Bill Adkins is President of Adkins Strategies, LLC, a Washington, DC-based consulting firm specializing in space policy and politics. Bill previously served on Capitol Hill as the Staff Director of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he led the committee’s work on NASA and civil space, including several NASA Authorization bills, FAA Authorization, and Commercial Space legislation. Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Bill worked in the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community where he led various research and development activities and space technology programs.