For 2024, our invited keynote speaker is Ted Mercer.
About our invited 2024 Keynote Speaker:
Roosevelt “Ted” Mercer Jr., Major General (MG), United States Air Force (Ret.), is the CEO & Executive Director of The Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, commonly known as Virginia Space, a part of the Commonwealth of Virginia focused on bringing commercial spaceflight to Virginia and providing education in aerospace technologies across the Commonwealth. They operate the space launch site in Virginia whose launches include NASA cargo to the International Space Station. Prior to joining Virginia Space, MG Mercer was the director of the NextGen Office of Collaboration and Messaging at the Federal Aviation Administration. MG Mercer served in the US Air Force for more than 32 years.
MG Mercer is the Vice Chairman of the board, National Strategic Research Institute for the University of Nebraska; Chairman of the Military Advisory Board of Directors for Bellevue University; member of the Board of Trustees for the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; and a member of the National Association of Governing Boards. MG Mercer received a BA in urban planning from the University of Puget Sound; MS in counseling from the University of Oklahoma; post-graduate Executive Programs at Syracuse University, National Defense University, and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government; and a concentrated Executive Financial Development Program at the Wharton School of Business.
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