Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has announced the results of 2020 elections to its Board of Directors. The SSPI membership has elected four new Directors and re-elected three Directors to serve three-year terms beginning July 1. Newly elected and re-elected Directors include:
Mike Antonovich, CEO, Eutelsat Americas
Tony Gingiss, CEO, OneWeb Satellites
Katherine Gizinski, Chief Commercial Officer, ManSat
Christopher Johnson, President, Boeing Satellite Systems International
Sharyn Nerenberg, Senior Director of Corporate Communications, Hughes Network Systems
Mike Safyan, Vice President, Launch, Planet
Jeremy Turpin, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Isotropic Systems
“Members of SSPI’s Board represent the full range of our industry,” said executive director Robert Bell, “from manufacturing to launch to services, and from businesses with a long and proud legacy to new companies turning innovation into commercial success. They are driving SSPI’s mission to demonstrate the importance of space and satellite to the world and to ensure that our companies can attract and develop the talent needed to fulfill their enormous potential.”
Continuing in service on SSPI’s Board of Directors are:
Jonathan Crawford, President & Chief Executive Officer, The SPACECONNECTION
Jonathan Hofeller, Vice-President of Commercial Sales, SpaceX
Keith Johnson
Aaron Lewis, Vice President, Corporate Communications & Government Relations, Arianespace, Inc.
Reza Rasoulian, Executive Advisor, Carnival Cruise Lines
Nicole Robinson, Senior Vice President, Global Government, SES (President)
Dr. Walter Scott, Chief Technology Officer, Maxar
Billie Sims, Vice President, Government Programs, Hunter Communications
Thomas van den Driessche, President and Chief Commercial Officer, ST Engineering iDirect (Chair)
Elizabeth Evans of Reed Smith LLP serves as General Council. SSPI thanks outgoing Chair David Myers, President of the Communications Sector at Peraton, and outgoing director David Kagan, CEO of Globalstar, for their years of service to the association.