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Camille Bergin

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Joe Landon

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Lt. General Philip Garrant, Commander of the U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command

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Jared Stout, Chief Global Policy Officer at Axiom Space

Katie Wall, VP of Federal Affairs at the Artemis Group

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Jacqueline Feldscher is the managing editor of Payload, where she also writes Polaris, Payload's weekly space policy newsletter. 

She previously covered national security and space for Defense One and POLITICO, where she helped launch POLITICO Space, a weekly space policy newsletter. She has been a reporter in Washington for over a decade, including time spent at the Washington Examiner, the Washington Times, and Navy Times. 

She graduated from Boston University in May 2010 with a B.A. in Religion and English and received a master's degree in health and science reporting from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism in August 2011.

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Rob Meyerson, Founder & CEO of Interlune

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Debra Facktor leads the Airbus U.S. Space Systems line of business, with a focus on small satellites produced for commercial and government customers at the company’s manufacturing facility in Merritt Island, Florida, and on space exploration activities in the U.S.

Debra sits on the board of directors for Starlab, a joint venture between Voyager and Airbus to build and operate a next-generation commercial space station. She also served on the board of the Airbus OneWeb Satellites joint venture prior to its recent acquisition by Airbus U.S.

Before joining Airbus U.S., Debra was Vice President and General Manager of Strategic Operations for Ball Aerospace, leading the company’s Washington DC operations, strategic development, and marketing and communications.

She is actively engaged as an advisor and mentor in the aerospace community, serving as chair of the Space & Satellite Professionals International-Women in Space Engagement (SSPI-WISE) and is a fellow of AIAA, the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and an academician of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).

Debra received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan and is an alumna of the International Space University summer session program in Strasbourg, France.

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Clay Mowry is the CEO of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), a globally recognized space industry executive and lifetime AIAA Fellow. Before AIAA, his career spanned senior executive roles in commercial launch and satellite sectors, including Voyager Space, Blue Origin, and 15 years as president of Arianespace, Inc. He also founded the Satellite Industry Association (SIA).

Currently, Clay is also president of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the world’s leading space nonprofit, a volunteer role he holds through October 2025. Passionate about empowering the next generation, he mentors with the Brooke Owens Fellowship and is chairman emeritus of the Future Space Leaders Foundation. His impact has been recognized with multiple industry awards. He holds an MBA from Georgetown University and a bachelor's from Ohio Wesleyan University.

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Steven J. Isakowitz is president and chief executive officer of The Aerospace Corporation, a leading architect for the nation’s national security and civil space programs. The Aerospace Corporation has more than 4,000 employees and annual revenues of $1.1 billion. He assumed this position on October 1, 2016.

As a recognized leader across the government, private, space, and technology sectors, Isakowitz has served in prominent roles at Virgin, the U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, and the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Isakowitz serves on various advisory boards at both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and California State University Long Beach, and has served on the FAA’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee. He also co-authored the AIAA’s International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems, which received the Summerfield Book Award in 2003.

During his tenure at Virgin, Isakowitz served as chief technology officer and later as president of the firm’s space ventures business, which included such responsibilities as the development of privately funded launch systems, advanced technologies, and other new space applications.

Prior to Virgin, Isakowitz served as chief financial officer of the U.S. Department of Energy, where he supported basic scientific research and advanced energy technologies in the national security and civil sectors, while managing a budget of nearly $30 billion.

Previously, he served as deputy associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA, where he helped guide the development of advanced technologies and promoted innovative approaches in the areas of space transportation and government-industry partnerships.

Prior to his NASA work, Isakowitz served as science and space programs branch chief at the White House Office of Management and Budget, where he oversaw $50 billion in federal science and technology programs, which included NASA, NOAA, and the National Science Foundation.

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