About Us
WSGC First Nations Launch Administrative Team
Christine Bolz, Program Director
WSGC, Assistant Director
Email: cbolz@carthage.edu
Phone: (262) 551-5915
- B.A. Marketing, Business Management, Carthage College
- Tripoli Rocketry Association, Member, Level II Certification
- PPL, SEL, High-Performance Endorsement
- Southeastern Wisconsin Women in Aviation International, Vice-President
- Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), Member, Chapter 1254
- Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA), Member
- Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines, Member
Danielle Weiland, Project Coordinator
WSGC, Space Grant Project Coordinator
Email: dweiland@carthage.edu
Phone: (262) 551-6237
- B.A. Physics, Mathematics, Carthage College
- Business Design & Innovation Fellow 2020
- WSGC Undergraduate Scholarship Recipient 2013
- Elijah High-Altitude Balloon Launch Team Member 2012, 2013
Connie Engberg, Project Support Assistant
WSGC, Project Support Assistant
Email: cengberg@carthage.edu
Phone: (262) 551-6548
- B.A. Education, Northern Illinois University
- Tripoli Rocketry Association, Member, Level I Certification
Frank Nobile, Technical Advisor
Tripoli Prefecture, Green Bay, WI
Email: maxq3@aol.com
- Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA), Member, Level III Certification
- Technical Advisory Person (TAP) TRA Level III Certifications
- Safety Launch Coordinator, Rockets 4 Schools
Aaron Ashley, Project AssistantEmail: aaron.ashley1701@gmail.com
- Systems Engineer, Raytheon Technologies, Tucson, AZ
- B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
- Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA), Member, Level I Certification
- National Association of Rocketry (NAR), Member, Level 1 Certification
- Crow Creek Sioux and Omaha Tribes
- First Nations Launch Alumni, 2018
- NASA University Student Launch Initiative, 2013
Mark Abotossaway, Advisor LiaisonEmail: mark.a.abotossaway@gmail.com
- Structural Analysis Engineer, The Boeing Company
- B.A. Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota
- B.S. Physics, University of Winnipeg
- Ojibwe tribe from the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
- First Nation Launch Alumni, 2010-2013
- NASA University Student Launch Initiative, 2012
Bob Justus, Tripoli Assistant
Tripoli Prefecture, Illinois
Email: bob@mhbofni.com
- Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA), Member, Level III Certification
- Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA), Education Committee
- Technical Advisory Person (TAP) TRA Level III Certifications
- Safety Launch Coordinator, Rockets 4 Schools