Speaker – Mr. Alan Ladwig
Mr. Ladwig recently returned to NASA as a political appointee of the Obama Administration and serves as a senior advisor in the Office of the Administrator. Ladwig previously served in senior management positions with NASA, commercial space companies, media companies, and non-profit organizations.
He also served as manager of Space Systems for Whitney, Bradley and Brown, Inc. (WBB Consulting) and had been sector lead executive for NASA business development at Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems. He served as chief operating officer during the start-up phase of the Zero Gravity Corporation, a privately held space tourism and entertainment company. Ladwig also completed two previous tours at NASA.