Dr. Wanda M. Austin is president and chief executive officer of The Aerospace Corporation, a leading architect for the nation’s national security space programs. The Aerospace Corporation has nearly 4,000 employees and annual revenues of more than $850 million. She assumed this position on January 1, 2008.

Austin previously was senior vice president of the company’s National Systems Group, which supports the national security space and intelligence community in the acquisition, launch and orbital operation of advanced technology space systems and their ground data stations. She was senior vice president of Special Studies from January 1 to April 1, 2004, and from June 2001 through December 2003 was senior vice president of the Engineering and Technology Group, directing a staff of 1,000 engineers and scientists working in a wide range of space-related disciplines.

Dr. Julian M. Earls is Executive in Residence at the Nance College of Business Administration at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.  Also, he served as Co-Chair of the Science and Mathematics Education Policy Advisory Council (SAMEPAC) for the State of Ohio. The SAMEPAC developed findings and made policy recommendations for improvements in mathematics and science education in Ohio. In January 2006, he retired from the position of Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland.  As Director of GRC he managed a budget in excess of $600 million and a workforce of over 3000 employees. 

Some information about Joe Fuller:

• Founder, President, and CEO of Futron, Inc.
• Design background includes Apollo, Shuttle, and TIROS/NOAA

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Terry Morris has served as the national spokesperson for the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) for a number of years. He has participated in several national CFC videos (1990-91, 1998- 99, 1999-2000, and 2003-2004) as well as public service announcements supporting philanthropy, community service and child advocacy. He has also been instrumental in severalinternational campaigns supporting philanthropy in over 170 countries.

Some of his nationals peaking engagements have included the White House, the Pentagon, the Federal Reserve, FBI,CIA, National Security Agency, NASA, OPM, the Smithsonian, the Nuclear Regulatory Agency,Selective Service, the National Institutes of Health, as well as the Departments of Justice, Agriculture, Interior, State, Treasury, and Transportation. He is currently the Software Integrated Hazard Analysis Manager on NASA’s Constellation Program responsible for mitigating hazardous behavior from ground equipment, launch assets, space vehicles, astronaut suits and their various interactions whether on the Earth, the Moon, Mars or in space. Hazards, from this perspective,incorporate all conditions that lead to loss of crew (LOC), loss of vehicle (LOV) and loss ofmission (LOM) which also includes hazards that impact the International Space Station, thepublic, and International Partners.

Dr. Morris holds a B.S. in electrical engineering at Mississippi State University, an M.S. in electrical engineering at Old Dominion University, a George M. LowFellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in system engineering atthe University of Virginia. He is currently pursuing a Certificate in Public Leadership at theBrookings Institute. He is a Lifetime Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics andAstronautics (AIAA) and serves as deputy director of the Information Systems Group. He serveson a number of boards and councils. Terry currently resides in Newport News, Virginia.

Currently, Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Associate Provost, and Director of the Lean Sustainment Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts.