SPACEHAB ANNOUNCES NEW ADDITIONS TO BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Houston, Texas, January 25, 2008 –
SPACEHAB Incorporated, (NASDAQ: SPAB), a provider of commercial space
services, today announced the Company’s Board of Directors has approved
the addition of General (Ret.) Lance W. Lord, R. Scott Nieboer, John A.
Oliva, and William F. Readdy to SPACEHAB’s Board of Directors.
General (Ret.) Lance W. Lord
General (Ret.) Lance Lord served as Commander of Air Force Space Command
at the Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado where he oversaw a global network
of satellite command and control, communications, missile warning and
launch facilities, and ensured the combat readiness of America’s
intercontinental ballistic missile force. The recipient of several prestigious
military decorations throughout his career – including the Distinguished
Service Medal, Legion of Merit, and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal
– General Lord entered the Air Force in 1969 and retired in 2006.
R. Scott Nieboer
R. Scott Nieboer is a Manager of Trace Management, LLC which directs Trace
Partners, LP, an investment partnership, and Chief Manager of Curtiswood
Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trace Partners, LP. A Broker-Dealer
registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (NASD),
Nieboer also serves as Chief Executive Officer of a startup company, 5th
Market, Inc. which specializes in electronic complex trading systems for
institutional investors.
John A. Oliva
John A. Oliva has 26 years of experience in the private equity, investment
banking, capital markets, branch management, and asset management sectors.
He is the Managing Principal of Capital City Advisors Inc. (CCA), a NASD/FINRA
registered broker/dealer and independent investment banking and advisory
firm. Since 2002, CCA has provided financial advisory services, including
mergers and acquisitions and raising expansion capital to select mid-tier
companies. Mr. Oliva, who holds eight NASD/FINRA licenses including the
Managing Principal and Financial Principal licenses, also co-manages the
Indo-American Growth Fund.
William F. Readdy
William F. Readdy dedicated more than 30 years of service to the United
States as a military officer, pilot astronaut, and civil service executive.
A decorated naval aviator, Readdy joined NASA in 1986 and was tapped for
the astronaut corps just one year later. Throughout his astronaut career,
Readdy logged more than 672 hours in space on three shuttle missions serving
as commander on his third flight, STS-79. In 2001, Readdy was appointed
as NASA’s associate administrator for space operations where he
led a $6 billion-a-year enterprise comprising five major programs, four
field installations, and more than 40,000 civil servant and contractor
employees. Among many awards of distinction Readdy earned throughout both
his military and NASA careers, he was honored as a Meritorious Rank Executive
by President George W. Bush and awarded NASA’s highest honor, the
Distinguished Service Medal twice.
The Board determined that John A. Oliva qualifies as an
independent director and financial expert and was appointed Chairman of
the audit committee. He joins Barry Williamson and Mark Adams on the committee.
“SPACEHAB is both delighted and honored with the addition
of this distinguished group of outstanding leaders in their respective
fields,” said SPACEHAB, Inc. Chief Executive Officer, Thomas B.
Pickens, III. “Their collective experience is as successful as it
is diverse, qualities from which SPACEHAB and its shareholders will most
certainly benefit in the near and long term future. With our new board
members the Company is ideally positioned to move into our identified
markets of opportunity with clear direction,” said Pickens.
About SPACEHAB,
Incorporated
SPACEHAB is a commercial leader and entrepreneurial
force in the space industry providing a full spectrum of products and
services to both the government and private sectors. The Company offers
space access and payload integration services, production of valuable
commercial products in space, spacecraft pre-launch processing facilities
and services, development and extension of space-based products to the
consumer market, and program and engineering support ranging from development
and manufacturing of flight hardware to large scale government project
management.
The statements in this document may contain forward-looking statements
that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject
to risks, trends, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
be materially different from the forward-looking statement. These factors
include, but are not limited to, continued government support and funding
for key space programs, product performance and market acceptance of products
and services, as well as other risk factors and business considerations
described in the company's Securities & Exchange Commission filings
including the annual report on Form 10-K. Any forward-looking statements
in this document should be evaluated in light of these important risk
factors. The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.
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