2023 Executive Committee

Victor Pierson is chairman, president, and CEO of Moody Bank, vice chairman of Texas Independent Bancshares-Dallas, vice chairman of the Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees, a former mayor of Jamaica Beach, Texas, and a past chairman of the Texas Bankers Association. He serves on the board of directors of Moody Bank, Moody Bank Holding Company, Moody Bancshares, Inc., and Gal-Tex Hotel Corporation. Pierson is a past chairman of the United Way of Galveston, a past chairman of the Galveston Chamber of Commerce, a past chairman of the Galveston Economic Development Partnership, a past chairman of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking Foundation at Southern Methodist University, and a past chairman of the University of Texas Medical Branch President’s Cabinet. He is a member of the Texas A&M University at Galveston Board of Visitors and previously taught accounting at Galveston College for over 16 years.

Kirk Shireman is vice president, Lunar Exploration Campaigns, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a position he has held since joining Lockheed Martin in July 2020. LEC is responsible for the development of the Ascent Element of the Human Lunar System’s National Team. The LEC is also responsible for the development of future systems and vehicles to support Human space Exploration on the lunar surface, in lunar orbit and beyond. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Shireman served as the International Space Station (ISS) program manager. He was responsible for the overall management, development, integration, and operation of the ISS. Previously, Shireman served as the deputy director of NASA Johnson Space Center. Prior to his role as deputy center director, he served as deputy ISS program manager from 2006 to 2013. Shireman also served as the chair of the ISS Mission Management Team, where he was responsible for all aspects of on-orbit operations of the ISS. He was responsible for the overall management and integration of all Program operations elements, including the United States and international partners. In March 2019, Kirk received the National Space Club Astronautics Engineer Award. He has also been recognized with NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA’s Exceptional Achievement Medal for successful integration of the ISS’s Russian elements, the Silver Snoopy award in 1990, and the Presidential Rank Award twice 2010 and 2017.

Charlie Stegemoeller is a senior director with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He serves SAIC across the NASA account including business development, strategic alignment, and program performance. Stegemoeller began his career as a civil servant at NASA in 1985 and supported Space Shuttle, Space Station, human exploration research and technology, and served as deputy program manager for the Constellation Program. He serves as the vice president for Technical to the American Astronautical Society Board of Directors. He graduated from Texas A&M University and serves on the Advisory Council for the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department in the College of Engineering.