Board of Directors
Mr. Nicholas Eftimiades
Founder, Chairman
Mr. Paul Graziani
CEO, Analytical Graphics, Inc.
Vice Chairman
Dr. Marshall Kaplan
CEO, Launchspace
Mr. Paul Behrends
Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
Mr. Stephen S. Oswald
Syzygy Enterprises
Former Astronaut
Ms. Catherine Steele
VP, The Aerospace Corporation
Dr. Patrick J. Ford
Director, Spaceport Northwest
Advisory Board Members
Hon. Dana Rohrabacher
United States Representative
Hon. Mark S. Kirk
United States Senator
Dr. Buzz Aldrin
President, Share Space Foundation
Apollo 11 astronaut
Maj Gen Howard J. Mitchell
United States Air Force (Ret.)
Mr. Hal Hagemeier, P.E.
Mr. David Logsdon
Dir, Space Enterprise Council
Mr. Bill Prady
Co-Creator, CBS’s The Big Bang Theory
Dr. Louis Friedman
Co-founder, The Planetary Society
Mr. Bill Nye
Executive Director, The Planetary Society
Mr. Jeff Baxter
Musician, Steely Dan, Doobie Bros.
Mr. Pat Rawlings
Space Artist and Animator
Mr. Lon Rains
Dir, Communications NGC
Organizational Staff
Linda McNeil
Executive Director
Dr. Don Faxon
Director of Information Technology & Education
Mr. Ivan Galysh
Director of Aerospace Programs
Stephanie Eftimiades
Director of Events
Derek Casari
Director of Development
Juli Lawless
Director of Mission Teams