External Advisory Board

Past Members

  • Neal Anderson, Vice President of Technology Development, DigitalGlobe
  • Susan Avery, Professor, Director of CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Frank Backes, President, Center for Technology Research & Commercialization (C-TRAC)
  • Dan Baker, Director, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
  • Vance Brand, Astronaut (retired)
  • Bob Canty, Vice President, Constellation Management and Protection, Raytheon Intelligence & Space
  • Carol Anne Clayson, Associate Scientist with Tenure, Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Richard Cook, Program Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Linda Cuplin, Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Aerospace Systems
  • Bonnie Dunbar, Professor, Texas A&M University
  • Chris Finnoff, President and Founder, Finnoff Aviation
  • Mike Francis, Chief of Advanced Programs, United Technologies Research Center
  • Michael From, Executive Manager Aerodynamics Engineernig, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
  • Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
  • Shannon Gaydos-Hinkle, Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS) Raytheon Company
  • Mike Gazarik, Vice President of Engineering - Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
  • George J. Gleghorn, Vice President and Chief Engineer (retired), TRW Space and Technology Group
  • Charles Hull, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, 3D Systems Corporation
  • Lisa Hardaway, Chief Engineer - Orion Program, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Co.; EAB chair 2016-2017 (deceased)
  • Noel Hinners, Vice President of Flight Systems, Lockheed Martin Astronautics; EAB chair 2006-2008 (deceased)
  • Craig Johnson, Senior Projects Manager, Lockheed Martin SkunkWorks
  • John L. Junkins, George J. Eppright Prof., Texas A&M University
  • Simona Kelley, Program Manager, Northrop Grumman Electronics Systems - Navigation Systems Division
  • Lauren Kessler, MIT Lincoln Lab
  • Clovis Landry, Spacecraft Technologies, Lockheed Martin (deceased)
  • Ivett Leyva, Department Head, Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University
  • G. Thomas (Tom) Marsh, Executive Vice President (retired), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
  • James McAnally, CEO, Lockheed Martin Astronautics (retired); EAB Chair 1998-2002
  • John McMasters, Ed Wells Initiative, The Boeing Company (deceased)
  • R.C. (Merc) Mercure, Co-founder Ball Aerospace (retired), CEO, CDM Optics, Inc.
  • Dean Misterek, Head of Systems Engineering and Vehicle Architect, Blue Origin
  • Earll Murman, Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Dava Newman, Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • Elaine Oran, Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland; Emeritus, US Naval Research Laboratory
  • Lanny Pinchuk, Assistant Dean of Engineering, and Director, External Relations, CU (retired)
  • Eli Reshotko, Kent H. Smith Professor Emeritus, Case Western Reserve University
  • Dick Rumpf, Founder, Rumpf Associates International
  • Mark Sirangelo, Corporate Vice President, Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems Group
  • H. Joe Smead, CEO, Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics (deceased)
  • Steve Smith, Vice President and General Manager Systems Engineering Solutions, Ball Aerospace
  • Bill Sullivan, Space Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance for Raytheon Intelligence and Space (Retired)
  • Peter Teets, Undersecretary of the Air Force for Space
  • Scott Tibbitts, Managing Director, SpaceDev Inc.
  • Corky Townsend, Director of Aviation Safety, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
  • Richard Truly, Former Astronaut
  • 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)
  • Chris White, Director, Space Systems, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems
  • David Wisler, Manager University Programs, General Electric Aviation (retired)
  • Laurence Young, Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (deceased)