Careers in Space Policy

A number of individuals who have received degrees with a focus on space policy issues have gone on to interesting and rewarding careers.

Andrew Aldrin, United Launch Alliance

Joe Bassi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Kate Becker, NOAA, Office of International Affairs and Interagency Affairs

Stephanie Bednarek , Government Affairs, SpaceX

Andre Bormanis, formerly science consultant and senior editor and script writer for the Star Trek series and author of Star Trek: Science Logs

David Cavossa, President, Harris Caprock Government Solutions

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

Tom Cremins, NASA; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Daphne Dador, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, NASA

Royce Dalby, Avascent

Dwayne Day, Space Studies Board, National Academy of Sciences

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

Brian Dewhust, White House Office of Management and Budget; formerly of Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, NASA

Dustin Doud, Business Development, SpaceX

Lori Garver, Deputy Administrator, NASA -- Elliott School Endorsement

Edward Goldstein, Orbital Sciences Corporation

Erin Hatch Neal, Director of Senate Relations, Washington Office, ATK Corporation; Former President, Women in Aerospace

Dan Hendrickson, Aerospace Industries Association

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, Commercial Spaceflight Federation

Corinne Jorgenson, President, Advancing Space Consulting Group

Amy Kaminski, Science Mission Directorate, NASA; formerly Examiner for Space Programs, Office of Management and Budget

Jonathan Krezel, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA

Daryle Lademan, Aerospace Industries Association; President, Women in Aerospace

Rich Leshner, Senior Policy Analyst, Technology Division, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; formerly of Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, NASA

Celine Levesque, Faculty Member, University of Ottawa

Peter Marquez, Former Director for Space Policy, National Security Council

Nicolas Peter, European Space Agency (ESA) seconded to the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

Becky Ramsey, Office of the Administrator, NASA

Robie Samanta Roy, Senate Armed Services Committee; formerly Assistant Director for Space and Aeronautics, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Audrey Schaffer, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy

Avery Sen, NOAA

George Tahu, Science Mission Directorate, 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

Beth Weinstein, Deputy Program Manager, Earth Science DAAC, Goddard Space Flight Center