Jeanne Suchodolski

Jeanne Suchodolski currently serves as Patent and Intellectual Property Counsel for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center – Keyport.   Jeanne graduated from Duke University with a degree in engineering before receiving her MSAA from the University of Washington. After a brief career designing rockets at Boeing, she earned a JD from the University of Southern California; and commenced a lengthy career as patent and corporate counsel for major high-tech and aerospace firms including Microsoft, Boeing, and Honeywell.

Jeanne recently earned an LLM in Space, Cyber and Telecommunications Law from the University of Nebraska, thereby indulging her professional interest in space law. She is a lecturer for the International Space University Executive Course and led the pilot phase of the Space Research and Policy Center at the University of Washington.

In addition to her legal career, Jeanne has extensive expeditionary and field science experience. She was elected a member of the Explorer’s Club in 2009 and is a multiyear veteran of the U.S. Antarctic Program, including wintering-over as the manager of McMurdo Station.