Brian Chase is NASA’s assistant administrator for legislative affairs, a position appointed by the White House. He previously was vice president of Washington operations for the Space Foundation and executive director of the National Space Society. He was a program analyst for NASA before going to work for Florida Congressman Dave Weldon in 1995. A former Student Congress president, Chase received his bachelor’s degree in economics from UT Arlington in 1994. He was named a Distinguished Alumnus in 2004.

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