Douglas Loverro

Douglas Loverro is a highly regarded national security space thinker and leader who currently serves as president, Loverro Consulting, LLC. He has served in a variety of very senior government positions, including at NASA, where he led human exploration; in the Department of Defense (DOD), where he served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy; and in multiple very senior space program leadership roles for the DOD and the National Reconnaissance Office over a more than 45-year career. Mr. Loverro holds a master of science in physics from the University of New Mexico, a master of political science from Auburn University, and an MBA from the University of West Florida, in addition to his bachelor of science in chemistry from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He was a distinguished graduate of the Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College and Squadron Officer School and was the top graduate from the DOD's Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He is the recipient of multiple prestigious awards, including the Secretary of Defense’s Medal for Outstanding Public Service, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Durand Lecture for Public Service, the National Defense Industrial Association’s Bob Hope Distinguished Citizen Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Federation of Galaxy Explorers, the Society of Satellite Professional Engineers Stellar Award, and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Benjamin Oliver Gold Medal for Engineering, among many other civilian and military honors.