National Space Society Board of Directors
Meagan is a NewSpace industry pioneer with a focus on the business of space: finance, investing, management, entrepreneurship, communications, marketing, and team building. A strong believer in the power of free enterprise as the driving force that will lift humanity permanently off-world, Meagan is dedicated to several projects focused on building a sustainable, profitable, successful space industry – for everyone.
Meagan is a co-founder and managing partner of SpaceFund, a venture capital firm investing exclusively in the space startup ecosystem. She also sits on the board of directors of over a dozen organizations, including revolutionary startup companies and world-changing nonprofits.
Meagan is a leading voice in the entrepreneurial space industry and an experienced startup executive and founder, with multiple exits under her belt. She is the host of the Mission Eve podcast that aims to increase the number of women in the space industry and is frequently featured as a thought leader on the industry’s development and investment potential.
In 2009, Meagan co-founded the NewSpace Business Plan Competition, a program focused on educating both entrepreneurs and investors and catalyzing deal flow and is the world’s longest-running space-focused business plan competition. As a manager, coach, and judge for the last decade, she has read over 1,000 space business executive summaries, coached hundreds of selected teams, and helped award cash prizes to dozens of NewSpace startups.
She holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Finance from Rice University, as well as a BBA in Management, Marketing, and Supply Chain Logistics from the University of Houston, Downtown. She is a 5th-generation native Houstonian, and a mother to two adult humans, two dogs, and a cat.
