Empowering all Women, in Space and on Earth

Board Members

Mary Snitch

Director Ad Interim Mary L. Snitch joined Lockheed Martin Corporation in Washington, DC in 1990, and now leads corporate-wide engagements with US and international professional and scientific organizations, along with research universities and national academies. Throughout Mary’s career she has been an advocate for STEM education, particularly for females and underrepresented communities in science and […]

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Marcelle A. LalibertƩ

Head of Research Dr. Marcelle A. Laliberté is Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer at HEC Paris and an academic researcher specializing in AI governance, STEM equity, and the space sector. Recognized by the United Nations as an expert on gender and AI ethics, she served on the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence,

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Parting WIA-Europe Board Member – Paola Belingheri

We would like to announce that Paola Belingheri will be stepping down from her role as a Women In Aerospace-Europe Board Member, where she served as Director of Research. We are deeply grateful for her contributions and wish her all the best in her next chapter. Ā  Paola Belingheri has been an active member of

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Pieter van Beekhuizen

Board Member Pieter van Beekhuizen has worked his whole professional life in the space domain, first with ESRO and later with ESA, and has occupied during this period a large variety of different staff functions and management responsibilities within ESA. His last assignment was Head of ESA Industrial Cost Auditing and Return Division which has

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Joerg Kreisel

Board Member Joerg specialises in technology commercialisation – with a strong focus on space – and has been involved in numerous primarily international activities in both space and early-stage equity finance since 1987 (i.e., support to the creation and early years of RapidEye). After pursuing a first career in space business he became a venture

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Mariella Graziano

Board Member Mariella Graziano is an Aerospace Engineer from the Sapienza University of Rome (Sapienza- UniversitĆ  di Roma). She joined GMV in 1999 and since 2022 she has held the position of Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development for Science, Exploration and Transportation – GMV Space Systems. She started his career working at TER

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Anna Gregorio

TreasurerĀ  Anna Gregorio has a Laurea (from the University ofĀ  Trieste) & Ph.D. (Scuola Normale Pisa) in Physics, and a Master in Space Systems Engineering (TU Delft). Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Trieste, coordinating the instrument teams of large scientific space missions (Planck, Euclid) of the European Space Agency. Her h-index is 54,

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Nicolas Peter

Director of Corporate and Partnership Nicolas Peter is the Policy Liaison Officer in the Policy and Programme Coordination Department of the European Space Agency (ESA). Before that, he was Head of International Relations at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt), one of the largest research organisations in Europe. Mr. Peter

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Elizabeth Seward

Elizabeth Seward has over 15 years of experience in the space industry and is a Senior Strategist for the Space Systems division of Airbus Defence and Space, responsible for the UK strategy across all areas of satellite manufacturing. Previous roles include leading the Earth Observation, Navigation and Science marketing team, thermal engineering and mission systems

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Christina Giannopapa

President & Acting Chair Dr. Christina Giannopapa is the Head of the Office of the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). Before that, she was advisor to the Secretary General of Telecommunications and Post of the Ministry of Digital Governance in Greece, seconded from the European Space Agency (ESA).

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