Satellite Industry Association Strongly Endorses Re-Election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin as Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union

Washington, D.C., June 19, 2025 – The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) today announced its strong support for the re-election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin as the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). SIA also noted its appreciation for the U.S State Department’s support for Ms. Bogdan-Martin’s candidacy and engagement at the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), which is critical to a thriving U.S. space industry.

“SIA is pleased to join the U.S. State Department in supporting the re-election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin as Secretary-General of the ITU,” said Tom Stroup, president of the Satellite Industry Association. “Throughout her tenure as Secretary-General, Ms. Bogdan-Martin has championed satellite industry policy interests while recognizing the resilience and expanding importance of the commercial space industry – not only in connecting the World’s unconnected, but in providing critical services to billions of people around the globe each day. On behalf of SIA, I am proud to endorse the re-election of the Secretary-General as head of the ITU”.

Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement supporting the re-election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin as ITU Secretary-General. Ms. Bogdan-Martin was first elected Secretary-General of the ITU in 2022. Prior to her election as Secretary-General, Ms. Bogdan-Martin was elected Director of the ITU’s Bureau of Telecommunication Development (BDT), the first woman to be hold one of the ITU’s five leadership positions. She began her career as a telecommunications policy specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce and National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA). She joined ITU in 1994.

To view a copy of Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin’s ITU biography, please click on the following link. https://www.itu.int/en/osg/Pages/biography-itu-sg-doreen.aspx

About The Satellite Industry Association
SIA is a U.S.-based trade association providing representation of the leading satellite operators, service providers, manufacturers, launch services providers, and ground equipment suppliers. For more than two decades, SIA has advocated on behalf of the U.S. satellite industry on policy, regulatory, and legislative issues affecting the satellite business. For more information, visit www.sia.org.

SIA Executive Members include: Amazon; Comtech; DIRECTV; EchoStar Corporation; Eutelsat Group; HawkEye 360; Intelsat S.A.; Iridium Communications Inc.; Kratos Defense & Security Solutions; Ligado Networks; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Planet Labs PBC; SES Americom, Inc.; Spire Global Inc.; and Viasat Inc. SIA Associate Members include: The Aerospace Corporation; Artel, LLC; AST Space Mobile; Astranis Space Technologies Corp.; The Boeing Company; Eutelsat America Corp + OneWeb Technologies; ExoAnalytic Solutions; Integrasys LLC; Kinematics; Kymeta Corporation; Omnispace; Ovzon; Panasonic Avionics Corporation; Skyloom and Telesat. SIA Affiliate Members include: AvL Technologies; COMSAT; Cooley LLP; DLA Piper; Globalstar; Greenberg Traurig LLP; Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn); Hogan Lovells; Jenner & Block; Keysight Technologies, Inc.; Media Broadcast Satellite; Orbital Research; Peraton; Plexus Corp; Quadsat; Sheppard Mullin; Wiley; Xairos Systems Inc., and XTAR, LLC.

Media and PR Contact: Dean Hirasawa
Satellite Industry Association
Email: dhirasawa@sia.org
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