Our Alumni

“I’m very grateful for the exciting opportunities the Space Policy Institute has enabled!”

Dan Hendrickson, Class of 2011VP of Business Development, Astrobotic

Alumna Lara Delgado López discusses her career path in space policy

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 — In-Q-Tel

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

Lori Garver — Former Deputy Administrator, NASA

Edward Goldstein — Federal Aviation Administration

Lewis Groswald — Lockheed Martin

Josh Ingersoll — Project Kuiper at Amazon

Nikolai Joseph — NASA Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy

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 IsakowitzThe Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program

Corinne Jorgenson — President, Advancing Space Consulting Group

Amy Kaminski — Office of the Chief Scientist, NASA

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 — BryceTech

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 — Office of Space and Advanced Technology, U.S. Department of State

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