Mr. Ron Lopez, President & Managing Director, Astroscale US

Dr. Harold Lee Martin, Chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

Dr. Kate Marvel, Climate Scientist at Project Drawdown

Maj Gen (Ret) Roosevelt “Ted” Mercer, CEO & Director, Virginia Space

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, Former Director, NASA Glenn Research Center

Dr. Sian Proctor, Geoscience Professor, South Mountain Community College

Ms. Gwynne Shotwell, President & COO, SpaceX

Dr. Robert Smith, CEO, Blue Origin

Mr. James Taiclet, President & CEO, Lockheed Martin

Dr. Mandy Vaughn, Subject Matter Expert

Ms. Kathy Warden, Chairwoman & CEO, Northrop Grumman Corp

Mr. Robbie Schingler, Jr., Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Planet Labs

Ms. Melanie Stricklan, Co-Founder & CEO, Slingshot Aerospace

Dr. Jeremy Williams, Head, Climate Corporation & Digital Farming, Bayer Crop Science

Ms. Katrina Harden Williams, Middle School Teacher, Ames Middle School, Iowa

Source: WhiteHouse.gov

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