National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
Advisory Board

Membership, 2009-2011

All Advisory Board members have been appointed to serve as either Special Government Employees (SGE's) or Representatives. SGE's and Representatives abide by different standards of ethical conduct.

Special Government Employees

SGE's are experts from industry or academia who temporarily receive federal employee status during Advisory Board meetings.

• James R. Schlesinger (Chair), MITRE and Barclays Capital
• Bradford Parkinson (Vice Chair), Stanford University
• Joseph D. Burns, United Airlines
• Per K. Enge, Stanford University
• Martin C. Faga, Former President & CEO, MITRE
• Keith R. Hall, Booz-Allen Hamilton
• Robert J. Hermann, Global Technology Partners, LLC
• Lance Lord, Former Commander, Air Force Space Command
• James P. McCarthy, U.S. Air Force Academy
• Terence J. McGurn, private consultant (retired CIA)
• Timothy A. Murphy, The Boeing Company
• Ruth Neilan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Charles R. Trimble, Chairman, U.S. GPS Industry Council

Representatives

Representatives are individuals designated to speak on behalf of particular interest groups.

• Ann Ciganer, U.S. GPS Industry Council
• Gerhard Beutler, International Association of Geodesy (Switzerland)
• Arve Dimmen, Norwegian Coastal Administration (Norway)
• Hiroshi Nishiguchi, Japan GPS Council (Japan)
• Richard A. Smith, International Association of Institutes of Navigation (U.K.)

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