Caryn Schenewerk

Chair, Advisory Committee on Excellence in Space (ACES)
Representative Member – Georgetown University

Ms. Caryn Schenewerk is a respected leader in navigating the complex regulatory and policy landscape for the spaceflight industry. As the President of CS Consulting, she provides expert guidance to clients on regulatory and policy engagement with all levels and branches of government. Schenewerk co-authored a space law textbook, International Space Law and Space Laws of the United States, and is honored to share her expertise as an adjunct professor of Space Law at Georgetown University Law Center.

Prior to founding CS Consulting, Schenewerk served as the Vice President for Regulatory and Government Affairs at Relativity Space, where she helped the company launch the world’s first 3-D printed rocket. Schenewerk started her career in aerospace at SpaceX, where she spent a decade supporting commercial and civil space operations, facility expansion, and economic development as a lawyer and lobbyist. She has an extensive track record of interacting with U.S. government agencies such as the Federal Aviation Administration, the Office of Commercial Space Transportation, NASA, and the U.S. Space Force in support of launch and recovery operations. Schenewerk is a member of the FAA’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee, for which she leads the Regulatory Working Group. She also serves as the industry lead for the FAA’s Part 440 Aerospace Rulemaking Committee. Prior to her work in the space industry, she served as the Deputy Associate Director for Legislative Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President. Schenewerk has also worked in various other roles, including Counsel, Policy Director, and Deputy Chief of Staff on Capitol Hill, starting her career in international trade law.

Schenewerk obtained her bachelor’s degree from Austin College in Sherman, TX, where she serves on the Board of Trustees. Her J.D. is from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin and her Master’s in Laws (LLM) is from the University of Nottingham in England. She is a member of the New York and D.C. Bars.