Former Lockheed Martin corporate astronaut, rocket scientist, and engineer on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and International Space Station programs, Leslie Wickman, Ph.D., is currently
Executive Director of the American Scientific Affiliation (www.asa3.org), a national non-profit organization for Christians in the sciences. She was previously chair of Engineering and Computer Science as well as director
of the Center for Research in Science at Azusa Pacific University. Stanford University–educated Wickman also works as a research scientist with government think tanks on technical
and political aspects of national aerospace and defense issues. She is an internationally respected research scientist, engineering consultant, and inspirational speaker. When she's not somewhere on the road, Leslie splits her time between Southern California and the Pacific Northwest.