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Liz Kennick has directed the TIS program since 2011, initially as a project manager for the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF). In 2014, Liz and her management team incorporated TIS as an educational nonprofit organization in New York.
Upcoming launches of classroom experiments from Teachers in Space include the third orbital launch in TIS’s Serenity Cubesat series (Firefly Aerospace and NASA Cubesat Launch Inutiative), second and third suborbital launches with Blue Origin, and a fourth series of flights with Perlan Project’s stratospheric glider.
A member of SFF’s Board from 2009 to 2013, Liz was formerly the vice president of client technology at Morgan Stanley with a $2M annual budget for 1700 software users. She holds degrees in information systems/operations analysis, Education, and English. Liz is also certified as a project management professional and network engineer. Additionally, she is a co-founder of NYC’s Software Process Improvement Network and has produced Yuri’s Night NY, a space-themed party for 200+ guests, annually since 2008, and TEDxMidTownNY, a space-themed speaker series, from 2010 to 2011.
Liz has taken teams of teachers on ZeroG flights, centrifuge and hypobaric chamber experiences. She had scuba-dived to 70 feet, and climbed Cotopaxi, Earth’s highest extinct volcano. She is a frequent speaker on The Space Show, Rotary Club and TEDx events, and at conferences such as Computer Science Teachers Association, Space Symposium, SpaceCom and the International Space Development Conference (ISDC).
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