Kellie Gerardi is an aerospace professional and popular science communicator who has flown multiple microgravity research campaigns as a citizen scientist and spacesuit-ed human test subject. With a decade of experience in the commercial space industry, she leads Special Projects for the Commercial Spaceflight Federation and has also contributed to space settlement research. She serves on the Defense Council for the Truman National Security Project and currently resides in the Washington DC area with her husband and their daughter.