Board of Advisors

Board of Advisors

Dr. Bernice Garrett Alston
-Deputy for Planning, Policy Development and Evaluation
-NASA Headquarters, Office of Education

Mrs. Anousheh Ansari
-Space Ambassador
-CEO & Chairman, Prodea Systems, Inc.

Mr. Alan Bean
-Artist, Apollo XII Lunar Module Pilot
-Commander, Skylab III

Jeanne L. Becker, Ph.D.
-Vice President and Institute Associate Director, National Space Biomedical Research Institute

Peter D. Blair, Ph.D.
-Executive Director, Division on Energy and Physical Sciences, The National Academies

Major General Charles F. Bolden Jr. USMC (ret.)
-Former Space Shuttle Astronaut
-CEO, Jackland Panther LLC Mr.

Mr. Roger Clark
-Manager, Silicon Technology, BP Solar

Mr. George Day
-Advisor, Wharton school; Co-director, Mack Center for Technology Innovation; Author, Peripheral Vision

Mr. Peter H. Diamandis, MD
-Chairman/CEO, X PRIZE Foundation

Ms. Anne Dillon
-Senior Research Scientist, National Renewable Energy Lab

Mr. Michael Hakimi
-2007 Conrad Award Laureate
-University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business

Ms. Marilee Harrigan
-Vice President for Education, Alliance to Save Energy

Peter S. Hastings, P.E.
-Licensing Manager, Nuclear Plant Development, Duke Energy
-AP1000 Licensing Lead, NuStart Energy

Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman
-Professor of the Practice of Aerospace Engineering
-Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT

Mr. Roger Launius
-Senior Curator
-Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum

Mr. Erik Lindbergh
-Artist, Lindbergh Gallery

Ms. Laura Lovelace
-Advisor, Fabiani and Company, Alternative Energy consulting

Mr. Edward Lu
-Former Space Shuttle Astronaut
-Advanced Projects, Google, Inc.

Mr. Steve McBeth
-President, Solimar Partners, LLC
-Founding President, Walt Disney Interactive

Ms. Kathy Major
-Chief Communications Officer, National Biomedical Research Institute

Mr. Gary Martin
-Director, New Ventures and Communications Directorate, NASA Ames Research Center

Mr. James A.M. Muncy
-Principal, Polispace

Ms. Talia Nour-Omid
-2007 Conrad Award Laureate
-University of Southern California

Mr. Robert O'Brien
-Partner in Charge, Arent Fox LLP, Los Angeles Office

Ms. Arati Prabhakar
-General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners

Mr. Phil Schlein
-Partner, US Ventures
-Former CEO, Macy's West

Mr. Tom Shepard
-CEO, The Festival Network, LLC

Mr. Delford M. Smith
-Chairman & Founder, Evergreen International Aviation, Inc.

Mr. Edward Stolman
-Chairman, Osher Life Long Learning Institute
-Sonoma State University

Mr. SteveTaylor
-Naval Aviator
-Georgetown University, Public Policy Institute

Mr. Steven J. Visco
-Principal Investigator, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
-CTO and Vice President, Poly Plus Battery Company

Ms. Karen Warner
-President and Managing Partner, Tangible Coaching and Consulting

Dr. Rennie Wrubel
-Educator, Retired Head of School
-Milken Community High School