The Team

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Executive Board Member

Director, NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium and Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Carthage College. 15+ years of microgravity payload development experience. 1000+ parabolas. 

Executive Board Member

K-5 Gifted Resource Specialist in Hinesville, Georgia.  Teacher mentor for WSGC Embedded Teacher Program. Georgia STEM Teacher of the Year, Solar System Ambassador, Teacher Liaison with Space Foundation, ISS Space Station Explorer Ambassador. 

 Executive Board Member

STEM and Computer Science educator in central Iowa. Teacher mentor for WSGC Embedded Teacher Program, International Teacher Liaison with Space Foundation, U.S. Ambassador to One Giant Leap Australia, STEM Teacher of the Year South Central Iowa, Fund for Teachers Fellow.

Executive Board Member

Senior Outreach Coordinator at the University of Texas Center for Space Research in Austin.   Fifteen years as a STEM and science teacher.  Teacher and student mentor in parabolic, suborbital, and orbital microgravity research experiences. Flown on multiple parabolic flights.

 Executive Board Member

Band director and music teacher in Southeastern Wisconsin. Teacher mentor for WSGC Embedded Teacher Program. National Board-Certified teacher, certified by National Geographic and a Google Educator. Limitless Space Institute Educator, Space Foundation International Teacher Liaison, Sphero Hero, and Henry Ford Innovative Teacher Grand Prize Winner. 

Industry Advisor

President of Space Forge, Inc.

 Michelle is a 15+ year veteran of the US space industry with vast experience creating value, engaging customers, drawing revenue, and managing cutting edge programs. 

Space Forge, Inc manufactures new materials in space for the benefit of humanity.