Meet our speaker

Mike Lapidus serves as Director, Government Affairs at SpaceX, where he has worked since 2010. In this role, he represents SpaceX on the company’s policy priorities with U.S. and global stakeholders. Mike also serves as the industry co-chair of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Space Operations Committee, the U.S. Government’s principal forum for dialogues on airspace integration for space activity.

Mike is a graduate of the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He holds a Master of Arts in International Science and Technology Policy from the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs.