Nathaniel Dailey

Dr. Nathaniel (Nate) Dailey is a globally recognized expert in space-related international affairs at The MITRE Corporation, where he is the Chief Strategist for Space Program Development and Integration for the MITRE Public Sector in McLean, VA. Dailey is the International Regional Vice President of the Space Force Association, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), an academician for the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) serving on the Space Traffic Management (STM) Committee, Chairman of the International Astronautical Foundation Technical Committee 26, STM working group for the Moon and Mars, and former Fellow of The Hague Institute for Global Justice Off World Approach.

Dailey’s thirty-year career includes broad experience in government and commercial industry as an systems engineer, enterprise architect, data scientist, and policy analyst. He specializes in technology innovation, focused on the nexus of architecture and socio-economic impact relative to international relations and mitigating future conflict in outer space. He has spoken extensively at conferences worldwide and published numerous technical papers and manuscripts on cross-organizational space reference architectures, the enterprise architecture discipline, cross-organizational analysis, and efficiently advancing mission objectives and space-related socio-economic impact through technological innovation. He is regularly called upon to guest lecture on space related international public policy at think tanks and academic institutions such as the IAA, the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and the Space Force Association.

Dailey is a Carnegie Mellon University Certified Enterprise Architect and a member of the Global Honor Society for Public Affairs & Administration, Pi Alpha Alpha. He holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences from Pace University, a Master of Public Administration and Policy from American University School of Public Affairs, and a Master of International Public Policy and Doctor of International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Affairs (SAIS). His SAIS doctoral research addressed how to bring about socio-technological transformative change through international space reference architectures for mission, social, environmental impact, space diplomacy, conflict resolution, and establishment of acceptable norms of behavior in space use.

Dr. Dailey resides in rural Virginia, where he volunteers IT support to local land preservation charities. He is an avid horseman who enjoys riding with his daughter, foxhunting, polo, downhill skiing, and scuba.