Northeast Space Economic Coalition
Connecting regional leaders and innovators to foster growth, collaboration, and opportunity within the Northeastern space sector.
About the Coalition
Northeast Space Economic Coalition aims to empower the Northeast space community to accelerate space innovation for economic growth and national security.
Economic growth
National security
Space innovation
Strategic priorities
01
Forge pathways to de-risk innovation, validate capability, and mature high-potential technology within the region
02
Provide the network and resources to develop, foster, and anchor the best space expertise in the world
03
Collaborate and attract funding to accelerate regional R&D and early-stage companies
04
Inform and guide state, regional, and federal leaders on how they can best support the regional space ecosystem for economic growth
05
Connect, highlight, and leverage the wealth of talent and natural regional strengths to be a trusted global space hub
Working together
Connecting industry, academia, investors, and government to grow the Northeast space economy
NESEC is currently led by a Steering Committee of diverse regional stakeholders, who are establishing the non-profit organization and searching for our inaugural Board of Directors. They are supported by a large group of Founding Contributors from across the Northeast, who helped define NESEC’s mission and goals over the past year.
Interim Executive Director
Space Force Association, Northeast Deputy VP (MA)
Boston Space Network, Co-Lead (MA)
IEEE AESS Boston, Chair (MA)
New Hampshire Aerospace Defense Consortium, Chair (NH)
Maine Space Corporation, Legal Counsel (ME)
Pitt Space - Center for Space Biomedicine, Director (PA)
Empire Space, Co-Founder (NY)
SpaceBio Investor (NY)
Alissa Haddaji
Dr. Aleksandra Stankovic
Dr. Erik Antonsen
Dr. Supriya Chakrabarti
Dr. Lonnie Peterson
Dr. Rebeka Reed
Tom Fournier
Ross Palley
Cindy Chin
David Rikkers
Mary Kate Bell
Kevin Brown
Zach Coville-Carney
Nainika Sudheendra
Peter Norton
Stephanie Sjoblom
Jon Beam
Alex Horton
Jeff Lapak
Sascha Deri
Mike Nachshen
Jamie Miller
Apply by October 23
Partner organizations
Ecosystem map
The Northeast Space Industry Ecosystem Map is a living snapshot of the region's growing space community, spanning startups, established companies, research institutions, investors, and education organizations.
Designed as a shared resource, this map helps founders, researchers, students, and partners discover who's building, where innovation is happening, and how the space ecosystem connects across the Northeast.
Get involved
Whether you lead a company, a lab, a university, or a policy office, we want to hear from you.
