Our Alumni

Many individuals who have received degrees from the Space Policy Institute have pursued interesting and rewarding careers after graduation. Below are just a few of their current and former positions.

Andrew Aldrin — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Joe Bassi — Ph.D., Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Texas at El Paso

Kate Becker — NASA Earth Sciences Division

Stephanie Bednarek — Government Affairs and Commercial Business Development, SpaceX

Nathan Boll — NASA Science Mission Directorate

Andre Bormanis — Former science consultant, senior editor, and script writer for Star Trek series; author of Star Trek: Science Logs

Kristi Bradford — Pragmatic Frontiers

Steve Casazza — Vice President, Defense Trade Solutions

Al Condes — Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of External Relations, NASA

Tom Cremins — Senior Advisor to the Administrator, NASA

Daphne Dador — Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, NASA

Royce Dalby — CEO, Hydrosat

Dwayne Day — Senior Program Officer, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Academy of Sciences

Laura Delgado Lopez — Program Planning Specialist, NASA

Daniel Deudney — Associate Professor, International Relations and Political Theory, The Johns Hopkins University

Brian Dewhurst — White House Office of Management and Budget

Tabitha Dodson — DARPA, Project DRACO

Lori Garver — Former Deputy Administrator, NASA

Edward Goldstein — Federal Aviation Administration

Lewis Groswald — Lockheed Martin

Josh Ingersoll — Astranis Space Technologies

Nikolai Joseph — Space S&T Liaison, Air Force Research Laboratory

Erin Hatch Neal — Principal, Velocity Government Relations

Dan Hendrickson — VP of Business Development, Astrobotic

Garth Henning — Office of Chief Financial Officer, NASA

Thor Hogan — Faculty Member, Earlham University

Chris Homan — Foreign Policy Advisor for Senator Richard J. Durbin

Matthew Isakowitz — The Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program

Corinne Jorgenson — President, Advancing Space Consulting Group

Amy Kaminski — Office of the Chief Scientist, NASA

Moon Kim — NASA, Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Jonathan Krezel — Integration Manager, Exploration Systems Development, NASA

Daryle Lademan — Director, Strategy and Planning, BAE Systems

Katrina Laygo — US Navy

Emma Lehnhardt — Office of the Chief Financial Officer, NASA

Rich Leshner — VP Government Affairs, VAST

Celine Levesque — Faculty Member, University of Ottawa

Peter Marquez — Head of Space Policy, Amazon Web Services

Etim Offing — African Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education

Raphael Perrino — Senior Business Intelligence Analyst, Virgin Orbit

Nicolas Peter — German Aerospace Centre (DLR)

Luc Riesbeck — Astroscale

Jana Kosarkova Robinson — Space Policy Officer, Security Policy and Conflict Prevention, European External Action Service (EEAS); Special National Expert (SNE), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic

Robie Samanta Roy — VP Technology and Innovation, Lockheed Martin

Tommy Sanford — Commercial Spaceflight Federation

Audrey Schaffer — Director, Space Strategy and Plans, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy

Avery Sen — Associate, Senior Consultant, Toffler Associates

George Tahu — Program Executive, Mars and Lunar Exploration, NASA

David Turner — Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Matthew Varthalamis — Environment, Science, and Technology Officer, U.S. Embassy, Athens

James Vedda — Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy, Aerospace Corporation

Takuya Wakimoto — Deloitte Consulting

Beth Weinstein — Observatory Manager, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Kirk Woellert — ABL Space Systems

Josh Wolny — U.S. Department of State, Office of Space Affairs