Debra Facktor Lepore

...vice president and general manager of Washington Operations. Effective January 15, Lepore will lead Ball’s Washington operations, corporate communications and strategic planning, reporting to President and CEO, David L. Taylor. In her new role, Lepore will be responsible for increasing Ball Aerospace’s profile in the industry and market as well as facilitating collaboration across the company. She will also be the company’s senior executive in the Washington, DC area.

Lepore, president of the aerospace consulting firm, DFL Space LLC, brings 25 years of industry experience to the position, nearly all of which involved start-up projects or companies. An industry professor at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., she led the Master’s of Engineering in Technical Leadership program, and served as Director of Strategic Programs for the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC). Lepore is the previous president of AirLaunch LLC. Earlier in her career she served as vice president of Business Development and Strategic Planning for Kistler Aerospace Corporation and as Chief of Moscow Operations for ANSER’s Center for International Aerospace Cooperation.