SSPI Board Welcomes New Directors

After an election by the membership, the Board of Directors of Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has announced four new Directors for three-year terms beginning 1 July:

• Julie Baker, Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder, Ursa Space Systems
• Jessica Beahn, Vice President & Chief Engineer, Maxar Technologies
• Chris Kinman, Chief Commercial Officer, Momentus Space
• Jennifer Little, Vice President of Sales & Sales Operations, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

In addition, the election returned two Board members for a second term:

• Sharyn Nerenberg (SSPI Treasurer), Vice President, Corporate Communications, Hughes
• Mike Safyan, Vice President of Launch, Planet

“Our Chairwoman, Katherine Gizinski, and President, James Trevelyan, have made it a priority to drive the diversification of our Board to better represent the space and satellite industry,” said executive director Robert Bell. “Our new Board is made up of executives from satellite communications fleets, launch systems, spacecraft manufacturing, earth observation, ground segment technology and operations, IoT, data analytics and licensing. In an industry seen as male-dominated, nearly half of our Directors are women in senior positions within their organisations. We hope that raises expectations across the industry.”

Continuing in service on SSPI’s Board of Directors are:

• Julie Bettinger, Chief Marketing Officer, ST Engineering iDirect
• Josef Bogosian, Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing, Commercial Satellites, Boeing
• Jonathan Crawford, President Media & Broadcast, Roberts Communications Network
• Katherine Gizinski (SSPI Chair), Chief Executive Officer, ManSat
• James Hinds, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus OneWeb Satellites
• Aaron Lewis, Vice President, Corporate Communications & Government Relations, Arianespace, Inc.
• Marie-Pierre Pluvinage, Director, Business Development, Airbus US Space & Defense
• Christodoulos Protopapas, Chief Executive Officer, Hellas Sat
• Nicole Robinson, Chief Growth Officer, Comtech Telecommunications
• James Trevelyan (SSPI President), Executive Vice President of Sales, Speedcast
• Mark Witsaman, Vice President, Product Engineering, Globalstar
• Elias Zaccack, Executive Vice President, Global Sales, SES Networks
• Elizabeth Evans of K&L Gates serves as General Council.

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