Current Chair of External Advisory Board

 

Greg R. Enders, Director (retired)
Systems Engineering and Mission Operations
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
2012 - present, Chair, External Advisory Board, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, CU Boulder

Greg graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1970 (yes, he had a class in vacuum tubes and knows how to use a slide rule).  Upon graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy and spent the following 8 years in Naval Intelligence.  His first real engineering job was with Lockheed Martin, joining the Titan Program in 1978.  On Titan, he held numerous positions within Systems Engineering, including Electromagnetic Compatibility group lead, Electrical Systems Design Lead, and Systems Design Lead.  Subsequent to the Titan Program, Greg joined the Technical Operations Systems Engineering organization as manager for Systems Design and Test Requirements.  In 2000 he became the Director of Systems Engineering and Mission Operations.

 

 

Daniel N. Baker, Director
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space
Physics (LASP), UCB
Dr. Baker's research is in spacecraft instrumental design and calibration, space physics data analysis, and magnetospheric modeling. He has studied plasma physical and energetic particle phenomena in the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Mercury, and the plasma sheet and magnetopause boundary regions of Earth's magnetosphere. Dan Baker is experienced in the analysis of large data sets from spacecraft at geostationary orbit, and involvement in missions to the Earth's deep magnetotail and comets, in the study of solar wind-magnetospheric energy coupling, and theoretical modeling of the possible role of heavy ions in the development of magnetotail instabilities. Present interests include the use of computer systems and networks to enhance the acquisition, dissemination, and display of spacecraft data.

 

 

Ron F. Blackwelder, Professor
Dept of Aerospace and Mechanical  Engineering
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Research interests: experimental fluid mechanics, flight aerodynamics, turbulence
2001, Visiting Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
1994, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University & NASA Ames
1991-93, Consultant, TetraTek, Inc., Camarillo, CA
1990-92, Consultant, Swerling, Manasse & Smith, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA
1983-84, Professeur Associe, Institut National Polytechnique and Visiting Scientist, Institut de Mecanique, Grenoble, France

 

 

Carol Anne Clayson, Associate Scientist with Tenure
Physical Oceanography Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Professor Clayson's current primary interest is focused on atmosphere-ocean interaction, with an emphasis on boundary layer processes. Current projects include research involving air-sea fluxes, both in understanding the physics of the interfacial layers at the atmosphere-ocean interface, and in techniques for determining these fluxes from satellite observations. Another project involves understanding the nature of cloud-sea surface temperature interactions, using a combination of data sources and a single-column coupled ocean-atmosphere model. Investigations are continuing into the use of a formal feedback analysis method to quantify the feedbacks in the tropical ocean-atmosphere system. Other research projects include the use of 1-dimensional and 3-dimensional models of the Indian and Pacific oceans and the Sea of Japan. Work in the tropics with these models is aimed at understanding the effects of precipitation on the oceanic mixed layer, and the work in the Sea of Japan is on understanding the role of air-sea coupling in producing oceanic deep convection in this region.

 

 

Chris Finnoff, President and Founder
Finnoff Aviation
With over 30 years of aviation industry experience, Chris Finnoff's entrepreneurial approach has generated notable success in bringing new and innovative aircraft to market.  Prior to starting Finnoff International LLC, a company specializing in previously owned PC12 aircraft, as President of the Commercial Group of Adam Aircraft, Finnoff directed the launch of the A-700 jet and the marketing of the A-500 twin engine piston.  Before Adam Aircraft, as Vice President of Sales at Eclipse Aviation, Finnoff developed a sales program resulting in the non-refundable pre-sales of 1500 aircraft within a 12-month period. Prior to Eclipse, Finnoff was President and CEO of Pilatus Business Aircraft. Before Pilatus, he was founder and president of Turbo West, the Piper Cheyenne and Beech Aircraft distributor for the Rocky Mountain area.  Earlier in his career, Finnoff was the top-producing sales person at Beech Aircraft and Learjet. Later, he founded Leartek, a technology venture founded to promote Learjet as a tool for high-altitude mapping and reconnaissance.

 

 

Michael S. Francis, Chief
Advanced Programs, United Technologies Research Center
Col. Francis retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1997. He helped to develop the first air-space integrated defense information architecture, and directed numerous projects including the US-German X-31 Experimental Fighter Aircraft Program, the Reusable Space Launch Technology Program, and a DoD-sponsored assessment of Aircraft Affordability. At DARPA, he also initiated the Unmanned Tactical Aircraft initiative (now the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Program), and the Micro Air Vehicle Program.  At the May 7, 2010 UCB Commencement, Mike Francis received an honorary degree "Doctor of Science" from the Regents of the University of Colorado "in recognition of his outstanding technology contributions and his public service to American society".  See full citation here.

