Lori W. Gordon leads space enterprise integration initiatives in the Corporate Chief Engineer’s Office at The Aerospace Corporation. In her role, she serves as an expert in national and homeland security, cybersecurity, and infrastructure risk and resilience. At Aerospace since 2018, she provides leadership across a range of internal technology strategy and investment as well as external engagement across the space and complex systems enterprises. Gordon is also a partner with Aerospace’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) and leads Aerospace’s engagement with myriad collaborators, including the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) and the National Security Institute (NSI). With more than 20 years of professional experience, Gordon has contributed to the development of national-level strategies, capabilities, and programs across homeland, intelligence, and civil agencies.
Gordon began her career focusing on energy efficiency and renewable energy policy supporting the Department of Energy before expanding her domain expertise across other critical infrastructure sectors, including information and communications technology and the defense industrial base. At The MITRE Corporation from 2005 to 2014 and at a Washington, D.C.-based strategy consultancy from 2014 to 2018, she led critical infrastructure security portfolios working with the government to reduce risk and accelerate adoption of emerging technologies.
Gordon continues to collaborate on policy and technical publications with the Atlantic Council, the NSI, and other think tanks on space industrial base; positioning, navigation, and timing; supply chain; and cybersecurity.
Education
Gordon earned a bachelor’s degree in geography cum laude from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®).
Awards and Honors
Gordon has received numerous awards and special recognition, including the Government Technology Services Coalition Citizen of Mission Award for her work in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programming across the interagency.
Affiliations
Gordon is a fellow at George Mason University’s National Security Institute and is a member of the Project Management Institute and several other professional societies. She served on the board of Women in Homeland Security, and as director of its STEM program (2016–2018). She is an advisor on the American National Standards Institute Unmanned Aerial Systems Standards Consortium and the International Organization of Standards’ Sustainable Cities and Communities technical committee. She was an advisor to a working group for the National Institute for Standards and Technology’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education.
