Mandy Vaughn
Mandy Vaughn | |
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.jpg) Vaughn at the 2018 Air Mobility Command Phoenix Spark Tank competition | |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Employer(s) | Virgin Orbit United States Air Force |
Mandy Vaughn (née Chambers) is an American aeronautical engineer. She was President of Virgin Orbit's sister company, VOX space.
Early life and education
[edit]Vaughn began flying aged 11 and earned her pilots license aged 18.[1] She studied mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[2] She stayed at MIT for her graduate studies and earned a master's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2002.[2] At MIT, Vaughn went through the Reserve Officers Training Course (ROTC).[3] Whilst at MIT Vaughn relaunched the skydiving club, and has since completed more than 700 sky dives.[1][4]
Career
[edit]In 2000 Vaughn joined the United States Air Force.[5] She joined Hill Air Force Base as a developmental engineer in the intercontinental ballistic missiles system program office in 2002.[1] From 2004 she worked at the Los Angeles Air Force Base in the Space Superiority Systems Directorate.[5] Vaughn worked with the General Dynamics Mission Systems Space and Intelligence directorate, where was responsible for space control and investment portfolios.[5][2]
In 2015 Vaughn joined Virgin Orbit as Senior Director of Business Development.[5] She created the business program for LauncherOne for commercial and government clients.[5] Vaughn is a member of the National Space Council's User Advisory Group.[5][6][7] She was appointed director of VOX Space in 2017. In November 2017 the first Defence Department agency account was announced.[8] VOX Space focus on servicing government contracts for Virgin Orbit.[2] Vaughn has climbed Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Virgin Galactic Director Mandy Vaughn Speaks at CSULB SWE Event". CSULB Engineering News. 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ a b c d "Virgin creates VOX Space for its government-related launches – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. November 2017. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) - Program Participant". online.ptc.org. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "Somebody Has To Do It | MIT Spectrum". MIT Spectrum. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mandy Vaughn". Brooke Owens Fellowship Program. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "NSC UAG Bios" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ "Vice President Pence Announces National Space Council Users Advisory Group". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-20 – via National Archives.
- ^ "Virgin Orbit wins first Defense Department launch contract - SpaceNews.com". SpaceNews.com. 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2018-06-20.