Our Executive Mentors

CASSIE LEE

Cassie Kloberdanz Lee has built a career at the intersection of technology and impact. She is co-founder and CEO of Sound Future, a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating climate innovation for the live event industry and leveraging the power of the live event industry to catalyze climate innovation. Lee serves as a Strategic Advisor to Bye Aerospace and chairs the Board of Directors for PLACE.

Lee previously led Climate Intelligence at Lockheed Martin and was the Principal Investigator for next generation climate, weather, and Earth science instruments and satellite systems.  She also served as the COO of Earthrise Alliance and Head of Space Programs at Vulcan Inc, a Paul G. Allen company.  In these roles, she led the development of innovative space solutions and technology applications in support of impact-focused programs such as addressing climate change, ending illegal fishing, protecting coral reefs, and using data to save species at risk of extinction.

In addition to her work with the Fellowship community, Lee has been part of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Space4Women Network since its inception, serving as a Mentor and as part of the cohort of space industry leaders committed to promoting gender equality and empowerment for women and girls in the space sector around the world.

Lee is a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder, where she designed and taught a graduate course in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, and the University of Iowa. She began her career as a propulsion engineer at NASA and held a variety of roles in human spaceflight with Sierra Nevada Corporation. Lee also led media and public relations at SpaceX.