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All Academy Members

Class of 2025

Tobin C. Anthony

CEO, Space Systems Integration, LLC

Russell Carpenter

Deputy Project Manager/Technical, Space Science Mission Operations, NASA GSFC

Edmundo Corona

Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Randal Robert Craft, Jr.

Retired Partner, Head, National Aviation Industry Team and the New York Litigation Group, Holland & Knight LLP Law Firm

Will Girard

Director of Engineering Talent, Bell Textron Inc.

Steven Hirshorn

Chief Engineer for Aeronautics, NASA Headquarters

Justin Hamilton Kerr

Chief Engineer, Mark 1 Lunar Lander, Blue Origin

Hailey Nichols

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Locus Lock
Outstanding Young Alumna

Carrie Dumas Olsen

Program Manager, Next Gen STEM, NASA Office of STEM Engagement, NASA Headquarters

James Woodburn

Chief Orbital Scientist and Ansys Fellow, Ansys Government Initiatives (AGI)

Class of 2024

Peter G. Antreasian

Flight Director, KinetX Aerospace, Inc.

Payam Banazadeh

Founder, Capella Space
Outstanding Young Alumnus

Steven J. Beresh

Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Andrea Chavez

Bell Engineering Talent Management Team, University and STEM Collaborations, Bell Flight

John E. Cochran, Jr.

Professor Emeritus, Auburn University

Barbara Craig

Vice President and Director of Research & Development, Ticom Geomatics, Inc. (retired)

John W. Hicks

Hypersonics Expert, NASA (retired)

Susan Kelly

Director of Software Engineering, Raytheon (retired)

Andreas Mogensen

Astronaut, European Space Agency

Carolyn Overmyer

Director, Orion Chief Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space

Class of 2023

Michael Baker

Captain, United States Navy (retired); Advisor to Rhodium Scientific LLC.; Inspirational Speaker

Bruce Chesley

Senior Associate, Teaching Science and Technology Inc.

Timothy Price Crain II

Chief Growth Officer, Intuitive Machines

Christopher D’Souza

Navigation Technical Lead for Human Spaceflight, GNC Autonomous Flight Systems Branch, NASA Johnson Space Center

Larry A. French

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technical Officer, Griffon Aerospace, Inc.

Hiroshi Inaba

Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Denki University

James Royce Lummus, Jr.

Director, Lockheed Martin Aerospace (retired); Adjunct Professor, UT Arlington; President, Consulting Services International

G. Edward Powell, Jr.

Chief Executive Officer, TensorX, Inc.

Kevin Sagis

Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Chief Engineer, ABL Space Systems

Paul “Rusty” Thomas

Senior Vice President/General Manager, Space Applications and Chief Technology Officer, Sierra Space

Class of 2022

Thomas J. Eller

Professor, United States Air Force Academy (Retired)

Ronald "Ron" Farris

Colonel, United States Air Force & GS-15, NASA (Retired)

George K. Gafka

APT Research, Chief Executive Officer (CEO); NASA Senior Executive (Retired)

Bing-Jean Lee

President, Feng Chia University (Taiwan Republic of China) and Professor of Civil Engineering

Jimmy Narramore

Founder, Narrfoil LLC. (Retired)

Cassidy Norman

Commanding Officer, USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), United States Navy

Leslie Phinney

Manager, Sandia National Laboratories

Jana Rebmann

President, Odyssey Space Research, L.L.C.

Tracy Vogler

Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Walton “Walt” E. Williamson, Jr.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Engineering, Texas Christian University

Class of 2021

Manley C. Butler, Jr.

Business Founder (Retired)

Stephen P. (Pat) Condon

Major General, United States Air Force (Retired)

Estevan “Steve” DeLeon

Co-founder, Senior Partner & VP of Engineering, Pecos Country Energy and Exploration Co.
Aeronautical Engineer Senior Staff, Mass Properties Group, F-22, Lockheed Martin (Retired)

Lisa Guerra

Senior Technical Advisor, Office of the Administrator, NASA

G. T. Ju

General Manager of Deepwater Projects and Engineering, Shell International Exploration & Production, Inc. (Retired)

Jill R. Meyers

Director of Government Operations, Genuen

John D. Schmisseur

H.H. Arnold Chair and Goethert Professor, The University of Tennessee Space Institute

Kenneth “Ken” Alden Young

Aerospace Engineer for NASA/Contractors (Retired)

Class of 2020

Richard Cook

Associate Director for Flight Projects and Mission Success, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

George W. Davis

CEO, Emergent Space Technologies, Inc.

Noboru Kikuchi

President, Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc.

David J. Korsmeyer

Associate Center Director for Research and Technology, NASA Ames Research Center- Silicon Valley, Ca

Patrick Le Tallec

Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Paul Lockhart

Director of Engineering, PEMDAS Technologies and Innovations

Jerry L. McDowell

Deputy Laboratory Director/Executive Vice-President for National Security Programs, Sandia National Laboratories (Retired)

Brendan M. O’Connor

 (Deceased)
Vice President of Advanced Programs, Emergent Space Technologies

J. Tinsley Oden

(Deceased)
Honorary Member 
Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #2
Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin
Professor, Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin
Professor, Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin (Deceased)

Susan B. Ouzts

(Deceased)
Vice President, F-16, Japan F-2 & India F-21 Programs, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Lockheed Martin

Richard “Dick” Perkins

Co-founder, Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc. (Retired)

Class of 2019

H. Norman Abramson

(Deceased)
Executive Vice President, Southwest Research Institute

Shyam Bhaskaran

Supervisor, Outer Planet Navigation Group, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Robert L. Crippen

(Retired) Captain, US Navy and Former Astronaut, NASA

Daniel Deans

President and Chief Operating Officer, MORI Associates

Felix Fenter

(Deceased)
Group Vice President – Andev Corporation

Wallace T. Fowler

Professor Emeritus, ASE/EM Department, The University of Texas at Austin

Adam L. Hamilton

President and Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Research Institute

Jeannie M. Leavitt

Major General and Commander, Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico 

Brian M. McKee

Co-Founder and Chairman, Millennium Engineering and Integration Company

Thomas N. McKnight Jr.

Founder, Eagle Rock Drilling, Inc. and Eagle Rock Manufacturing, Inc.

Charles E. McQueary

(Retired) Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, U.S. Department of Defense

Dennis L. McWilliams

Partner, Santé Ventures and Managing Director, SparkMed Advisors LLC

Humboldt Mandell Jr.

(Retired) Program Manager, NASA

Hans Mark

(Deceased)
Honorary Member

Chancellor Emeritus, The University of Texas System and Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas at Austin

Thomas (Tommy) Power

Principal, Stress Engineering Services, Inc.

William F. Powers

(Retired) Vice President-Research, Ford Motor Company

Richard W. Smalling

James D. Woods Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, and Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Cardiology 
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute

Michael L. Smith

Professor Emeritus of Aeronautical Engineering, USAF Academy and (Retired) Brigadier General USAF 

Robert H. Smith

Chief Executive Officer, Blue Origin

Alan Stern

Associate Vice President, Southwest Research Institute

Michael T. Suffredini

President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Axiom Space, Inc.

Byron D. Tapley

Professor Emeritus, ASE/EM Department, The University of Texas at Austin

Michael Watkins

Professor of Aerospace and Geophysics, California Institute of Technology

K.C. Williams

(Retired) Vice President - Engineering, ExxonMobil Corp.

Stephanie D. Wilson

Astronaut and Branch Chief, Mission Support Crew, NASA

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