Will Pomerantz is an aerospace executive with two decades of leadership across the entrepreneurial and non-profit sectors. He currently serves as the Head of Space Ventures at AeroVironment, where he leads the team that built the Mars helicopter Ingenuity in partnership with NASA JPL. In this role, he also spearheaded the development of the SkyFall mission, recently selected by NASA for a 2028 launch.

Previously, Will was Employee #001 and Vice President at Virgin Orbit, Vice President of Special Projects at Virgin Galactic, and Senior Director for Space Prizes at the XPRIZE Foundation, where he created and managed the $30M Google Lunar XPRIZE.

Dedicated to building the future aerospace workforce, Will co-founded the award-winning Brooke Owens Fellowship and the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship, which have provided internships and $500k+ in scholarships to 600+ undergraduates from underserved communities. The same passion has fueled his work as the longest-serving Chair of the Board of Advisors of SEDS-USA, the world's largest student space organization; as a member of the strategic leadership team for Space Workforce 2030; as a member of the Inclusion Council for Space for Humanity; and, most recently, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Open Lunar Foundation.

Will earned a bachelors degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Harvard and a masters degree in Space Studies from the International Space University. He is also a graduate of the NASA Academy, NASA's premier leadership training program for undergraduate and graduate students.

He has served on two US Federal Advisory Committees, one for the National Academies of Science and Engineering and one for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Will has been honored as a Karman Fellow, and gave a successful TEDx talk explaining why humans explore space.

Will and his wife, NASA Flight Director Diana Trujillo, live near Houston, TX with their two children.