Mark Baird

Mark A. Baird was a retired United States Air Force brigadier general who last served as the deputy director of the Space Force Planning Task Force. He previously was the Deputy Director of [the National Reconnaissance Office].
After working briefly at Lockheed Martin as a "Principal Director of Strategy for Space and Special Programs," Baird went on to be the president of VOX Space, a subsidiary of Virgin Orbit, on 17 August 2021.
Baird died on November 30, 2023, and he was buried at the Arlington [National Cemetery].