Doug Loverro is a highly regarded national security space thinker and leader who has served in a variety of senior government positions including at NASA where he led Human Exploration, in the DoD where he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, and in multiple senior space program leadership roles for DoD and the NRO over a career spanning more than 45-years.

Doug is the recipient of multiple prestigious awards including National Security Space Association 2025 Schriever Wall of Honor, the Secretary of Defense’s Medal for Outstanding Public Service, the National Defense Industrial Association's Bob Hope Distinguished Citizen Award, 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. Doug 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 US Air Force Academy. He was a distinguished graduate from the Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College and Squadron Officer School and was the top graduate from DoD’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces.