David logsdon techamerica biography

For about two-and-a-half months last year starting April 1, the Space Enterprise Council, a membership-driven organization founded in 2000 to promote the U.S. space industry through a combination of education and advocacy, was without a home. Its original host organization, the powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce, had abruptly disbanded the group — which at the time had 28 corporate members — with no warning and little explanation.

The council eventually found a new home with TechAmerica, which like the Chamber of Commerce is a lobbying organization but is more narrowly focused on the information technology industry. TechAmerica does not have the chamber’s size, clout or name recognition, but David Logsdon, who has run the Space Enterprise Council since 2004, believes it is a better fit since the space and information industries tend to have a similar focus: collecting and moving data. He also notes that TechAmerica is more actively involved in Space Enterprise Council matters than w