July 22 MSBR Luncheon with Minh Nguyen
July 22 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm EDT
Dr. Minh Nguyen, Deputy Associate Administrator, Commercial Space Transportation, FAA
Dr. Minh Nguyen currently serves as an acting Deputy Associate Administrator for the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space. In this capacity, he oversees two directorates. The Operational Safety directorate focuses on safety analysis, safety authorization, and safety assurance for commercial space launch and re-entry operations. The Strategic Management directorate focusses on commercial space policy, regulations, standards, research & development, budget & finance, human capital planning, learning & development, strategic planning, international engagement, and spaceports. He previously served as an Executive Director for AST’s Office of Strategic Management. AST’s mission is to enable safe space transportation.
[ Stand out front with MSBR’s New “Sponsor the Speaker” promotion! Learn more here.]
Previously, he has served in various capacities including FAA’s Deputy Director of the FAA’s Office of Policy and Plans, where he oversaw the FAA’s planning and implementation of the FAA’s Reauthorization of 2018 and agency’s corporate goals and business plan development and implementation. As acting Deputy Regional Administrator for the Northwest Region, he was in charge of consolidating FAA offices in 4 buildings into the new regional office building, and oversaw aviation matters in 7 states. As a member of the Administrator’s Strategic Initiatives Group (SIG), he contributed to formulating strategic priorities for the FAA.
He served in various capacities in the Nextgen organization, including program manager for the Office of Advanced Technology Development, division manager for the Office of Business Case Integration and Modeling, and chief of staff for the Senior Vice President of NextGen and Operations Planning.
Prior to joining the FAA, he worked at the MITRE Corporation, Veracity Engineering, Argon ST, and Naval Research Laboratory, leading advanced research programs.
He obtained his undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).
Stand Out Front with MSBR’s New “Sponsor the Speaker” Promotion
Your MSBR board is continually looking for ways to both help our member companies gain meaningful market exposure and increase our ability to support STEM organizations throughout Maryland. To that end, we are pleased to announce the introduction of a “Sponsor the Speaker” option for our luncheons this year.
The $1,200 per event sponsorship cost provides you with the honor of introducing that month’s speaker, accompanied by a slide with your company’s name and logo, as well as a single seat for your company’s designated representative at the head table.
The full sponsorship cost will be a donation directly to MSBR’s STEM Grant Fund, which supports STEM groups—largely made up of students—throughout the state of Maryland. Last year, MSBR proudly donated $60,000 to approximately 30 groups, many of whom counted on our support to fund this year’s operations.
We hope that you will consider sponsoring our luncheon on July 22, 2026, featuring Minh Nguyen. Sponsorships are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please contact Missy at missy@mdspace.org to sponsor or with any questions.