Mark E. Bitterman

Mr. Bitterman is Senior Vice President of Government Relations. He is the senior company official responsible for monitoring and addressing White House, federal agency, and legislative actions/policies related to military, civil and commercial space matters, as well as missile defense and tactical weapons programs.

Mr. Bitterman came to Orbital from the U.S. Department of Defense, where he served for four years as the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Special Operations, and Counter-Drug Policy to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs). While in that assignment, Secretary Cheney presented him with the Secretary of Defense Award for Outstanding Public Service. Prior to joining the Pentagon, Mr. Bitterman spent two years as a foreign military sales specialist with TRW, Inc. From 1986 through 1995 he was a U.S. Naval Reserve officer with the Office of Naval Intelligence.

In 1996 Mr. Bitterman was appointed by the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to the International Trade Advisory Committee and continues to serve those officials. He was also appointed by Transportation Secretaries Slater and Mineta as an industry representative to the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) serving from 2000-2004. He is also an active member of the Space, Missile Defense and Legislative Divisions of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA). He is an elected member of the Dulles Corridor Rail Association, the National Space Club and the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority. He also serves as Chairman Emeritus of the Space Enterprise Council of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Bitterman holds a M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University and a B.S. in Political Science from Rutgers University.