Alice Bowman at InfoAge

Alice Bowman is a member of the Principal Professional Staff at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. In addition to being the “MOM” of New Horizons, she supervises APL’s Space Mission Operations Group, leading approximately 50 staff members who operate deep space and Earth-orbiting spacecraft, including NASA’s TIMED, STEREO, New Horizons, Parker Solar Probe and, recently, DART. Ms. Bowman’s experience also includes national defense space operations, systems engineering, program management, space systems, and space instrument development.

Ms. Bowman has a degree in chemistry and physics from the University of Virginia and has more than 30 years of experience in space operations. Asteroid 146040 Alicebowman, discovered by Marc Buie in 2000, is named after her. She is a member of the Society of Women Engineers – which recently presented her with its prestigious Resnick Challenger Medal – as well as an AIAA Associate Fellow, and has served on the International SpaceOps Committee since 2009.

The evening event is focused on younger and college-bound students, but the general public is invited to attend. Proceeds benefit the InfoAge Science Center, a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to inspiring kids to learn. For more information, contact InfoAge at the e-mail address and phone number at the top of this release.

Admission is $20 per person. Seating is limited.