Champions of Change

Champions of Change: Nasa Innovators

President Obama’s Strategy for American Innovation seeks to harness the ingenuity of the American people to ensure economic growth that is rapid, broad-based, and sustained. America’s economic growth and competitiveness depend on its people’s capacity to innovate. We can create the jobs and industries of the future by doing what America does best – investing in the creativity and imagination of our people. These Champions of Change work day in and day out to enable innovation, education, and new development that promotes economic growth and excellence in science and technology by taking advantage of the skills of the workforce, facilities, and infrastructure of the Florida Space Coast.

Dr. Bobby Jeanpierre, an Associate Professor of Elementary/Middle School Science Education is a National Science Foundation 2005 CAREER AWARD recipient. She joined the College of Education at the...

Dale is the Director of the Spaceport Research & Technology Institute (SRTI). As a lifelong resident of Florida’s Space Coast, after graduating from the University of Florida, Ketcham’s career...

Fredric S. Maxik, has served as Chief Scientific Officer of Lighting Science Group Corporation since June 2004 and has served as a director of Lighting Science Group since August 2004. In 2002,...

Joyce is Manager at the Kennedy Space Center Planning and Development Office. She provides strategic leadership and management integration of center planning activities and partnership development...

Representative Sasso is a Representative for Florida’s 32nd district. He supports space-related economic development and university programs, including the Space Technology and Research...

Dr. Scaringe founded Rivian out of a passion to develop and produce ultra-efficient yet fun-to-drive vehicles. Rivian is reinventing the way cars are developed, manufactured and distributed...

Jen is a former space shuttle technician at Kennedy Space Center. She started out working on shuttle ground support equipment in the orbiter processing facilities. This included monitoring the...

Carrie Solomon is the Representative from SpaceX. Established in 2002 by Elon Musk , the founder of PayPal and the Zip2 Corporation, SpaceX has already developed two brand new launch vehicles,...

Lynda L. Weatherman, a Florida native, is the president & CEO of the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast. In her position, she resides over the operations and strategic...

Robert G. (Bob) Whelen is Corporate Vice President, Real Estate for Harris Corporation and currently serves and Chairman of the Board of the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space...