Vice President Mike Pence has nominated former Congressman John Culberson and four other people to serve two-year terms on National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group. Four current members are leaving the board.
“The nominated members of the Users’ Advisory Group will serve to fulfill President Trump’s directive to ‘foster close coordination, cooperation, and technology and information exchange’ across our nation’s space enterprise to ensure that the United States remains the world’s foremost spacefaring country,” the White House said in a press release.
Nominees are pending official appointment by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
New Members
John Culberson
Former U.S. Congressman, Texas
Eileen Drake
President and CEO, Aerojet Rocketdyne
Dr. Bruce Jakosky
Professor of Atmosphere and Space Physics, University of Colorado
Jeanette Nuñez
Lieutenant Governor of Florida
Chairwoman of the Board, Space Florida
James D. Taiclet, Jr.
Board member, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Takes over as President and CEO on June 15
Departing Members
Marillyn Hewson
President and CEO, Lockheed Martin
Retiring on June 15
David Thompson
Former President and CEO, Orbital ATK
Steve Crisafulli
Former Speaker, Florida House of Representatives
Eric Schmidt
Former CEO and Executive Chairman, Google
Current Members
Admiral James Ellis, Jr., USN, Retired
Chairman, Users’ Advisory Group
Former Commander, United States Strategic Command, member of the Space Foundation Board of Directors
Dr. Buzz Aldrin, USAF, Retired
Apollo 11 astronaut
Tory Bruno
President and CEO, United Launch Alliance
David Calhoun
President and CEO, The Boeing Company
Dean Cheng
Scholar at the Heritage Foundation
Colonel Eileen Collins, USAF, Retired
Four-time shuttle astronaut, first female shuttle commander
Dr. Mary Lynne Dittmar
President and CEO, Coalition for Deep Space Exploration
Tim Ellis
CEO, Relativity Space
Homer Hickam
Board Member, U. S. Space & Rocket Center; former NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center engineer; Author of “Rocket Boys”
The Honorable Kay Ivey
Governor of Alabama
Fred Klipsch
Board of Trustees, Marian University;
Chairman and CEO, Klipsch Audio Technologies, Retired
General Les Lyles, USAF, Retired
Chairman, NASA Advisory Council
Colonel Pam Melroy, USAF, Retired
Three-time shuttle astronaut, former Deputy Director of the Tactical Technology Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Fatih Ozmen
CEO, Sierra Nevada Corporation
Harrison H. Schmitt
Former United States Senator, New Mexico; Apollo 17 astronaut
Gwynne Shotwell
President and COO, SpaceX
Dr. Robert H. Smith
CEO, Blue Origin
Eric Stallmer
President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation
Pamela Vaughan
STEM Integration Specialist for the Arkansas Department of Education
Mandy Vaughn
President, VOX Space
Kathy Warden
Chairman, CEO, and President, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Stuart O. Witt
Former Navy pilot; founder, Mojave Air and Spaceport; former chairman of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation
David Wolf, M.D.
Four-time shuttle astronaut, Purdue University