Board of Directors
Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Board of Directors
The CASIS(Abbreviation: CASIS™) The nonprofit organization that manages the ISS National Lab, which receives at least 50 percent of the U.S. research allocation on the International Space Station to facilitate research that benefits humanity (NASA manages the other 50% and focuses on research for space exploration purposes). board of directors provides strategic guidance to the organization, ensuring that ISSInternational Space Station National Lab-sponsored research on station maximizes benefits to humanity. The board is comprised of leaders within the space and scientific communities, representing and providing perspective from academia, industry, and government agencies.
Board Chair
David P. Radzanowski
Former Chief Financial Officer of The Aerospace Corporation; Former Senior Vice President of the Equator Corporation; and Former Chief Financial Officer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Board Members
Waleed Abdalati, Ph.D.
Director, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder; Former Chief Scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Sol Glasner
Former VP, General Counsel and Board Secretary for the MITRE Corporation. Served MITRE as its chief legal officer, secretary to the board, as well as its chief ethics and compliance officer, and a member of the company’s executive management team.
Eric D. Isaacs, Ph.D.
President, Research Corporation for Science Advancement; Former President, Carnegie Institution for Science; Former Director of Argonne National Laboratory
Margaret T. Jenny
Former President of the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics; Board Member, Pathways to Housing DC and the National Aeronautics Association
Michael Moloney, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, American Institute of Physics; Former Director for Space and Aeronautics at the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
James A. Pawelczyk, Ph.D.
Former Astronaut at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Associate Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology, Penn State College of Health and Human Development
Dorothy S. Rasco
Former NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C.; Former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the NASA Johnson Space Center; Former Director of Engineering Operations for Ball Aerospace
John W. Sheets, Ph.D.
Business and technical leader in the medical device, pharmaceutical and biotech industries as the President and CEO, Eyesight Mobile