Mr. Alan Ladwig Space Consulting Services Co-Leader

Alan Ladwig joined Whitney, Bradley & Brown, Inc. in February 2007, as the Manager of Space Systems Consultancy. His responsibilities include developing a new business unit dedicated to technical and management consulting services for the civil and commercial space sectors. Alan has more than 30 years of experience in senior management positions with NASA, commercial space companies, media companies, and non-profit organizations.

Prior to joining WBB, Ladwig worked for Northrop Grumman Corporation as the Manager of NASA and Civil Space Programs for the Integrated Systems Sector and was responsible for business development activities with NASA. He was the Chief Operating Officer for the ZERO Gravity Corporation, a privately held space tourism and entertainment company offering commercial parabolic (weightless) flights to the public on a Boeing 727 aircraft. He also worked with Team Encounter as Vice President for Marketing for the company's solar sail initiative. When Space.com was established in 1999 Ladwig served was the Assistant to the Chairman and Vice President for Washington Operations. In addition to his duties for business development, he also authored an opinion column, "Are We There Yet?" for the company's magazine, Space Illustrated.

Ladwig served at NASA Headquarters as a political appointee and as a civil servant. From 1993 to 1999 he was an appointee of the Clinton-Gore Administration serving as the Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans. In this position he was responsible for the coordination of Agency policy positions, the NASA Strategic Management System, the History Division, and operations of the NASA Advisory Council. He was also the Executive Secretary of the Interagency Working Group and Chair of Civil Space Sub-committee that developed the National Space Policy signed by President Clinton in 1996.

From 1981 to 1989 Ladwig managed a variety of programs for the Office of Space Flight. He established procedures and managed the Space Flight Participant Program (Teacher in Space and Journalist in Space programs), and the Shuttle Student Involvement Program. He was the Assistant to the Director of Long-Range Planning Task Force that produced Leadership and America's Future in Space (the Ride Report) and implemented one of the Report's primary recommendations to establish the Office of Exploration where he served as the Director of Special Projects.

As Senior Policy Analyst at SAIC, Ladwig provided support to NASA's Office of Space Science at Headquarters. He was Co-editor of America at the Threshold, report of the President's Synthesis Group on America's Space Exploration Initiative (the Stafford Report), and co-editor of The Final Report to the President of the Advisory Committee on the Redesign of the Space Station (the Vest Report).

NASA awarded Ladwig the Distinguished Service Medal, the Exceptional Achievement Medal, and two Exceptional Service Medals. He is a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society. Alan served in the Army in the 558th USA Artillery Group in Athens, Greece. He received a MS in Higher Education and a BS in Speech from Southern Illinois University.