Charity Weeden

I'm a navigator. Where once I navigated aircraft over the open ocean, now I navigate the complex space between innovation and governance—helping shape how advanced technology serves society.

My career has taken me from tracking submarines to tracking satellites, from military operations in two countries to the highest levels of civilian space policy. I've been deputy sensor manager for the U.S. Space Surveillance Network, the first Air and Space Operations Attaché at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, and most recently, Associate Administrator at NASA.

I've spent my career operating at the intersection of technology and diplomacy—inside Canadian and US governments, across military and civilian agencies, bridging what's possible with what's permissible. Now I'm applying those lessons to the governance challenges of AI, quantum, and emerging technologies that will define the next generation.

I advise companies on international technology partnerships, serve as a Board Director at Arkisys, and am a Senior Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center. I'm also focused on Industrial Diplomacy—helping keep allies and partners together while finding the right approaches to govern society-changing advanced technologies.