2023 Steering Committee

NASA’s Langley Research Center











Shelley Spears
Director, Education & Outreach

Stacy Dees
Program Manager

Janice Kurbjun Miller
Program Lead

Genevieve Ebarle
Program Coordinator
About Us
The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) is a non-profit research and graduate education institute created to conduct innovative aerospace and atmospheric research, develop new technologies for the nation and help inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
NIA serves as a strategic partner with NASA Langley Research Center and the aerospace community to enable research creativity and expand technology development opportunities. The Institute integrates research and graduate education while creating new government / academia / industry partnerships to solve tomorrow’s problems today.
The Gateways to Blue Skies Competition is managed by the National Institute of Aerospace on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.