Consultants with Special Expertise

Per the Advisory Board charter, NASA may authorize consultants with special expertise to support subordinate groups of the Advisory Board on an ad hoc basis. View charter

L. Kirk Lewis

Kirk Lewis

Kirk Lewis is an adjunct consultant for the Institute of Defense Analyses (IDA). He has served as executive director for numerous national defense and homeland security assessment panels and boards, including: Defense Scientific Board special GPS study; GPS Independent Review Team; Air Force Space Command's Independent Strategic Assessment Group; Interagency GPS Executive Board's Independent Assessment Team; Air Force Space and Missile Center's SMC Program Assessment Group; and Air Force Research Laboratory's Independent Strategic Assessment Group. Lewis previously served as a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and faculty member and Dean of Students at the National War College. He has a Master's degree in Operations Research and System Analysis and Industrial Engineering from Kansas State University.