Board

The core of the Austrian Space Forum is comprised of alumni of the International Space University (ISU) and the Space Generation Advisory Council. They are professionally involved in various national and international space related activities.

President: Mag. Gernot Grömer, MSc
Vice-president: Mag. Alexander Souck, MLaw, MSS
Secretary: DI Norbert Frischauf, MEng
Dep. Secretary: Willibald Stumptner
Chief Financial Officer: Olivia Haider
Vice-Financial Officer: Dr. Rudolf Albrecht

Controlling: Manfred Hettmer, Maria Pflug-Hofmayr

Gernot Grömer, MSc., president Responsibilites: external represenation, Corporate Identity, coordination ÖWF office Innsbruck, project manager Career: Born 1975, masters degree in astronomy (Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck), International Space University summer school (Houston/Texas), lecturer at the International Space University and the University of Innsbruck. Member of the Space Generation Advisory Council (Board of Mentors). Various research sojourns in Italy, USA and Chile. Outreach coordinator of the european lunar mission LunarSat. Simulation of a crewed expedition on Mars in Utah. Flight Crew 37th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign.  Programme Management Group AustroMars and PolAres. Teaches and does research at the Univ. Innsbruck in the field of human Mars exploration and Astrobiology. gernotgroemeroewforg

Alexander Soucek, MLaw, MSS, vice-president Responsiblities: Outreach, legal issues, project manager Career: Born 1978, studied law at the Paris Lodron University, Salzburg, master of space studies at the International Space University in Strassbourg/France. Research activities in the field of space law and space policy at the Space Policy Institute, George Washington University, Washington D.C., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the United Nations (Vienna), the German Space Operations Center (Darmstadt, Germany); member of the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL)- At present working for the European Space Agency in the field of Earth Observation Ground Segment in Frascati (Italy). alexandersoucekoewforg

Norbert Frischauf, MEng., secretary Responsibilites: external representation, Corporate Identity, coordination ÖWF office Vienna, project manager Career: Born 1968, holds a master of engineering degree from the Technical University Vienna; International Space University summer school (Houston/Texas). Member of the Space Generation Advisory Council (Board of Mentors). Research activities at the European Centre for Nuclear Research, Switzerland. Project manager of various ÖWF-events. System engineer for future studies and -technologies at ESA/ESTEC in the Netherlands. High-technology consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton in Europe. 2007 - 2009 Executive Officer of Qasar Technologies, Vienna. Since 2009 Joint Research Center Institute for Energy of the European Commission in Petten, Netherlands. norbertfrischaufoewforg

Willibald Stumptner, vice secretary Responsibilites: external representation, project manager Career: Born 1967 in Graz; high school Lichtenfels in Graz; student of technical physics at the technical university in Graz, and meteorology and geophysics at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz; Space Camp 1991; International Space University (1995); stay abroad ath the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble; 6 years at the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Graz (atmospheres of planets and astro biology, especially Mars and Titan) ; At present he is working as Technical Author for Roche Diagnostics in the fields of validation, project- and quality-management. willibaldstumptneroewforg

Olivia Haider, Chief Financial Officer Responsibilites: financial affairs, IT & social media, membership services Career: Born 1975, college of education Stams/Tirol, language assistant at the Lycee in St. Omer/France. Aftwards primary school teacher in various tyrolean schools. Studied applied informatics at the Management Center Innsbruck. International Space University Space Studies Program 2009, NASA Ames. Coordination IT-Services for Outreach & Education Division of LunarSat project. Coordination OEWF social media strategy and head of IT-team of the forum. Currently IT project manager at an Austrian company. oliviahaideroewforg

Dr. Rudolf Albrecht, deputy chief financial officer Responsibilites: Liason international organizations, outreach Career: Born 1946 in Vienna, studied astronomy and physics at the University of Vienna (doctorate 1970), until 1972 Postdoc at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Assistant professor at the Univ. Observatory in Vienna until 1981. 1981 to 1984 Head of the scientific data handling at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. From 1984 to 2008 at ESA / ESO Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility in Munich (from 2004 as head). Intense public outreach. More than 100 refereed publications. Other interests: skydiving (multiple austrian champion), ballooning, marathon. rudolfalbrechtoewforg

Controller: MMag. Michaela Laucher, Michael Taraba, BSc