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 For more information on the SSPI Promise and Mentor Awards, click here.
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.
Nominations
Nominations are now open for the 2022 “20 Under 35” list. You can submit your nominations online via the forms below or download the form in MS Word format and return it via email after completion. Nominations are due by July 18, 2022.
Nominations are also open for the 2022 Mentor of the Year. You can submit your nominations online via the forms below or download the form in MS Word format and return it via email after completion. Nominations are due by July 18, 2022.
The 2021 "20 Under 35"
SSPI honored the fourth annual "20 Under 35" list at the Future Leaders Celebration on October 5, 2021.
Kelsey Doerksen
Planet
Promise Award Recipient
Sydney Hamilton
Boeing
Promise Award Recipient
Raven Moreland
Ball Aerospace
Promise Award Recipient
Luis Ferreira
Airbus Defence and Space
Dr. Markus Geiss
OHB System AG
David Harary
OBXTek Inc., SAF/SQ
Mikala Johnson, Ph.D.
Kymeta Corporation
Mina Konaka
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Dr. Akshata Krishnamurthy
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
Sam Lewis
ATLAS Space Operations
Valentina Luchetti
Space Generation Advisory Council
Brandon Marsella
Boeing
Camilo Andrés Reyes Mantilla
SES Satellites
Courtney Schmitt
Blue Origin
Dr. Olga Stelmakh-Drescher
EXOLAUNCH
Jimmy Strates
NXT Communications Corp.
Nathan Welborne
Viasat Government Systems
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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.