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.
The 2023 "20 Under 35"
SSPI will honor the sixth annual “20 Under 35” list at the Future Leaders Celebration on October 18, 2023.
Aysha Alharam
Bahrain National Space Agency
Andrew Chau
Millennium Space
Amy Comeau
Boeing
Laura Cummings
Astroscale U.S.
Bhavi Jagatia
Planet
Christian Keil
Astranis
Srikanth Kodeboyina
Blue Eye Soft dba Blue Space
Dr. Justyna Kosianka
Ursa Space
Neha Lin
Iridium
Dr. Zhe Liu
Maxar
Armando Loli
Boeing
Asad Malik
iRocket
Julie Newman
Boeing
Onyinye Nwankwo
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Klaus Okkelberg
Boeing
Matej Poliacek
DLR – German Aerospace Centre
Sapna Rao
Lockheed Martin
Alix Rousseliere
Euroconsult
Glory Sikka
Maxar
Kenneth Smith
The Aerospace Corporation
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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.