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
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, Inez Caudill Eminent Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, 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
Clovis Landry, Spacecraft Technologies, Lockheed Martin (deceased)
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
Richard Schaden, Richard F. Schaden PLLC
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)
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)