Space Policy & Data Sovereignty
Jeff Foust
Senior Staff Writer
SpaceNews
Moderator
Jeff Foust is a senior staff writer for SpaceNews, joining the publication in 2014. He covers civil and commercial space topics, ranging from NASA programs to developments among entrepreneurial space companies. He has extensive experience writing about space policy, commercial space, and related topics. In 2003, he started The Space Review, a weekly publication of longform articles and commentary on a wide range of space topics that continues to operate to this day. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999 and a B.S. with honors in geophysics and planetary science from the California Institute of Technology in 1993. He received the Press Award from the National Space Club and Foundation in 2018.
Matthew Linton
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
True Anomaly
Matthew established the legal department of True Anomaly at its inception, and he is the CLO and General Counsel across all areas of law for the company. He leads an innovative, responsive, and integrated team focused on minimizing risk, fostering breakthrough national and international space law and policy, ensuring compliance, and building a foundation for scaled growth.
True Anomaly builds technology at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and AI to enhance the capabilities of the U.S., its allies, and commercial partners.
David Radzanowski
Chair
​Former Aerospace Corporation CFO, NASA CFO and Chief of Staff and Chief, Science and Space Branch, White House Office of Management and Budget
ISS National Lab Board of Directors
David Radzanowski is Chair of the Board of the International Space Station National Lab. He currently consults part-time with The Aerospace Corporation and the Equator Corporation on space-related topics. He also is an adjunct instructor for Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College program in Washington DC, where he teaches the class How Washington Works. He is also the VP for Finance for the American Astronautical Society (AAS), a member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Wisconsin Astronomy Department, and a member of the International Space Council for the Australian Remote Operations in Space and on Earth (AROSE) consortium.
Mr. Radzanowski has held such positions as Strategic Business Director for Australia’s Future Submarine Program, Aerospace Corporation CFO, NASA CFO and Chief of Staff and Chief, Science and Space Branch, White House Office of Management and Budget.
Radzanowski earned his bachelor's degree in Astronomy-Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988 and a master's degree in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College in 1990.
Alex Coultrup
Director of Business & Policy
Starfish Space
Alex Coultrup (she/her) is Director of Business and Policy at Starfish Space, a satellite-servicing company building toward the future of affordable, accessible satellite servicing. She earned her M.S. from Florida Institute of Technology, where she focused on Space Policy and Human-Centered Design for microgravity. Alex has worked at the CSIS Aerospace Security Project, was a Matthew Isakowitz Fellow at the XPRIZE Foundation, and Nanoracks, where she worked on the Starlab Commercial LEO Destinations program. Today, her focus is on the commercial business case of satellite disposal in LEO, and engaging with the policy environment for on-orbit servicing operations. She also is deputy director of the Matthew Isakowitz Commercial Space Scholarship, which engages exceptional students with paid space policy summer internships in the DC Metro area.
