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Rochelle (Shelly) L. Cooper

Vice President and General Counsel

Rochelle (Shelly) L. Cooper is Vice President and General Counsel for United Space Alliance, LLC. (USA) and is responsible for Legal, Export Control and Security. She supports USA in applying its broad range of capabilities to NASA’s Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Constellation programs, as well as to space operations customers in the commercial and international space industry sectors. Shelly provides advice, counsel and support in the areas of business development; benefits, labor and employment; government, commercial and international contracts; employee-related matters; environmental, health and safety; ethics and business conduct; export control; insurance and risk management; intellectual property; litigation management; procurement; real estate and facilities; security; software transactions; training and other corporate matters.

Shelly joined USA in 1999, and most recently served as Deputy General Counsel. Prior to joining USA, Shelly worked for United Technologies Corporation (UTC), a multibillion dollar corporation that provides high technology products and services to customers in the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide. At UTC, she held various positions of increasing responsibility at the UTC Corporate Office; Hamilton Standard Division; Otis Elevators (Paris, France); Pratt & Whitney, Government Engines and Space Propulsion; and USBI Co.

Shelly received her Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction from the University of Virginia in rhetoric and communications studies and her Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law.

She is on the Board of Governors, Brevard Community College Foundation and the Board of Directors, East Coast Zoological Association (Brevard Zoo). She is also a member of the American Bar Association (Business Law, Public Contract Law and Science & Technology sections) and the Association of Corporate Counsel. Shelly previously served on the Board of Directors for the Florida Space Research Institute and the Central Florida Chapter Association of Corporate Counsel. Shelly belongs to the Connecticut and Florida State Bar Associations.

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