Board of Directors
Get to know the Lindbergh Foundation leadership team
Governing Board of Directors
Ann Balsamo
Executive Director
Jeff Ford
Board Treasurer
Principal, Avex Innovations LLC
Thomas Lee
100th Anniversary Chair
Applied Mobility Partners
Erik Lindbergh
Chairman of the Board
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, VerdeGo Aero
Reeve Lindbergh
Honorary Chairwoman
Gregg Maryniak
Vice-Chairman, Governance/Nominations Chair
Co-Founder and Secretary, XPRIZE Foundation
Shawn O'Day
Board Fundraiser
President, O’Day Aviation Consulting
John Schreiner
Board Secretary
Chicago Managing Partner of Ashurst Perkins Coie, Corporate Secretary and Legal
Jack Turley
Marketing Chair
Co-Founder, TriSquare Cyber
Dr. Frances Levine
Board Member
Scholar, Author, Historian, Museum Executive
Michael Skinner
Kiva Mikail
Forthlane Partners
Governing Board of Directors
Ann Balsamo
Executive Director
Jeff Ford
Board Treasurer
Avex Innovations
Thomas Lee
100th Anniversary Chair
Applied Mobility Partners
Erik Lindbergh
Chairman of the Board
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, VerdeGo Aero
Reeve Lindbergh
Honorary Chairwoman
Gregg Maryniak
Vice-Chairman, Governance/Nominations Chair
Co-Founder and Secretary, XPRIZE Foundation
Shawn O'Day
Board Fundraiser
President, O’Day Aviation Consulting
John Schreiner
Board Secretary
Chicago Managing Partner, Ashurst Perkins Coie
Jack Turley
Marketing Chair
Co-Founder, TriSquare Cyber
Frances Levine
Scholar, Author, Historian, Museum Executive
Kiva Mikail
Forthlane Partners
Michael Skinner
Board of Advisors
Lars Lindbergh
Secretary
John King
Co-Chairman | King Schools, Inc
Martha King
Co-Chairwoman | King Schools, Inc
Mike Parfit
Owner | Mountainside Films
Sean Tucker
Founder
Tutima Academy of Aviation Safety
Anousheh Ansari
XPRIZE
Kristina Lindbergh
Wendy Lindbergh
Peter H. Diamandis
XPRIZE
Miles O’Brien
Gwen Lighter
Go Fly
Andre Borschberg
H55
Bertrand Piccard
Solar Impulse Foundation
Directors Emeriti
Albert Fried, Jr.
Barbara Kauffman Stokes
Betty C. Jukes
Bradford D. Smith
Edward Acker
Capt. Alfred S. McLaren
Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr.
Carrie W. Farmer
Charles G. Houghton, III
Charles J. Kelly, Jr.
Clare Hallward
Daniel Bennett
Debra S. Scars
Don Walsh
Dorothy C. Jenkins
Dr. Charles F. Brush
Dr. Edgar D. Mitchell
Dr. John H. Loret
Dr. John M. Levinson
Dr. Nicholas Sullivan
Dr. Richard D. Gilson
Dr. Robert B. Arnot
Dr. Sylvia A. Earle
Elaine Harrison
Faanya Rose
Gen. Robert D. Beckel
Gene Bratsch
George L. Gildred
Greg Herrick
Gregory E. Bradbury
Hugh Downs
John C.D. Bruno
Joseph D. Anding
Judith A. Schiff
Kasse Andrews-Weller
Katherine Dougherty
Kermit Weeks
Lorie Karnath
Mark C. Ross
Orin E. Atkins
Peter Lawson-Johnston
Peter Lawson-Johnston, Il
Richard C. Wiese
Richard W. Foss
Robert Dragotta
Robert Pearlman
Robin Chandler Duke
Steven R. Whitley
Thomas Turner
William A. Nitze
William K. Reilly
Volunteers
Jim Liu
David Treinis
Connor Lotz
Kevin May
Lisa Flacke