About Us
Executive Management Team
EarthLight’s team was drawn together through fate, chance, and our shared calling to expand the domain of life and humanity into the cosmos. We hail from different cities, states, and countries, but are all a part of “Spaceship Earth”. Our team will launch the only life we know into the universe, made possible by the collective efforts of the EarthLight Foundation.
Rick Tumlinson
Both a rebel and a respected leader, Rick is listed as one of the top 100 influential people in the space field. Called one of the world’s top space “visionaries,” he helped coined the term “NewSpace” and was a founder of the Space Revolution highlighted by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
A leading writer, speaker, and six-time Congressional witness, Rick helped start the first mission to find water on the Moon, signed the first ever commercial data purchase agreement with NASA, helped start NASA’s Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, led the commercial takeover of the Russian Mir space station, signed the first private astronaut to fly to the space station, co-founded the Space Frontier Foundation, and was a founding board member of the X-Prize.
Leah Cheli
Leah is a Florida attorney focused on corporate governance, research, and records management/compliance. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Law (LL.M.) at the Center for Air and Space Law and hopes to apply her legal, research, and corporate knowledge, as well as her imagination, to shape the rules, norms, and behaviors that the human species will carry into the stars. Her master’s thesis research will explore uses of distributed ledger technology in asynchronous transactions in cislunar and deep space and replacing sovereignty with dependency as the paradigm for human relations beyond the MotherWorld.
Sean Graham
Sean Graham has 15+ years of international business, tech, media, and cultural diplomacy. He has hands-on technological development, marketplace engagement, creative strategy, media production, and public speaking in space, ed-tech, and entertainment. He creates innovative win-win-win solutions by defining everything as a Commons Problem. As CEO of Karman Line enterprises, he’s focused on building up the space community that’s building up space and supporting the expansion of life and humanity beyond Earth.
David Armes
David is a business growth specialist on strategy, marketing, and finance. He’s consulted with clients around the world on go-to-market planning, growth tactics, deal analysis, and investment evaluation. He serves on the board of advisors and is a trusted consultant to companies in the space sector and currently holds leadership positions at start-ups in FinTech focusing on SaaS solutions for water and infrastructure, and Digital Marketing focusing on rapid B2B expansion. He runs his own firm, Unreal Solutions, focused on helping companies in the space industry overcome the Valley of Death. He also serves on the Board of Space Frontier Foundation.
Junaid Mian
Junaid is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and investor; all rolled into one. As a pharmacist, he understands the importance of maintaining good health. As an entrepreneur, he assess trends, risks, and rewards. As an investor, he’s always looking for opportunities to create significant value for investors and society. A passion for space led him to invest in the emerging space economy that drives the innovation that makes our home planet better. The space economy will be the driver that will extend our healthspan, lifespans, and well-being. Who wouldn’t want to live a happier, healthier and longer life?
Chance Glenn
Chance is a creator, technologist, futurist, and visionary behind the ongoing creation of a real, functional warp drive. During his undergraduate work at Army Research Lab, he was submitting patent applications before he graduated. He’s the Founder of the Morningbird Foudation and Provost – Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of Houston – Victoria. He holds more than 10 patents and among his many talents, is also a singer.
Karissa Winters
Karissa’s description coming soon!
