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SSPI Board of Directors

Executive Officers

Katherine Gizinski, CEO, River Advisors (Chair)

James Trevelyan, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Speedcast (President)


Board Members

Julie Baker, Chief Operating Officer, Co-founder, Ursa Space

Jessica Beahn, Vice President, and Chief Engineer, Maxar Space

Julie Bettinger, Chief Marketing Officer, ST Engineering iDirect

Leslie Blaker-Glass, Vice President, Strategic Development, Hughes Network Systems

Josef Bogosian, Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing, Commercial Satellites, Boeing

James Hinds, CEO, Airbus OneWeb Satellites

Chris Kinman, Chief Commercial Officer, Momentus Space

Aaron Lewis, Vice President, Corporate Communications & Government Relations, Arianespace, Inc.

Marie-Pierre Pluvinage, Director, Business Development, Connected Intelligence, Airbus US Space & Defense

Christodoulos Protopapas, Founder & CEO, Hellas Sat

Nicole Robinson, Chief Growth Officer,  Comtech Telechommunications Corp.

Mike Safyan, Vice President of Launch, Planet

Mark Witsaman, Vice President, Product Engineering, Globalstar

Elias Zaccack, Executive Vice President, Global Sales, SES Networks


SSPI-WISE Liaison

Debra Facktor, Head of AIRBUS U.S. Space Systems, Airbus US Space & Defense


General Counsel

Elizabeth Evans, K&L Gates

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