SCOTT HUBBARD

¶Director of the NASA Ames Research Center, California. Hubbard was the first Mars Program Director at NASA Headquarters, successfully restructuring the program after mission failures. Other NASA positions include Deputy Director for Research, Director of NASAʼs Astrobiology Institute, and Manager of the Lunar Prospector mission. Before joining NASA, he was Vice President of Canberra Semiconductor and Staff Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Hubbard holds a B.A. in Physics-Astronomy from Vanderbilt University, and conducted graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Hubbard is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

¶JOHN M. LOGSDON , PH.D. Director, Space Policy Institute, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., where he has been a faculty member since 1970. A former member of the NASA Advisory Council, and current member of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee and the International Academy of Astronautics, Logsdon is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was the first Chair in Space History at the National Air and Space Museum. He received a B.S. in Physics from Xavier University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from New York University.

¶DOUGLAS D. OSHEROFF, PH.D. J. G. Jackson and C. J. Wood Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University, California. A 1996 Nobel Laureate in Physics for his joint discovery of superfluidity in helium-3, Osheroff is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a MacArthur Fellow. Osheroff has been awarded the Simon Memorial Prize and the Oliver Buckley Prize. He received a B.S. from the California Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Cornell University.

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¶SALLY T. RIDE, PH.D. Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego, and President and CEO of Imaginary Lines, Inc. The first American female astronaut in space, Ride served on the Presidential Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident. A Fellow of the American Physical Society and Board Member of the California Institute of Technology, she was formerly Director of NASAʼs Strategic Planning and served on the Space Studies Board and the Presidentʼs Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. Ride has received the Jefferson Award for Public Service and twice been awarded the National Spaceflight Medal. She received a B.S. in Physics, a B.A. in English, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University.

ROGER E. TETRAULT

¶Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, McDermott International. Tetrault has also served as Corporate Vice President and President of the Electric Boat Division and the Land Systems Division at General Dynamics, as well as Vice President and Group Executive of the Government Group at Babcock and Wilcox Company. He is a 1963 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a MBA from Lynchburg College.

REAR ADMIRAL STEPHEN A. TURCOTTE

¶Commander, Naval Safety Center, Virginia. Formerly Commanding Officer of the Jacksonville Naval Air Station and Deputy Commander of the Joint Task Force Southwest Asia, Turcotte has also commanded an aviation squadron and served on the Joint Staff (Operations Division). A decorated aviator, he has flown more than 5,500 hours in 15 different aircraft and has extensive experience in aircraft maintenance and operations. Turcotte holds a B.S. in Political Science from Marquette University NROTC and masters degrees in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, and in Management from Salve Regina University.

STEVEN B. WALLACE

¶Director, Office of Accident Investigation, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C. Wallaceʼs previous FAA positions include Senior Representative at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, Manager of the Transport Airplane Directorate Standards Staff in Seattle, and Attorney/ Advisor in the New York and Seattle offices. He holds a B.S. in Psychology from Springfield College and a J.D. from St. Johnʼs University School of Law. Wallace is admitted to legal practice before New York State and Federal courts, and is a licensed commercial pilot with multiengine, instrument, and seaplane ratings.

¶SHEILA E. WIDNALL, PH.D. Institute Professor and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts. Widnall has served as Associate Provost, MIT, and as Secretary of the Air Force. She is currently Co-Chairman of the Lean Aerospace Initiative. A leading expert in fluid dynamics, Widnall received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.

¶Board Member photographs by Rick W. Stiles

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