| Michael A. Colglazier |
Mr. Colglazier, 57, has served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since July 2020 and has served as the Company’s President since February 2021. At the Company, Mr. Colglazier has been leading a talented and diverse team, all dedicated to making spaceflight more accessible to people around the world. Under Mr. Colglazier’s leadership, the Company launched commercial operations in 2023 with record-setting back-to-back spaceflights, repeatedly delivering safe, reliable, and life-changing experiences. Before joining the Company, Mr. Colglazier most recently served as President and Managing Director, Disney Parks International from March 2018 until his departure in July 2020. Prior to this, from January 2013 until March 2018, Mr. Colglazier was President of The Disneyland Resort, where he led a workforce of nearly 30,000 employees and drove record business performance and growth. He is currently Chairman of the CEO Roundtable for the University of California, Irvine. He is also a past member of the Engineering Advisory Board of Rice University, and past commissioner and member of the executive committee of the California Travel and Tourism Commission. Mr. Colglazier holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. |
| Steve Justice |
Steve Justice has a current job as the Senior VP-Spaceline Programs & Engineering at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. |
| Alistair Burns |
Alistair Burns is currently the Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. He previously held the same position at OSI Systems, Inc. |
| Douglas T. Ahrens |
Douglas T. Ahrens is currently the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Executive VP at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. He previously worked as the VP, Chief Financial & Accounting Officer at Applied Micro Circuits Corp. from 2013 to 2015, the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Mellanox Technologies Ltd. from 2019 to 2020, and the Chief Financial Officer at GlobalLogic, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. Ahrens received his undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego and his MBA from Harvard Business School. |
| Aparna Chitale |
Aparna Chitale is currently the Chief People Officer & Executive Vice President at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. Prior to this, she worked as the Vice President-Human Resources at Disney Parks, Experiences & Products, Inc. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Pune and her graduate degree at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. |
| Sirisha Bandla |
Sirisha Bandla is currently the Director at the American Astronautical Society and the Vice President-Government Affairs & Research at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. She previously worked as the Associate Director at the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. Ms. Bandla holds an MBA from George Washington University and an undergraduate degree from Purdue University. |
| Raymond E. Mabus |
Raymond E. Mabus is currently the Chief Executive Officer & Principal of The Mabus Group. He is also the Chairman of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Vice Chairman of Attainment Holdco LLC, Independent Director of Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Managing Director of Kadem Management LLC, Director of XGS Energy, Inc., and serves on the boards of World Central Kitchen, Inc., Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., and The Explorers Club. Additionally, he is an Advisory Board Member of Arctaris Capital Partners LLC. In his former positions, Mr. Mabus served as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Foamex International, Inc., Chairman of Kadem Sustainable Impact Corp., and held director roles at Kroll, Inc., Friede Goldman Halter, Inc., Hines Horticulture, Inc., EnerSys, Fusion Connect, Inc., Signature Capital LLC, Dana, Inc., Strategic Partnerships LLC, and Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC. He also served as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia National Information Centre, Governor of the State of Mississippi, and Secretary of the US Department of the Navy. Mr. Mabus obtained his graduate degree from The Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Law School, and his undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi. |
| Michael P. Moses |
Michael P. Moses is currently the Director at Virgin Galactic Ltd. and the President of Galactic Enterprises LLC. He is also the President-Space Missions & Safety at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. In the past, he worked as a Flight Director at JSC Federal Credit Union from 2005 to 2008 and as a Manager-Launch Integration at Launch Federal Credit Union from 2008 to 2011. He was also the President at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. Mr. Moses has a graduate degree from Florida Institute of Technology, Inc. and both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Purdue University. |
| Wanda Sigur |
Wanda Sigur is an Independent Director at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. She is also a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, the International Academy of Astronautics, the National Academies of Sciences, and The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas. Ms. Sigur completed her undergraduate degree at Rice University and holds an MBA from Tulane University (Louisiana). |
| Wayne Gilbert West |
Wayne Gilbert West is currently the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and The Hertz Corp. He is also a Director at Wheels Up Partners LLC, an Independent Director at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., and a Trustee at Brevard College Corp. Previously, he served as the President & Chief Executive Officer at Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc. and as an Independent Director at Forward Air Corp. He was also a Director at the American Cancer Society, Inc. and served as the Chief Operating Officer & Senior Executive VP at Delta Air Lines, Inc. Mr. West holds an MBA from National University and a graduate degree from North Carolina State University. |
| Craig Stuart Kreeger |
Craig Stuart Kreeger is currently a Director at Virglease Ltd., Virgin Travel Group Ltd., Virglease (3) Ltd., Junopart Ltd., VA Cargo Ltd., Virgin Atlantic Two Ltd., Bug Leasing Ltd., Fit Leasing Ltd., Mass Luminosity, Inc., and Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. and Virgin Atlantic Ltd. He also held positions as a Senior Vice President at American Airlines, Inc. and AMR Corp. Additionally, he has served as a Director at Worldwide Travel of East Anglia Ltd., Virgin Atlantic Engineering Ltd., and Virgair Ltd. Mr. Kreeger holds an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles and an undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego. |
| Tina W. Jonas |
Ms. Tina W. Jonas is an Independent Director at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., an Independent Director at Centrus Energy Corp. and a Chairman at National Military Family Association, Inc. She is on the Board of Directors at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Serco, Inc., Centrus Energy Corp., The Aerospace Corp., LMD Power of Light Corp. and National Defense Industrial Association. Ms. Jonas was previously employed as a President-UnitedHealthcare, Military & Veterans by UnitedHealth Group, Inc., an Executive Vice President-Operations by PASSUR Aerospace, Inc., a Director-Operations, Planning & Analysis by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., an Operations Director by United Technologies Corp., a Chief Financial Officer & Controller by United States Department of Defense, a Chief Financial Officer by Federal Bureau of Investigation, and a President by OptumServe Health Services, Inc. She also served on the board at Airbus Group, Inc. and Airbus Defense & Space Holdings, Inc. She received her undergraduate degree from Arizona State University and a graduate degree from Georgetown University. |
| Luigi Brambilla |
Luigi Brambilla is currently a Director at Virgin Atlantic Ltd., an Independent Director at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a Director at Virgin Cruises Intermediate Ltd., Inc., and a Member-Observer Board at Virgin Red Ltd. Previously, he worked as an Associate at Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLP from 2010 to 2013. Mr. Brambilla has an undergraduate and graduate degree from the University of Bocconi. |
| Diana Shames Strandberg |
Diana Shames Strandberg is an Independent Director at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. She previously worked as the SVP & Director of International Equity at Dodge & Cox and as a Principal at First Boston Corp. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley in 1981 and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1986. |
| Henio Arcangeli |
Henio Arcangeli is an Independent Director at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. He is also a Director at Long Beach Rescue Mission and a Trustee at ICON Aircraft, Inc. Previously, he served as the Chairman at Kettering University and as the Senior Vice President-Automobile Division at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Mr. Arcangeli has an undergraduate degree from Kettering University, a graduate degree from Cornell University, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
