20 Under 35

SSPI's 20 Under 35

SSPI's annual list of "20 Under 35" features 20 employees and entrepreneurs to keep your eye on in coming years. They were selected from nominations submitted by the membership and evaluated by the same panel of judges who name winners of the Promise Awards. They represent, quite simply, the best of us in the years ahead.

The "20 Under 35" are honored each year at SSPI's Future Leaders Dinner. At the Dinner, SSPI presents the three top-ranked members of the 20 Under 35 with a Promise Award, recognizing them as leaders of their year's cohort, and honors the Mentor of the Year for fostering young talent, both within his or her organization and throughout the industry. For more information on the SSPI Promise and Mentor Awards, click here.

Nominations

Nominations are now open for the 2021 20 Under 35 cohort and the 2021 Mentor of the Year. Nominations are due by July 9, 2021.

The 2020 "20 Under 35"

SSPI honored the third annual "20 Under 35" list at the Future Leaders Celebration on October 6, 2020.

Taylor Kerl
Maxar
Promise Award Recipient

Brittany Zajic
Planet
Promise Award Recipient

Brittany Zimmerman
Paragon Space Development
Promise Award Recipient

Harriet Brettle
Astroscale

Reina Buenconsejo
Cal Tech

Bethany Downer
ESA – Hubble Space Telescope

James Farrell
Boeing

Giulia Federico
SPiN

George John
Hogan Lovells

Pierre-Alexis Joumel
Airbus

Adnan Al Muhairi
Yahsat

Dr. Tobias Niederwieser
CU Boulder

Joost van Oorschot
Maana Electric

Melissa Orlick
Isotropic Networks

Nicholas Puschman
Bird & Bird LLP

Sahith Reddy Madara
University of Sharjah

Manny Shar
Bryce Space & Technology

Dr. Jeffrey Stuart
NASA JPL

Derek Thompson, PhD
Phase Four

Fatmah Al Yammahi
Yahsat

Future Leaders Celebration

This annual event celebrates the 20 Under 35 young employees and entrepreneurs to watch in the coming years, honoring the top three of them with Promise Awards and one industry veteran as Mentor of the Year. Click here to learn more.