 

 

Michael E. From, Executive Manager
Aerodynamics Engineernig
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Mr. From has over 29 years of engineering experience covering the entire Boeing commercial airplane product line in all aspects of Aerodynamics Engineering, including aircraft research, configuration/product development, certification, accident/incident investigation, and airline fleet support. He has been an engineering manager for 15 years, serving as executive manager for the past four years. From 1990-1991, he worked with John McMasters to develop, organize, implement, and teach 35 summer interns (including CU students) on how Boeing designs airplanes. Continuing from 1991 to the present Mr. From has participated in interview/recruiting trips to many universities including CU. Last summer 2007 he organized tours, speakers and supported CU outreach activities for the Boeing-Welliver visiting professor program (Dr. Donna Gerren was CU's visiting professor).

 

 

Lisa Hardaway, Ph.D., Chief Engineer, Orion Program
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Co., Boulder, CO
Dr. Hardaway is responsible for overseeing the design, development, and test of a suite of sensors used for relative navigation.  Prior to this, she was the technical manager for the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3, a hybrid UV to IR camera that which is enabling a deeper understanding of our universe, and the Ralph camera on the New Horizons mission to Pluto, which will provide color, composition and thermal mapping of Pluto and Charon in 2015. Through her Ph.D. thesis work at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Dr. Hardaway observed, for the first time, several different phenomena that lead to the instability of structures under nanometer deformation. She also holds a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford and a BS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. Dr. Hardaway is an active member of AIAA and is the secretary for the Structures Technical Committee. In past lives, Dr. Hardaway was a structural/mechanical engineer for the International Space Station, FA 18-E/F, Chandra, and Deep Impact programs.  In her free time, she enjoys attending her kids’ soccer matches, chasing her wayward dogs, and hiking in the foothills.

 

 

(EAB Chair Emeritus - still active with the Board)

Richard Herring, CEO (retired)
Spectral Solutions, Inc.
2002-Present, Executive Director, Engineers Without Borders
2002-2006; 2010-2012, Chair, External Advisory Board, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, CU-Boulder
1998-2001, CEO/COO, Spectral Solutions, Inc.
1997-1998, Executive Consultant, Videant International, Inc.
1995-1997, CEO, EarthWatch, Inc. (retired)
1991-1995, Vice President, Ball Aerospace (retired)
1987-1991, Chief Operating Officer, Ball Aerospace

 

 

(EAB Chair Emeritus - still active with the Board)
Noel W. Hinners, Vice President of Flight Systems (retired)
Lockheed Martin Astronautics
Dr. Hinners was the founding Editor of Geophysical Research Letters, a rapid-publication journal of the American Geophysical Union. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, founding President of the Maryland and Colorado Space Business Round Tables, a member of the Space Telescope Science Institute Visiting Committee and the External Review Committee for the Non-Proliferation and International Security Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
COMMITTEE & BOARD CHAIRMANSHIPS:
University of Colorado, Aerospace Engineering Sciences External Advisory Board, 2006-2008
Univ. Space Research Assoc., Center for Program Mgmt Research S&E Council, 2003-present

 

 

Steven D. Jolly, Systems Engineering Director - GOES-R, Sensors & Exploration Systems/GOES-R
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Dr. Jolly has served Project Orion off and on as an independent advisor and tiger team lead for entry, descent and landing. He was Program Manager for the Mars Science Lab Aeroshell and a member of the Independent Assessment Panel for the MSL Landing Site Selection (June, 2011), and has served as a member of EDL systems engineering team and critical events risk process for Phoenix, Stardust and Genesis. He has nearly thirty years of experience in spacecraft and launch vehicles from concept through flight operations.  Dr. Jolly earned a B.S. in aerospace engineering from CU-Boulder, an M.S. from Florida Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering sciences from CU-Boulder. A 2007 recipient of the NASA Public Service Medal for distinguished service, he is the American Astronautical Society (AAS) Chair for the Rocky Mountain Guidance and Control Section.

