President's Leadership Team
SDL’s leadership honors our status as a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) and values teamwork. We know that our continued success results from our talented workforce and our dedication to mission success. SDL’s positive work environment promotes a culture of rigor, integrity, diversity, inclusion, skill, passion, and technical expertise that we hope inspires tomorrow’s leaders.

Jed Hancock
President

Dale Andersen
General Counsel, Empowered Official

Jennifer Bettencourt
Division Director
Program Services

Robert Burt
Division Director
Engineering & Operations

Lance Fife
Division Director
Strategic & Military Space

Sharon Giles
Division Director
Human Resources>

Niel Holt
Executive Director
Strategic Development

Lyndon Loosle
Chief Financial Officer
Business & Finance

Joe Mason
Division Director
Security & Information Assurance

Darin Partridge
Division Director
C4ISR Systems

Alan Thurgood
Division Director
Civil & Commercial Space
