Mark Albrecht
Dr. Mark J. Albrecht is a highly decorated space and aerospace leader with over thirty years’ experience in intelligence, civil and national security space and the aerospace industry. He is widely consulted by the U.S. government and industry on all matters of defense and space policy and execution.
Dr. Albrecht has served as an advisor on space and member of the NASA and Defense Department transition teams for four Presidential transitions most recently 2016 and 2024. Dr. Albrecht was the lead author of the National Security Space section of Project 2025.
Until 2006, Dr. Albrecht was President of Lockheed Martin’s International Launch Services (ILS), a leading provider of launch and associated launch integration services to government and commercial customers.
Albrecht was appointed in 1989 by President George H.W. Bush as the executive secretary of the National Space Council, serving in that capacity until June 1992. During this period, Dr. Albrecht was the President’s principal adviser on the U.S. space program including all national security, civil and commercial government space activities.
Previously, Albrecht served six years as the legislative assistant for national security affairs to U.S. Senator Pete Wilson of California. Albrecht also held positions as a senior research analyst for the intelligence community staff in Washington, D.C., and the Rand Corp. in Santa Monica, Calif.
Albrecht graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Los Angeles, holds a master’s degree from UCLA, and a doctorate in public policy analysis from the Rand Graduate School.
Albrecht has been awarded the U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and the National Space Society Space Pioneer Award. He is the inaugural recipient of the Rand Graduate School Distinguished Alumni Award. He has been an associate member of the Defense Science Board and has served on several advisory and corporate boards, including United Space Alliance and the American Astronautical Society. In 2010 Albrecht authored “Falling Back To Earth: A Firsthand Account Of The Great Space And The End Of The Cold War.” (New Media Books, 2011)