(March 6, 2025 – New York City) – Space & Satellite Professionals International has appointed Tamara Bond-Williams as Executive Director effective March 1, 2025. In her new role, she will have primary responsibility for the association’s programs, finances, membership growth and governance. She succeeds Executive Director Robert Bell who will become a strategic advisor to the association along with his colleague, Director of Innovation Louis Zacharilla.

Tamara joined SSPI in 2001 as Membership Director after serving in administrative positions with other nonprofit associations. Under her management, SSPI upgraded its member communications and introduced a Corporate Membership program that enabled employees to become individual members at no cost, boosting membership by 300%. As Membership Director, she was instrumental in creating the annual “20 Under 35” talent recognition program (www.20under35.com), launching the New York Space Business Roundtable and establishing the Better Satellite World Awards Dinner (www.bswdinner.com). Advancing to Director of Engagement, Tamara continued to drive innovation within SSPI, expanding the Space Business Roundtable program to include London, and supporting SSPI-WISE (Women In Space Engagement), a fast-growing global movement within SSPI aimed at elevating and championing women within the space and satellite industry. She was appointed Deputy Executive Director in October 2024.

“It has been a privilege to serve SSPI’s Board, members and partners for the past two decades,” said Robert Bell. “Tamara has been essential in the growth of every one of SSPI’s services and programs. In her new role, she will take the association in new directions befitting a fast-changing industry.”

About SSPI
Founded in 1983, Space & Satellite Professionals International (www.sspi.org) is on a mission to make the space and satellite industry one of the world’s best at attracting and engaging the talent that powers innovation. The space and satellite business has never seen a time of greater experimentation and disruption than we see today. Investment is the fuel for transformation, but people are the engine. SSPI helps the industry attract, develop and retain the talented people it needs to keep the engine turning. People who connect through high-profile events and gain recognition from prestigious awards. People who rely on SSPI for a broader understanding of the industry as much as for individual networking and career mentoring. From young people seeking a career path to industry veterans with wisdom to share, SSPI connects them all.

Talent, investment and opportunity flow to industries that make a difference. SSPI is the only organization that also promotes the enormous value of space and satellite through dramatic stories of our technologies and companies making a better world. Those stories overturn misconceptions about the industry that hold it back. They inspire our people and attract new ones to the industry. They help justify investment and give new customers a reason to care about our services and products. Through the stories we tell and the people we serve, SSPI inspires the growth of the $1 trillion space economy of the future.

For More Information
Victoria Krisman
Communications Manager
Space & Satellite Professionals International
vkrisman@sspi.org