Mira Ricardel

Ms Ricardel is a leader and national security expert with experience in aerospace and defense, geopolitical risk, and regulatory matters with a focus on international investment, export controls, and supply chain security. She serves on the Proxy Board of Astroscale U.S. Inc., a subsidiary of Japan-based Astroscale. Ms. Ricardel is on the board of the non-profit organization, the Center for American Medicine Resiliency. She is a Senior Advisor at The Chertoff Group. Ms. Ricardel has held Presidential appointments at the U.S. Department of Commerce and The White House. At The White House she served as the Deputy National Security Advisor and Assistant to the President. Prior to that she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, leading the Bureau of Industry and Security. For nearly a decade Ms. Ricardel was a vice president of business development in Network & Space Systems at The Boeing Company. Immediately prior to and following 9/11, Ms. Ricardel served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Eurasia and then Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy. Earlier in her career, Ms. Ricardel held positions at the State Department and on Capitol Hill.