Public Lecture/Graduation Ceremony Global Space Policy (GSP) course 2026

​About the Guest Speaker

​Charity Weeden has spent three decades at the intersection where technology strategy meets national interest. As founder of Lquinox Global, she advises advanced technology companies and government stakeholders on the structural vulnerabilities in cross-border technology partnerships and the conditions required for industrial alliances to survive geopolitical stress. Most recently, she served as NASA's Associate Administrator for Technology, Policy, and Strategy, where she advised agency leadership, the White House, and interagency partners on emerging technologies, economic strategy, sustained lunar presence, and space sustainability. She led a multidisciplinary team converting technical, economic, and policy complexity into decision-grade strategy for the highest levels of government. Before NASA, Charity spent 23 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force, including service as Canada's first Air and Space Operations Attaché at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC, where she led space-to-space military engagements between Canada and allied partners. She also served as Global VP of Policy and Government Relations at Astroscale, pioneering international norms for space sustainability and orbital debris remediation. A Senior Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center, Charity holds a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada and an M.S. in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota.