AdAstra With Janeya Griffin, Equity Space Alliance - Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in NewSpace
02/08/23 • 70 min
AdAstra With brings the insights of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Janeya Griffin, Founder and CEO of Equity Space Alliance.
Janeya is a STEM graduate from an HBCU who contracted with NASA for 8.5 years, specializing in Technology Transfer. Today, she is an active leader at four different organizations all focused on bridging gaps between society and excluded communities. One such organization is the Equity Space Alliance (ESA) where she is the Founder, Chair, and CEO.
ESA's mission is to advocate, educate, and facilitate equitable ownership within the space industry. They are not solely working to diversify the space industry workforce; but, are working to position and prepare the next generation of space entrepreneurs, researchers, and businesses from underserved communities.
During this episode Seyka, Brian and Janeya discuss:
- Bringing awareness to increasing equity (not just diversity) in the NewSpace economy
- What the term “equity” mean and why it matters for NewSpace
- What specific actions can be done to make an impact
We hope you enjoy this episode and encourage you to visit AdAstra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors is the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyka/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-mejeur/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/equityinspace/
AdAstra With brings the insights of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Janeya Griffin, Founder and CEO of Equity Space Alliance.
Janeya is a STEM graduate from an HBCU who contracted with NASA for 8.5 years, specializing in Technology Transfer. Today, she is an active leader at four different organizations all focused on bridging gaps between society and excluded communities. One such organization is the Equity Space Alliance (ESA) where she is the Founder, Chair, and CEO.
ESA's mission is to advocate, educate, and facilitate equitable ownership within the space industry. They are not solely working to diversify the space industry workforce; but, are working to position and prepare the next generation of space entrepreneurs, researchers, and businesses from underserved communities.
During this episode Seyka, Brian and Janeya discuss:
- Bringing awareness to increasing equity (not just diversity) in the NewSpace economy
- What the term “equity” mean and why it matters for NewSpace
- What specific actions can be done to make an impact
We hope you enjoy this episode and encourage you to visit AdAstra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors is the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyka/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-mejeur/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/equityinspace/
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AdAstra With Hans Koenigsmann, ExSpaceX Founding Member - Balancing Risk while Pushing Boundaries
AdAstra With brings the insights of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX Founding Team and current Space Industry Advisor.
Hans was the fourth technical employee of SpaceX at the VP of Avionics and worked his way to be the Vice President of Flight Reliability in 2011 making him responsible for the safe completion of SpaceX missions. Hans is now semi-retired and working as an Advisor and Board Member helping to support continued advancement of the industry.
Over the course of the episode Seyka, Brian and Hans talk about:
- How he got connected with Elon Musk and what SpaceX was like in the beginning
- The power of changing your mind quickly to keep up
- How his intrinsic self motivation and passion drove him and energized him
- The balance of mitigating risk and pushing boundaries
We hope you enjoy this episode and visit AdAstra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors is the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!
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AdAstra With brings the insights of top NewSpace and Clean Tech industry leaders and game changers to the masses with authentic conversation and discussions on hot industry topics! Our hosts Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra Talent Advisors, sit down with Scott Macklin, Director of Engineering at Gravitics.
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We hope you enjoy this episode and encourage you to visit AdAstra.us to learn more about how AdAstra Talent Advisors is the premier NewSpace and Clean Tech headhunting firm for startups!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyka/
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