Guest Speaker:

LT. GEN. LARRY D. JAMES,USAF (Ret.), Deputy Director, NASA JPL

Larry D. James has served as Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer since 2013. As the Laboratory’s Chief Executive Officer, he is responsible for the day-to-day management of JPL’s resources and activities. Lt. Gen. James received his Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering (1978) from the US Air Force Academy (Distinguished Graduate) and his Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics (1983) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. He was also a Draper Fellow at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA.