Deputy to the Senior Vice President of the New Shepard Business Unit

Responsible for New Shepard flight operations, vehicle refurbishment and maintenance, and launch complex maintenance at Blue Origin's Launch Site One.Responsible for training all New Shepard flight operations and maintenance personnel to include course development, procurement of simulators and training aids. Responsible for developing and executing the strategic path of flight operations and maintenance through continuous improvement, block upgrades, and the resulting increased flight cadence of the New Shepard system.Responsible for meeting flightly budget targets across a matrixed organization. Responsible for team building and team success of a complex matrixed organization across dispersed geographic locations. Flew to space on NS-18 on October 21, 2021.

http://www.fr.com/audrey-k-powers/Expertise and experience includes advising space, high technology, and defense industry clients on:- U.S. export controls and economic sanctions programs,- commercial and government contracts, and- legislative and policy matters.Pro Bono work in the area of immigration and asylum: - Recognized by Human Rights First in their "Refugee Voices" Program (http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/our-work/refugee-protection/refugee-voices/) for my work to gain asylum for a refugee from Peru

Legal counsel to the director of ASRIC. Responsibilities included:- Nationwide point of contact for survivors in U.S. of atrocities committed by Khmer Rouge regime.- Coordinated workshops in 7 U.S. cities to educate survivors about the ongoing trials of former KR officials in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Cambodia.- Collect testimony and evidence from survivors and submit to ECCC for use by prosecutors. - Educate ASRIC director and survivors on international criminal law, and advise on interactions with international media and ECCC personnel.

Performed research and drafted memoranda and client letters on numerous regulatory issues, including: FCC spectrum licensing, FDA medical device regulations, and Department of State and Department of Treasury export control regulations

Performed legal research for and drafted Judge Jeremy Fogel's civil decisions.

- Senior systems engineer for classified government satellite program. - Expert on satellite guidance and navigation system. - Planned and executed nominal satellite operations and anomaly response. - Held Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) clearance. - Single Compartmented Information (SCI) Briefed- Honors: Numerous team and individual awards from Lockheed Martin and government customer

- With another coach, began the lacrosse program for girls at Clear Lake High School in Clear Lake, Texas. - As a volunteer, served as head coach for girls' varsity and junior varsity teams.

- Attitude Determination and Control specialist on the International Space Station (ISS) Program.- Certified flight lead for ISS assembly mission: led international flight team in planning and execution of spacecraft attitude control operations for 12-day space shuttle mission to add major segment to the ISS.- Completed over 1800 hours of mission support in Mission Control (Houston) for ISS on-orbit operations. - Maintained close professional relationship with counterparts at the Russian Space Agency, including daily meetings with Russian counterparts and travel to Moscow for work at Mission Control-Moscow.- Advised government and contractor management on international program level decisions regarding ISS program priorities. - Honors: Numerous team and individual awards from NASA and Lockheed Martin