Tahara Dawkins
Chief of Staff, National Space Council, White House
Chief of Staff, National Space Council, White House
Tahara Dawkins is the Chief of Staff of the National Space Council within the Office of the Vice President. In this role Tahara advises the Space Council on issues pertaining to civil, commercial, International, and national security space. She also serves as an advocate for Space STEM students across the nation. As a strategic advisor, Tahara handles the day-to-day activities of the National Space Council and leads the strategic planning processes across the organization. Prior to this role, Tahara was the Director of the Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs Office in the US Department of Commerce. For 20 years, Tahara has been intimately involved in space policy and the policy, security, and market issues related to commercial remote sensing.