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Student Heading to D.C. for Space Advocacy
Florida Tech NOW
by Staff
From left, Christian Malesic, President/CEO Melbourne Regional Chamber of East Central Florida,
Glenn Chaney, Chairman of the Melbourne Chamber Board,
Aijana Leonard [Florida Tech student]
and Joe Mayer, Lockheed Martin’s director of government relations,
stand with a framed US flag flown [in space] aboard Orion Exploration Flight Test -1 that Mayer presented to chamber leadership.
Glenn Chaney, Chairman of the Melbourne Chamber Board,
Aijana Leonard [Florida Tech student]
and Joe Mayer, Lockheed Martin’s director of government relations,
stand with a framed US flag flown [in space] aboard Orion Exploration Flight Test -1 that Mayer presented to chamber leadership.
Aijana Leonard, a Florida Tech student who will receive her MBA in project management in August, will head to Washington, D.C., in May as part of Citizens for Space Exploration, a group that advocates on behalf of America’s journey to Mars. She was recently recognized along with leadership of the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce.