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National Space Society Town Hall, July 18, 2024, NSS Senior Leadership Open House
with
Karlton Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, Board of Governors
Isaac Arthur, President
Dale Skran, Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Welcome to a special National Space Society Town Hall Open House featuring our senior leadership with Karlton Johnson, NSS Chief Executive Officer and BoG Chairman, Isaac Arthur, NSS President, and Dale Skran, NSS Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Gain insights into our recent accomplishments, current challenges, and exciting future programs and plans. Discover the key issues facing space advocacy organizations and the strategies we are employing to advance our mission of space exploration, development and settlement. Enjoy an exciting, fun, and informative discussion with these accomplished and dynamic individuals who have dedicated their expertise and passion to make humanity a spacefaring civilization.
Karlton Johnson (Col, USAF-Retired) is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Space Society and Chairman of the Society’s Board of Governors (BoG). As the senior executive overseeing a variety of business operations and objectives, he shapes major strategic decisions regarding the NSS’s direction, leads our c-suite cadre, and steers the organization towards successful outcomes. In the latter capacity, he serves as the primary spokesperson for the Board of Governors, provides overall leadership to enhance board effectiveness and performance, and fosters board cooperation in support of the Society’s goals.
Karlton is a senior executive leader with over 36 years of subject matter experience in strategic leadership, partnership creation, mission assurance, and the development of emerging space markets. He brings extensive corporate board experience and has advised internationally to drive large-scale program initiatives from requirements to full implementation.
His distinguished career in the Air Force included senior leadership roles where he oversaw strategic operations and communications technologies essential to national security. In the private sector, Karlton is influential towards enabling the growth of space market expansion opportunities for Fortune 500 firms. Additionally, he successfully engages with Congressional leaders to garner support for various space-related legislative initiatives and advocates for commercial and civil space programs, space traffic management, planetary defense, and space economic development advancements.
Isaac Arthur is the creator of the wildly successful Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur, an award-winning weekly science education and entertainment show with more than 780,000 subscribers and over 700 episodes on YouTube. The show covers a wide range of futuristic concepts including space technology, development, and exploration, and focuses on how humanity or other hypothetical advanced civilizations may behave logistically, technologically, and socially, both in the near and distant future, under the understood laws of science. Isaac is also a regular guest on a variety of news and entertainment shows ranging from online productions to national radio shows, and he consults on science fiction books and video games.
Isaac attended Kent State University majoring in physics and graduating top of his class at age 20 and served in the United States Army during the Iraq war. When not working on his show, Isaac serves as the chair of the Ashtabula, Ohio Board of Elections under the Ohio Secretary of State. Isaac was elected NSS President in April 2023. He serves as the public face of NSS, promoting its mission and providing strategic guidance for the organization.
Dale Skran worked 17 years with Bell Labs (AT&T, Lucent Technologies) and continued his career at several companies including Ascend Communications (VP of Enterprise Engineering), Sonus Networks (Director of Engineering), and CMWare (Founder, CEO, COO, and VP of Engineering). He was also a negotiator/manager at the UN (International Telecommunication Union) where he led the development of international Internet standards for video conferencing and voice services (VoIP).
Dale has written dozens of NSS blog posts and has written many articles in Ad Astra magazine as well as other space related mediums such as The Space Review and Space News. Dale currently holds the following NSS leadership positions: Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Co-Chair of the Bylaws Committee, Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, and At-large Board Member. Additionally, he is a member of the Diversity Committee, the Club for the Future team, and the Space Settlement Advocacy Committee. In the past he has served as NSS Executive Vice President, Chair of the Policy Committee, and CEO.
National Space Society Town Hall, July 18, 2024, NSS Senior Leadership Open House
with
Karlton Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, Board of Governors
Isaac Arthur, President
Dale Skran, Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Welcome to a special National Space Society Town Hall Open House featuring our senior leadership with Karlton Johnson, NSS Chief Executive Officer and BoG Chairman, Isaac Arthur, NSS President, and Dale Skran, NSS Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Gain insights into our recent accomplishments, current challenges, and exciting future programs and plans. Discover the key issues facing space advocacy organizations and the strategies we are employing to advance our mission of space exploration, development and settlement. Enjoy an exciting, fun, and informative discussion with these accomplished and dynamic individuals who have dedicated their expertise and passion to make humanity a spacefaring civilization.
Karlton Johnson (Col, USAF-Retired) is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Space Society and Chairman of the Society’s Board of Governors (BoG). As the senior executive overseeing a variety of business operations and objectives, he shapes major strategic decisions regarding the NSS’s direction, leads our c-suite cadre, and steers the organization towards successful outcomes. In the latter capacity, he serves as the primary spokesperson for the Board of Governors, provides overall leadership to enhance board effectiveness and performance, and fosters board cooperation in support of the Society’s goals.
Karlton is a senior executive leader with over 36 years of subject matter experience in strategic leadership, partnership creation, mission assurance, and the development of emerging space markets. He brings extensive corporate board experience and has advised internationally to drive large-scale program initiatives from requirements to full implementation.
His distinguished career in the Air Force included senior leadership roles where he oversaw strategic operations and communications technologies essential to national security. In the private sector, Karlton is influential towards enabling the growth of space market expansion opportunities for Fortune 500 firms. Additionally, he successfully engages with Congressional leaders to garner support for various space-related legislative initiatives and advocates for commercial and civil space programs, space traffic management, planetary defense, and space economic development advancements.
Isaac Arthur is the creator of the wildly successful Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur, an award-winning weekly science education and entertainment show with more than 780,000 subscribers and over 700 episodes on YouTube. The show covers a wide range of futuristic concepts including space technology, development, and exploration, and focuses on how humanity or other hypothetical advanced civilizations may behave logistically, technologically, and socially, both in the near and distant future, under the understood laws of science. Isaac is also a regular guest on a variety of news and entertainment shows ranging from online productions to national radio shows, and he consults on science fiction books and video games.
Isaac attended Kent State University majoring in physics and graduating top of his class at age 20 and served in the United States Army during the Iraq war. When not working on his show, Isaac serves as the chair of the Ashtabula, Ohio Board of Elections under the Ohio Secretary of State. Isaac was elected NSS President in April 2023. He serves as the public face of NSS, promoting its mission and providing strategic guidance for the organization.
Dale Skran worked 17 years with Bell Labs (AT&T, Lucent Technologies) and continued his career at several companies including Ascend Communications (VP of Enterprise Engineering), Sonus Networks (Director of Engineering), and CMWare (Founder, CEO, COO, and VP of Engineering). He was also a negotiator/manager at the UN (International Telecommunication Union) where he led the development of international Internet standards for video conferencing and voice services (VoIP).
Dale has written dozens of NSS blog posts and has written many articles in Ad Astra magazine as well as other space related mediums such as The Space Review and Space News. Dale currently holds the following NSS leadership positions: Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Co-Chair of the Bylaws Committee, Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, and At-large Board Member. Additionally, he is a member of the Diversity Committee, the Club for the Future team, and the Space Settlement Advocacy Committee. In the past he has served as NSS Executive Vice President, Chair of the Policy Committee, and CEO.
