2009 Speaker List

Honorary Chair:
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Lieutenant Governor Barbara O’Brien Lieutenant Governor

Keynote Speakers:
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Major General Lawrence A. Stutzriem Director of Plans, Policy & Strategy (J5)
Major General Michael C. Kostelnik Assistant Commissioner
Brigadier General Kurt S. Story Deputy Commanding General for Operations
Mr. Fred Mondragon Cabinet Secretary
Douglas A. Comstock Director of the Innovative Partnerships Program
Captain David MacKay Test Pilot

Panel Speakers:
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Dr. Stavros Androulakakis Program Manager of the High Altitude Airship (HAA™) program
Dr. Thomas Bowles Science Advisor to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
LTC Dennis Brozek U.S. Army
CAPT William A. Cain, USN (Ret.)
David A. Carrithers Deputy Director, Space & Missile Defense Battle Lab/ Chief, Concepts & Architecture Division, SMDBL/Chief Space & Missile
D. Larry Clark Senior Manager, Spacecraft Technology Development Laboratory
Charles R. Farrar The Engineering Institute
Dr. David Finkleman Principal Engineer
Mr. Ed Herlik Managing Partner
Jay M. Jacobsmeyer President
David Lawrence Senior Business Development Analyst
Michael M. Lee Chief, High Altitude Technology Division
Robert Marlin United States Air Force
Ron “Oly” Oholendt President, Near Space Systems, also DBA
Dr. Steven C. Suddarth Director
Dr. Ed Tomme CTO
Dr. Thomas J. Trout Research Leader and Supervisory Agricultural Engineer
Major General Mark A. Volcheff , USAF (Ret.) President
Maj Gen (Ret.) Mason Whitney Director