SSPI's 20 Under 35
The “20 Under 35“ are honored each year at SSPI’s Future Leaders Dinner. At the Dinner, SSPI presents the three top-ranked members of the 20 Under 35 with a Promise Award, recognizing them as leaders of their year’s cohort, and honors the Mentor of the Year for fostering young talent, both within his or her organization and throughout the industry. For more information on the SSPI Promise and Mentor Awards, click here.
The 2024 "20 Under 35"
SSPI honored the seventh annual “20 Under 35” list at the Future Leaders Celebration on October 21, 2024.
Mackenzie Mason
Boeing
Promise Award Recipient
Paige (Cooley) Webster
ATLAS Space Operations
Promise Award Recipient
Bradley Williams
NASA
Promise Award Recipient
Atilla Saadat
Turion Space Corp.
Sam Arne Whalley
Isar Aerospace
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Future Leaders Celebration
This annual event celebrates the 20 Under 35 young employees and entrepreneurs to watch in the coming years, honoring the top three of them with Promise Awards and one industry veteran as Mentor of the Year. Click here to learn more.
The 2023 "20 Under 35"
SSPI honored the sixth annual “20 Under 35” list at the Future Leaders Celebration on October 18, 2023.
Bhavi Jagatia
Planet
Promise Award Recipient
Julie Newman
Boeing
Promise Award Recipient
Onyinye Nwankwo
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Promise Award Recipient
Aysha Alharam
Bahrain National Space Agency
Andrew Chau
Millennium Space
Amy Comeau
Boeing
Laura Cummings
Astroscale U.S.
Christian Keil
Astranis
Srikanth Kodeboyina
Blue Eye Soft dba Blue Space
Dr. Justyna Kosianka
Ursa Space
Matej Poliacek
DLR – German Aerospace Centre
Sapna Rao
Lockheed Martin
Alix Rousselière
Euroconsult
Glory Sikka
Maxar
Kenneth Smith
The Aerospace Corporation
The 2022 "20 Under 35"
SSPI honored the fifth annual "20 Under 35" list at the Future Leaders Celebration on October 12, 2022.
Chiara Cocchiara
EUMETSAT
Promise Award Recipient
Donya Naz Divsaler
Caidin Biotechnologies
Promise Award Recipient
Dr. Anthony Yuen
Space Generation Advisory Council
Promise Award Recipient
Sabrina Alam
SES
Charis Angeli
Hellas Sat
Dr. Olivia Borgue
University of Luxembourg
Kevin Burville
MDA
Joakim Espeland
QuadSAT
Federico Giusto
ispace
Robert Hawkins
Boeing
Trina Jefferson
Ball Aerospace
Ryan Jeffrey
Sidus Space
Saroj Kumar
University of Alabama at Huntsville
Dr. Vivek Muralidharan
University of Luxembourg
Mariam Naseem
University of Maryland, College Park
Angga Risnando
Telkomsat
Alvaro Sanchez
Integrasys
James Spicer
SpaceLink
Jenna Tiwana
ispace
Nathan Tat
KBR
The 2021 "20 Under 35"
SSPI honored the fourth annual "20 Under 35" list at the Future Leaders Celebration on October 5, 2021.
Kelsey Doerksen
Planet
Promise Award Recipient
Sydney Hamilton
Boeing
Promise Award Recipient
Raven Moreland
Ball Aerospace
Promise Award Recipient
Daniel Carey
ATLAS Space Operations
Luke Clancy
Speedcast
Meg Eckensen
Ursa Space Systems
Luis Ferreira
Airbus Defence and Space
Dr. Markus Geiss
OHB System AG
David Harary
OBXTek Inc., SAF/SQ
Mikala Johnson, Ph.D.
Kymeta Corporation
Mina Konaka
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Dr. Akshata Krishnamurthy
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
Sam Lewis
ATLAS Space Operations
Valentina Luchetti
Space Generation Advisory Council
Brandon Marsella
Boeing
Camilo Andrés Reyes Mantilla
SES Satellites
Courtney Schmitt
Blue Origin
Dr. Olga Stelmakh-Drescher
EXOLAUNCH
Jimmy Strates
NXT Communications Corp.
Nathan Welborne
Viasat Government Systems
The 2020 "20 Under 35"
SSPI honored the third annual "20 Under 35" list at the Future Leaders Celebration on October 6, 2020.
Taylor Kerl
Maxar
Promise Award Recipient
Brittany Zajic
Planet
Promise Award Recipient
Brittany Zimmerman
Paragon Space Development
Promise Award Recipient
Harriet Brettle
Astroscale
Reina Buenconsejo
Cal Tech
Bethany Downer
ESA – Hubble Space Telescope
James Farrell
Boeing
Giulia Federico
SPiN
George John
Hogan Lovells
Pierre-Alexis Joumel
Airbus
Adnan Al Muhairi
Yahsat
Dr. Tobias Niederwieser
CU Boulder
Joost van Oorschot
Maana Electric
Melissa Orlick
Isotropic Networks
Nicholas Puschman
Bird & Bird LLP
Sahith Reddy Madara
University of Sharjah
Manny Shar
Bryce Space & Technology
Dr. Jeffrey Stuart
NASA JPL
Derek Thompson, PhD
Phase Four
Fatmah Al Yammahi
Yahsat
The 2019 "20 Under 35"
SSPI announced the second "20 Under 35" list at the 2019 Future Leaders Dinner.
Daniel Alvarez
Millennium Space Systems
Promise Award Recipient
Julian Horvath
Iridium
Promise Award Recipient
Natalia Larrea Brito
Euroconsult
Promise Award Recipient
Chris Beauregard
National Space Council
Gaurav Bhatia
Hughes Network Systems
Dr. Nikita Chiu
Space Engineering Research Center
Ryan Clulo
ATLAS Space Operations
Lindsay Crossan
The Boeing Company
Dr. Ashwati Das
Jet Propulsion Lab
Clémentine Decoopman
SGAC
Guillermo Del Rio
Elara Comunicaciones
Isil Demir
Planet Labs
Sajit Jumani
GEOshare
Jomya Lei
The Boeing Company
Joao Lousada
GMV Insyen AG
Andrea Marin
Intelsat
Adam Milewich
Intelsat
Abiodun Ogunbiyi
Aerospace Palace International
Manny Shar
Bryce Space and Technology
Jeremy Turpin
Isotropic Systems
The 2018 "20 Under 35"
SSPI announced the inaugural "20 Under 35" list at the 2018 Future Leaders Dinner.
Jillian Gorsuch
SSL
Promise Award Recipient
Theodore McDonald
SpaceX
Promise Award Recipient
Mike Safyan
Planet Labs
Promise Award Recipient
Ali Akhtar
Supernet
Raoul Le Boucher d’Herouville
OneWeb Satellites
Zack Downey
Ursa Space
Joanna Estrada
Elara Comunicaciones
Phil Hahn
Blue Origin
Arlen Kam
OneWeb
Jeff Kendall
SSL
Jess Koloini
LMCO
Valvanera Moreno
SES
Marvin Salas
Elara Comunicaciones
Peter Schimitsch
Globecomm
Emily Schubert
Boeing
JP Sheehan
OneWeb
Cate van Oppen
Kymeta
Krystal Wilson
Secure World Foundation
Lindsay Wolff
LMCO
Adam Yozwiak
OneWeb