 

 

Simona E. Kelley, Program Manager
Northrop Grumman Electronics Systems - Navigation Systems Division
Mrs. Kelley has over 15 years experience in program management, systems engineering, integration and test, and advanced technology development and product transition. She is a proven leader who has demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams from various organizations and influencing all levels of leadership. She managed the development and demonstration of the Relative Navigation technology and the Autonomous Aerial Refueling program for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). She led the spacecraft integration and test of the National Polar Orbital Environmental Sensor Suite (NPOESS) program sensors onto the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft. She has led system design and requirement development, modeling, and performance verification for directed energy programs, and various Electrical-Optical (EO) sensors. She received her Bachelor and Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder specializing in GPS and controls systems. She also received a Master of Science in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona Optical Science Center where her thesis was on segmented deformable thin membrane mirrors. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her three kids and husband and hiking, biking, and kayaking as much as she can.

 

 

Raymond L. Kolibaba, Vice President
Systems Development Operations
Mission Systems Sector, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Northrop Grumman Corp
2008 – 2010, Chair, External Advisory Board, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, UCB
Mr. Kolibaba has over 30 years experience in general management, business development, program management and systems engineering for information technology systems.  He is a proven leader who can achieve staff support to change culture and establish different approaches, including technology insertion reuse and COTS integration.

 

 

Lanis (Lanny) Pinchuk, Assistant Dean of Engineering, and
Director, External Relations (CU) (retired)
Enlisted in 1952. Received commission and pilot¹s wings through the Aviation Cadet Program. Flew single and multi-engine jets and recips. Flight duties included 5 years flying VIPs in a Special Air Mission (SAM) squadron; flying KC and EC-135¹s in SAC; 135 combat missions in support of the 5th Special Forces in the Central Highlands of Vietnam as a forward air controller flying the O-lE Birddog, and various staff assignments, including working for Commander, 15th Air Forces.

 

 

Richard L. Rumpf, Rumpf Associates International
Mr. Rumpf is a recognized expert in military research,advanced technologies, and defense acquisition policy and procedures. In 1990, Mr. Rumpf established Rumpf Associates International, Inc., and serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Rumpf has provided technical, programmatic, management services, and due diligence analysis to a litany of commercial and government (DOD and DOE) clients.  He is an unmanned systems expert in all the UxV domains (air, ground, surface, underwater, and lighter-than-air) and routinely assists the government with strategic and technical issues. He received the President's Meritorious Executive Award in 1986, and in 1987, he received the Distinguished Executive Award in the Senior Executive Service from President Reagan, as well as the Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award. In 1989, he was honored as the Member of the Year by the Association of Unmanned Vehicles Society.  In 1990, he was presented the Navy's Distinguished Civilian Service Award. In October of 1991, Mr. Rumpf was named to the rank of Commandeur in the Ordre National du Mérite by the French Ambassador to the U.S.

 

 

Richard F. Schaden, Richard F. Schaden PLLC
An aeronautical engineer by education, Richard F. Schaden has had a distinguished career as an international aviation and public interest trial attorney. He has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in courtroom verdicts and settlements, along with the respect of both the legal and technical communities, with over forty years of successful litigation and trial work experience. In recent years, Richard has combined his legal, engineering and aviation background as the founder of three companies: Beyond the Edge, Beyond Aviation, and Escape Dynamics. In 2011, Richard was honored with the "Man for All Seasons" lifetime service achievement award by Community Food Share (CFS), a food bank serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties. As a restaurateur Richard was a co-founder of the new Italian restaurant concept Tossa, is the co-owner of Laudisio, and co-founded Smashburger with his son, Rick Schaden. Richard is also on the Board of Directors of the Boulder-based non-profit Oceanic Preservation Society.

Mark Sirangelo, Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems Group
Mr. Sirangelo leads Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems Group, a leading producer of satellites, space transportation vehicles, propulsion systems and space sub-systems. He is the current Chair of the Center for Space Entrepreneurship, called eSpace, which was launched in partnership with the University of Colorado. SNC has been and continues to be a major supporter of the University’s research efforts. SNC Spacesystems, over its 25 years of business, has been engaged on over 400 space missions and has produced 4,000 systems, subsystems and components for a wide variety of Earth orbit and planetary missions. SNC is also the owner and prime developer of the Dream Chaser, an LEO orbital space vehicle transportation system currently being funded in partnership with NASA. Mr. Sirangelo was formerly the Chairman and CEO of SpaceDev, Inc., prior to its merging with SNC, and has spent his earlier career leading aeronautics, space and technology companies. Mr. Sirangelo’s industry board memberships also include being the Chairman Emeritus of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, and a Trustee for the Aeronautics Industries Association. His charity boards include being a board member and trustee of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and a founder, Vice Chairman and Treasurer for the International Centre for Children. Corporate and personal awards include being honored by NASA/Space Foundation’s Space Technology Hall of Fame, the Defense Industry’s Fast Track 50, Deloitte’s Fast Track 500, being a finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and on Inc. Magazine’s top 200 companies. Mr. Sirangelo holds Doctorate, MBA and Bachelor of Science degrees, has been scientifically published, has served as an officer in the US Military and is a licensed pilot.

