I hope everyone had a fantastic summer. Thank you to all of our members and sponsors for their tremendous support of the NCS B2B event. It was a sold-out event and we all enjoyed learning about future opportunities to work with Space Force and private industry on the Space Coast. I would like to express my gratitude to board member Dan Ketchen and his committee for planning and executing another outstanding program. In addition, a big thank you to Matt Chesnut from Space Florida for offering keynote remarks and moderating the panel discussion. I hope all of you can join us at the upcoming Hall of Fame celebration on October 12 at the Orange County Convention Center. We are fortunate to have an active and supportive board of directors under the very capable leadership of Terry Kohl. We just completed our election and congratulations are in order to Past Chair Mary Trier (Capital Communications) and Vice Chair John Givens (Virtra) for their re-election to another three-year term. I am pleased to welcome Dr. Haifa Maamar (Full Sail University) to our Board for her first term. Welcome to the board and we all look forward to working with you! It is worth noting that we had eight very qualified candidates for three board positions and, as always, I appreciate the deep talent and willingness to serve among our members. Thanks to all of you! Finally, a big thanks to our workforce development and STARBASE team. They are doing great work educating and inspiring our future workforce and developing programs, that will not only be used in Central Florida but all over the country! Please feel free to contact Neal personally or me with any questions or suggestions, and thanks for your continued support!
