Alana Marsili

Biography

Alana Marsili is Senior Director of Government and Foreign Relations at Privateer Space, where she leads strategic partnerships, government engagement, and international cooperation at the intersection of emerging technologies, national security, and space diplomacy.

With more than a decade of experience in U.S. government service, including 11 years at the U.S. Agency for International Development and various overseas details and assignments with the White House, House Foreign Affairs, State Department , and the United Nations. Alana brings expertise in international development, geopolitical strategy, crisis management, and public-private partnerships. Her work has spanned complex international environments, including oversight of multilateral programs and management of a $1 billion in global humanitarian assistance funds.

At Privateer Space, she advances partnerships across government, industry, academia, and international institutions to strengthen space domain awareness, technological innovation, and allied cooperation. Her work emphasizes building regional innovation ecosystems, translating emerging technologies into public value, and strengthening the coalitions necessary for collective security and economic resilience.

Alana is particularly interested in the evolving relationship between technology and statecraft, the role of commercial innovation in national security, and the importance of international cooperation in shaping a secure, inclusive, and resilient space economy.