 

 

Scott Tibbitts, Managing Director
SpaceDev Inc.
SpaceDev Inc is an aerospace company that provides innovative microsatellites, hybrid propulsion and spacecraft mechanisms to the global aerospace industry. Mr. Tibbitts was the founder and CEO of Starsys Research Corporation in Boulder Colorado, a company created to bring a promising thermal actuator technology to the spacecraft industry, and now a world-class supplier of mechanical systems and actuators for spacecraft, with a track record of 2500 mechanisms flown on more than 250 spacecraft with 100% success.  In 2006, Starsys Research was acquired by SpaceDev Inc., a Poway, California aerospace company that is a world-leader in the development of hybrid propulsion and micro-satellites.  Mr. Tibbitts assumed the role of Managing Director of SpaceDev on completion of the merger. Mr. Tibbitts is also the Executive Director of eSpace:  The Center for Space Entrepreneurship; a not-for-profit partnership of the University of Colorado and SpaceDev, chartered with accelerating the creation of entrepreneurial space companies and the workforce that supports them.

 

 

Cornelia (Corky) Townsend, Director, Aviation Safety
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
As director of Aviation Safety, Corky Townsend leads all product safety activities for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, including accident investigations, continued airworthiness efforts and safety assessments for new and derivative airplanes. She also leads Boeing’s aviation safety strategy and participation in global industry safety programs. Townsend was named to the position in July 2008. Previously, Townsend was the chief project engineer for the 747 program. Named to that position in August 2003, she was responsible for ensuring the safety of the 747 and enhancing its value from the customer perspective. From May 2000 to July 2003, Townsend was the deputy chief project engineer and airplane-level integration team leader for the 747 program. Her responsibilities included airplane safety, customer introductions, production support and product improvement. Over the years, Townsend has progressed through a series of management positions, including 777 program management; senior manager of 747/767/777 airplane performance, safety, certification and test and validation; and program manager for the 747-400X. She began her Boeing career in 1985 in aerodynamics engineering and customer engineering. Townsend holds a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree in business administration from Seattle University.

Laurence R. Young, Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Laurence R. Young was the founding Director of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine of the NAS and is a full member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Dr. Young joined the MIT faculty in 1962, and co-founded the Man-Behicle Laboratory which does research on the visual and vestibular systems, visual-vestibular interaction, flight simulation, space motion sickness and manual control and displays. Following two years of training at Johnson Space Center he served as Alternate Payload Specialist during the October 1993 mission. Dr. Young has served on numerous Academy committees including the Committee on the Space Station, Committee on Human Factors, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and Air Force Studies Board.

 

 

Past Members:

Susan Avery, Professor, Director of CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder

Vance Brand, Astronaut (retired)

Linda Cuplin, Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Aerospace Systems

Richard Cook, Program Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

George J. Gleghorn, Vice President and Chief Engineer(retired), TRW Space and Technology Group

Craig Johnson, Senior Projects Manager, Lockheed Martin SkunkWorks

Clovis Landry, Spacecraft Technologies, Lockheed Martin (deceased)

James McAnally, CEO, Lockheed Martin Astronautics (retired) and EAB Chair 1998-2002

John L. Junkins, George J. Eppright Prof , Texas A&M University

G. Thomas (Tom) Marsh, Executive Vice President (retired), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

John McMasters, Ed Wells Initiative, The Boeing Company (deceased)

R.C. (Merc) Mercure, Co-founder Ball Aerospace (retired), CEO, CDM Optics, Inc.

Earll Murman, Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Eli Reshotko, Kent H. Smith Professor Emeritus, Case Western Reserve University

H. Joe Smead, CEO, Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics (retired)

Donald Vanlandingham, CEO and Chair, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp

Bill Weston, Space and Communications Group, The Boeing Company

David Wheaton, Vice President, Lockheed Martin Corp (retired)

David Wisler, Manager University Programs, General Electric Aviation (retired)

Peter Teets, Undersecretary of the Air Force for Space