Excellent mentors can help launch a career.

A good relationship with an excellent mentor can alter the trajectory of any person’s life. Mentors provide suggestions, ask tough questions, and help connect the dots. They can introduce you to new subjects, new resources, and new colleagues. They can help you see where you are falling short and help you recognize where you are most powerful. Though it is possible to succeed without mentors, it is certainly a lot easier — and a lot more impactful — if you have a good mentor or two to guide you, perhaps especially at the start of your career.

Patti Grace Smith Fellows receive mentorship that is, ahem, well… out of this world. Each Fellow is paired up with a Mentor who has agreed to spend at least two hours per month guiding our Fellows through their preparation, their internships, and their next steps. Our careers include both executive-level mentors who have run our very industry as well as mid-career and even near-peer mentors, each of whom has a different and extremely valuable perspective.

Here are the incredible aerospace leaders who have each signed up to mentor a Patti Grace Smith Fellow in 2023.