Janet Kavandi

Janet is Executive Vice President of Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems Group, where she is responsible for all aspects of SNC’s space business including the Dream Chaser spaceplane, LIFE habitat, Astro Garden system and advanced propulsion systems, all of which are critical to support the exploration and colonization of space. SNC has been a leader in national security and space for more than 55 years and today is creating the first sustainable and scalable platform for safe, efficient and continual government and commercial activity in space. Janet retired from NASA in 2019 after 25 years of service, including three space flights in which she supported space station payload integration, capsule communications and robotics.