Sector: Communication
Director information for IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral Eric T. Olson (Ret.) | Director | 74 | ["Under Armour, Inc.", "Palladyne AI Corp.", "Former four-star Admiral in the United States Navy", "Head of the United States Special Operations Command", "Experienced in management of large organizations", "Independent national security consultant", "Former CEO of Hans Premium Water", "Adjunct Faculty Member at Columbia University"] | ["Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee", "Compensation Committee", "Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Jacqueline E. Yeaney | Director | 57 | ["Talkspace, Inc.", "extensive experience as an executive of high-growth technology companies", "extensive marketing experience", "experience as a board member of public companies"] | ["M", "audit committee", "nomination and governance committee"] | 2026 |
| Kay N. Sears | Director | 59 | ["Vice President and General Manager of Space, Intelligence & Weapon Systems for The Boeing Company", "Vice President and General Manager of Autonomous Systems for Boeing\u2019s Defense, Space & Security unit", "Vice President and General Manager of Military Space line of business within Lockheed Martin Space", "President of Intelsat General Corporation", "Senior Vice President at PanAmSat Corporation", "Vice President at Verestar", "Served on the President\u2019s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee"] | ["M", "C"] | 2026 |
| L. Anthony Frazier | Director | 55 | ["Chief Executive Officer of LeoLabs, Inc.", "Executive Vice President and General Manager of Public Sector Earth Intelligence for Maxar Technologies Inc.", "Executive Vice President of Global Field Operations at Maxar", "President of Radiant Solutions", "Senior Vice President, General Manager of DigitalGlobe\u2019s Services", "Senior Vice President of Marketing at GeoEye", "Senior Director of Product Management at Cisco Systems", "Senior marketing roles at Infor, iPhrase Technologies, and pcOrder.com", "Experience in strategic consulting at Bain & Company", "Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania", "Master of Business Administration with distinction from Harvard Business School"] | [] | 2026 |
| Louis M. Alterman | Director | 48 | ["President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Stratix Corporation", "Chief Financial Officer of Rackspace", "Chief Financial Officer at EarthLink", "Experience as a board member of several privately held companies", "Bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from the University of Georgia", "Master of Business Administration from Emory University\u2019s Goizueta Business School", "Executive education at Harvard University"] | [] | 2026 |
| Matthew J. Desch | Chief Executive Officer; CEO and Director | 68 | ["Unisys Corporation", "VeriSign, Inc.", "Chief Executive Officer of Iridium Holdings LLC", "Chief Executive Officer of Telcordia Technologies, Inc.", "experience at Nortel Networks Corporation"] | ["compensation and human resources committee", "corporate governance and nominating committee", "cybersecurity committee"] | 2026 |
| Monique S. Shivanandan | Director | 62 | ["Chief Data & Analytics Officer at HSBC Holdings plc", "Chief Information Security Officer at HSBC", "Chief Information Officer at the Chubb Group", "Chief Information Officer at Aviva plc", "Chief Technology Officer at Capital One Financial Corporation", "roles at BellSouth and BT Group plc", "chairwoman of Sepio", "board member at Network International", "board member at J.P. Morgan Securities", "Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University"] | ["M", "audit", "risk and tech", "compensation"] | 2026 |
| Robert H. Niehaus | Chairman of the Board | 70 | ["Zeta Global Holdings Corp.", "extensive corporate management experience", "financial and investment banking expertise", "experience serving on the boards of numerous companies, particularly in the telecommunications industry"] | [] | 2026 |
| Suzanne E. McBride | Chief Operations Officer; COO and Director | 57 | ["Skyworks Solutions, Inc.", "More than 30 years of experience in the satellite industry", "Chief Operations Officer at OneWeb, Ltd.", "Vice President, Program Management Office and Launch Services at Iridium Satellite LLC", "Senior engineer at Motorola\u2019s Satellite Communications Group"] | [] | 2026 |
| Thomas C. Canfield | Director | 70 | ["management experience in the telecommunications and aviation industries", "familiarity with serving as a director of technology companies"] | ["M"] | 2026 |
| Thomas J. Fitzpatrick | Director | 68 | ["Chief Financial Officer from 2010", "Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer from 2013 until retirement in December 2024", "Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Centennial Communications Corp.", "CFO of several privately held and publicly traded companies in telecommunications and technology", "Vice President with Bell Atlantic Corporation", "Bachelor of Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University", "Master of Business Administration from Villanova University", "Certified Public Accountant"] | [] | 2026 |
