ISU-DC SPACE CAFE WITH BEI’s COURTNEY STADD, Apr 30, 2025, Arlington, VA, 6:00-8:00 pm ET

The International Space University – USA Alumni Association’s Washington, DC Chapter will hold its next Space Cafe on April 30, 2025 at 1020 N Highland St, Arlington VA (Phoenix Clubhouse Room).

The speaker is Courtney Stadd, Vice President of the Beyond Earth Institute.  More information is on the event’s website, which says:

The International Space University – USA Alumni Association’s Washington, DC Chapter is pleased to present our next monthly event! These events bring together prominent experts on space, ISU alumni, the space community, and the interested public in a casual forum that encourages interaction and discussion.

Date: Wednesday, April 30th 2025

Time: 6:00pm – 8:00 pm

Venue: 1020 N Highland St, Arlington VA 22201 (Phoenix Clubhouse Room)

Dial 0001 on the call box and the conciege will let you in. Take the elevator to the clubhouse room on the second floor.

Courtney Stadd is Vice President of the Beyond Earth Institute, a non-partisan think tank dedicated to the technical, policy and regulatory challenges associated with large scale human space communities. He is also Founder and President of Capitol Alliance Solutions, LLC, a Washington DC based management consulting firm whose clients include a wide range of pioneering commercial space actors.

For nearly 40 years, Stadd’s career path has been a mix of senior government leadership and corporate executive jobs – primarily focused on encouraging the removal of policy and regulatory barriers to the emergence of a competitive American-led commercial space marketplace, as well as business development strategies to generate revenue for early-stage space ventures. He has held multiple senior positions at the US Department of Commerce, the US Department of Transportation, the White House, and worked directly for three NASA Administrators, including as Chief of Staff/White House Liaison.

As Senior Director, White House National Space Council, he helped draft numerous Presidential directives encouraging a competitive commercial space industry, including commercial space guidelines which have governed executive agency use of commercial space products and services for over 30 years.

Stadd was elected President of the Washington Space Business Roundtable, a 35-year volunteer non-profit that invites senior government and corporate officials to discuss key issues and challenges facing the commercial space sector. He is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Public Policy Committee He is a long-time adviser to the UN NGO, Space Week Association. In both official and private capacities, various U.S. Congressional committees have invited him to testify on a range of high technology-related public policy matters.