Board of Trustees Members–At-Large
Danielle Curcio, RTX
Curcio is corporate senior vice president of Global Engineering and Program Management for RTX. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing RTX’s world-class engineers and program managers. She guides the company in innovating and enhancing its engineering and program execution to deliver to our customers across RTX. Curcio brings more than 25 years of engineering, technology development and program experience to this position. Previously, she was the vice president of Engineering for Raytheon. She led an Engineering team of over 25,000 engineers and managed all engineering activities pertaining to the design and integration of air and missile defense systems, precision weapons, radars, command and control systems, space systems and advanced defense technologies. Throughout her career, Curcio has held leadership roles of increasing responsibility for Engineering and Program Management at both the business unit and corporate levels. Curcio holds a master’s degree and bachelor’s degree, both in mathematics, from the University at Buffalo.
Dimitri Mavris, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mavris is a Distinguished Regents Professor, the Boeing Chaired Professor of Advanced Aerospace Systems Analysis in Georgia Tech’s School of Aerospace Engineering, and Executive Director of the Professional Master’s in Applied Systems Engineering program. In addition, he is the Director of the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL), leading a large research program that supports 40 full-time research engineers and 300 graduate students. He has raised over $350M in research since ASDL’s inception in 1992. Mavris has served as principal investigator on 425+ studies funded by organizations including AFRL, FAA, NASA, ONR, Airbus, Boeing, GE, Lockheed Martin. He serves as the Georgia Tech site director for two FAA Centers of Excellence (COE): Alternative Jet Fuels & Environment (ASCENT) and Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability (PEGASAS). He is the Georgia Tech Principal Investigator for the Siemens COE for Simulation and Digital Twin and the Airbus COE for Model Based System Engineering-Enabled Digital Overall Aircraft Design (2016–2022). Mavris is a Fellow of AIAA and the Royal Aeronautical Society. He has held various leadership roles with AIAA. He served as President of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences from 2023 to 2024. He formerly served as a member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, co-chair of the review board of independent experts for ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP), and co-chair of the Technology Sub-group for the Long-Term Aspirational Goals initiative of CAEP. Mavris earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech.
Sabrina Steele, The Aerospace Corporation
Steele is executive director of Corporate Affairs and Communications at The Aerospace Corporation, a nonprofit leader in advancing national space capabilities. Steele leads a highly recognized team who develop compelling space stories that engage and inspire employees, customers, and the larger space community. She has been a driving force developing partnerships that deepen connections between innovative commercial startups and the nation’s national security, civil and international space programs. Before joining Aerospace, Steele held progressive leadership roles at what is now known as RTX. Prior to that, she was an award-winning reporter/editor for the Press-Telegram, a Knight-Ridder paper based in Long Beach, California..
Johnathon Caldwell, Lockheed Martin Space
Caldwell is the vice president and general manager of the Strategic & Missile Defense (SMD) Systems line of business at Lockheed Martin Space. He leads a team of more than 8,500 employees dedicated to missions that include strategic deterrence, missile defense and hypersonic strike for the U.S. Department of Defense and U.K. Ministry of Defence. Previously, Caldwell served as the vice president and deputy general manager of the National Security Space line of business, and as the vice president and general manager of the Military Space line of business, delivering integrated end-to-end solutions, high-performance systems, critical space architectures and innovative concepts to help U.S. and allied customers successfully execute defense and intelligence missions. With over 30 years in the industry, Caldwell has held progressive leadership and technical roles within Lockheed Martin, including leading the digital modernization and sustainment of Lockheed Martin Space, leading the company’s positioning, navigation and timing business portfolio, and serving as chief engineer for the GPS III Program. He has held diverse roles in program management, engineering, and supply chain, across missions ranging from space and ground systems for missile warning, commercial and military communications and data transport and to commercial imaging systems. Caldwell, an AIAA Associate Fellow, serves on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and the Board of Directors of Astris AI, a Lockheed Martin company which delivers secure and scalable AI solutions across the defense industrial base and high-assurance commercial industries.
Regional Engagement Activities Division (READ) Chief
Jim Guglielmo, The Boeing Company
Guglielmo has had a 30-year career at The Boeing Company, specializing in aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing, and multidisciplinary design analysis & optimization (MDAO). He previously led the MDAO Technology Domain within Boeing Research & Technology, before transitioning to an Aerodynamics Senior Manager role within the Boeing Air Dominance organization. An AIAA Associate Fellow, Guglielmo is active in the AIAA St. Louis Section, including roles as chair, newsletter editor, and webmaster. He held multiple leadership roles within the Applied Aerodynamics Technical Committee (2007-2015) and has also held positions at the national level including as 2017 AIAA AVIATION Forum Chair and 2016 Deputy Forum Chair. He is currently the Technical Activities Division Liaison to the Honors & Awards Committee. Guglielmo was recognized with the St. Louis Young Professional Award (2003), and the AIAA Outstanding Section Award (2020). He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Technical Activities Division (TAD) Chief
Richard Mange, Ph.D., Lockheed Martin
Mange is currently Vice President of Lockheed Martin (LM) F-35 Engineering. He previously was the Chief Engineer of LM F-35 program and multiple Skunk Works programs. An AIAA Fellow, Mange has held positions as Aviation, Technology, Integration and Operations (ATIO) Director (2020–2023); ATIO Deputy Director (2015–2020); 2017 AIAA AVIATION Forum Co-Technical Chair; 2016 AIAA AVIATION Forum Deputy Technical Chair and ATIO Conference Technical Chair. He was also a member of the V/STOL Aircraft Systems Technical Committee and currently serves as its chair. He was the Lockheed Martin organizer and editor for the 2018 AIAA AVIATION Forum sessions and subsequent book, F-35 Lightning II: From Concept to Cockpit. Mange earned his B.S., M.S., Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
