Steven Isakowitz

Chief Executive

Aerospace Corp.

THE LATEST: Isakowitz led record hiring at El Segundo-based Aerospace Corp. over the past year, successfully shifted the company's workforce to work remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic and organized donations to medical workers in need in the South Bay. Aerospace was also involved in the March 26 launch of a communications satellite for the U.S. Space Force.

BACKGROUND: Aerospace Corp. is a federally funded research and development center for the U.S. Air Force. Isakowitz has been president and chief executive of the nonprofit corporation since 2016. For more than 50 years, Aerospace has provided engineering and analyses to the Air Force and other Department of Defense organizations. Aerospace Corp. has about 4,000 employees and annual revenues of roughly $1 billion. Isakowitz has held prominent roles at Virgin Galactic; the Department of Energy; NASA; and the White House Office of Management and Budget, where he oversaw $50 billion in federal science and technology programs. He serves on advisory boards at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cal State Long Beach. He co-authored the International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems.

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