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Katrina Young

Lead, T2X and T2U - Strategic Partnerships Office, NASA Langley Research Center

Katrina L. Young is the Technology Transfer Expansion Program Lead at NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC) in Hampton, VA. In this role, she is responsible for helping the entrepreneurial, business, and academic community to leverage NASA technology to launch a startup venture, a career in tech entrepreneurship, and strengthen NASA relations with academia, business and industry. During her 20+ year NASA career, Katrina has held various roles within the Offices of Education (now STEM Engagement), Human Capital, and Strategic Analysis, Communications, and Business Development and now in the Office of Strategic Partnerships. She is also an alumnus of VPCC’s LEAD Peninsula Class of 2010. She is a graduate of Hampton University and the George Washington University.