Vice President of Government Affairs
Planet Federal
Dr. Mark Mozena is the Vice President of Government Affairs for Planet in Washington, D.C. where he leads Planet’s government relations and policy efforts with Congress and U.S. Government Agencies. Mark came to Planet by way of United Launch Alliance (ULA) (one of the largest rocket companies in the U.S.) and U.S. House of Representatives where he worked for Representative Michael Honda (D-Silicon Valley, CA) in Washington, D.C. As an AAAS Congressional Science & Technology Policy Fellow and then as a Senior Policy Advisor, Mark managed the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee for Congressman Honda who served as the Subcommittee’s Ranking Member. Before working on Capitol Hill, Mark received his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz where his research focused on galaxy evolution. As the son of a US diplomat, Mark spent much of his childhood living in South Asia and southern Africa before going to Rice University in Houston, Texas for his bachelor’s degree. Following Rice, Mark taught high school physics with Teach For America in St. Louis, Missouri before moving to California for graduate school. Mark sits on a number of advisory boards including NASA’s Astrophysics Advisory Committee and the Commercial Spaceflight Federation’s Board of Directors.
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Closing General Session: Champions of Change Leveraging Big Data for Good
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM EST