S. Sita Sonty

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Sita Sonty is Partner and Associate Director in the Aerospace And Defense and Public Sector practices of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). She held senior roles as a former U.S. diplomat and aerospace executive.

Sita made history as the Head of Human Spaceflight Sales at SpaceX, where she executed the first private spaceflight sales on the Crew Dragon on a Lower Earth Orbit Free Flyer and to the International Space Station. Sita concurrently guided global market strategy for Starlink's expansion as the next generation telecommunications market offering, negotiating deals with telcos and developing market entry strategy.

As Vice President for International Business with the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), Sita directed Business Review Teams on international defense and space sales pursuits, including capture management, risk mitigation, legal, tax, finance, supply chain, engineering, and product design.

A Director for National Security, Sita led Raytheon's corporate engagement with U.S. Executive Branch agencies and ensured the corporation's compliance with legal, regulatory, and policy frameworks for multiple governments. She also led growth as Country Lead for Raytheon in Israel.

Sita amassed over seventeen years of service as a career U.S. diplomat and led the International Security Advisory Board bringing A&D companies' strategic recommendations to Secretary Kerry; she also served as Chief of Staff for Legislative Affairs and Senior Advisor for Defense Sales to South and Central Asia. Her overseas posts include Croatia, Libya, Syria, Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq (2004), and Egypt.

She graduated with distinction from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, studied at Jussieu in Paris (1998) and the Centre des Etudes Maghrebienne en Tunisie (CEMAT) (2001), and graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College in Political Science and Economics. Her native tongue is Telugu; she also speaks Hindi, French, Arabic, Croatian, and Urdu. Sita serves as Executive Board Member for Women in Aerospace, The Johns Hopkins University President's Alumni Council, and the Washington Leadership Program. She is an On Orbit Space Economy Advisory Board, IAF Space Habitats Committee, and National Space Council Cybersecurity Executive Forum member.