Mary Guenther is the Head of Space Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute. In this role, Mary focuses on evaluating and developing policy solutions that address how the United States government’s relationship with space actors should evolve and how to best harness the benefits of space for people here on Earth.
Prior to joining PPI, Mary served as the Vice President of Space Policy at the Commercial Space Federation (CSF). In that role, Mary drove consensus on space policy issues amongst roughly 90 member companies representing various facets of the commercial space economy and engaged with lawmakers, executive agencies, and the public to get those policy solutions implemented.
Prior to CSF, Mary served as a Professional Staff Member at the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation focusing on space, science, emerging technology, cybersecurity, and manufacturing policy. In that role, she worked with colleagues to author and pass through the Senate the CHIPS and Science Act as well as a variety of smaller pieces of legislation.
