REBECCA COWEN-HIRSCH

MSUA Vice Chair

Viasat, Inc.

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Rebecca M. Cowen-Hirsch is SVP for Government Strategy and Policy at Viasat. With over 30 years of experience in defense, aerospace and executive leadership, she served as the Program Executive Officer for SATCOM, Teleport and Services at DISA. She established the Defense Spectrum Office, serving as its first Director. She is a rated experimental flight test engineer, and became the first female civilian Mission Commander for the Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA) mission. She was awarded the Exemplary Service Medal for her service to the DoD. She received her BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky.

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