[SatNews] The Space Foundation has announced two promotions at its headquarters in Colorado Springs, both a result of the global space advocate's continued growth.

The former director of Human Resources, Kathleen Vinson, has been promoted to vice president, reflecting her role in creating and managing a top-performing team environment for the Space Foundation. Vinson, who reports to Chief Operating Officer Chuck Zimkas, is credentialed as a senior professional in human resources (SPHR) by the Human Resources Certification Institute.

Art Ratkewicz, formerly the Space Foundation manager of cyber initiatives, has been promoted to a new position of senior director - operations, also reporting to Zimkas. In his new role, Ratkewicz has a broad range of responsibilities, including customer service, logistics, facilities management and event management, including overseeing all of the operational aspects of the Space Foundation's annual National Space Symposium. He will also temporarily continue in his role as Space Foundation cyberspace expert. This new position was created to enable Zimkas to focus on planning and construction of improvements to the Space Foundation's new Colorado Springs headquarters, including creating a visitors' gallery, a Space Technology Hall of Fame®, learning laboratories and various additional public spaces. Ratkewicz's experience includes project management with Booz Allen Hamilton and a number of intelligence and information operations positions with the United States Air Force, the U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Forces Korea and Air Force Space Command. He also held a number of human resources, site management and manufacturing positions with Atmel Corporation and Texas Instruments.