Company: IRDM
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-015183
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Company: Iridium Communications Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 Master of Arts degree in National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School. For seven years, he was an Adjunct Faculty Member in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Our Board of Directors believes Admiral Olson’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his past leadership experience as an Admiral in the United States Navy, including his leadership and management of a large and complex organization as head of the United States Special Operations Command.

Kay N. Sears , age 58, has served as a director of our company since May 2022. Since November 2022, she has served as Vice President and General Manager of Space, Intelligence & Weapon Systems for The Boeing Company, having previously served as Vice President and General Manager of Autonomous Systems for Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security unit from February 2022 to November 2022. In this role, she oversees development of cutting-edge autonomous technologies, intelligence capabilities and networking solutions for government and commercial customers. Prior to joining Boeing, she was the Vice President and General Manager of the Military Space line of business within Lockheed Martin Space from 2018 to February 2022, a role in which she was responsible for critical national security space programs and mission areas, including global navigation satellite systems, space-based missile warning, protected communications, space protection and operations, logistics and sustainment. She joined Lockheed Martin Space in 2016, serving as its Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Ms. Sears served as President of Intelsat General Corporation from 2006 to 2016. Before that, she served as Senior Vice President at PanAmSat Corporation and as Vice President at Verestar. For over a decade, she served on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, which provides information, technical expertise, advice and guidance to the U.S. government regarding issues that may affect national security telecommunications capabilities. Ms. Sears received a bachelor's degree in business and economics from the University of Richmond and a Master of Business Administration degree in information systems from The George Washington University. Our Board of Directors believes Ms. Sears’s qualifications to serve on our Board include her extensive expertise in the aerospace and defense industries.

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Jacqueline E. Yeaney , age 56, has served as a director of our company since May 2023. In October 2024, Ms. Yeaney founded Brave Bets LLC, an executive coaching and advising business. In April 2023, Ms. Yeaney