Stephanie Sawhill

Stephanie Sawhill has served as the Chief Growth Officer at Karman since May 2022. Ms. Sawhill has over 20 years of aerospace industry experience. She is responsible for business development and product growth strategies. Ms. Sawhill has managed critical programs for Karman to expand the integrated system portfolio and has expertise in liquid and solid propulsion, advanced materials, energetics and hypersonic system technologies.

She currently holds a position on the AIAA Propulsion & Energy Group and has held leadership positions on the Energetic Components and Systems Technical Committee. Ms. Sawhill has previously held leading positions at Karman including Senior Research Chemist from 2012-2013, Engineering IPT Lead 2013-2016, Director, Space & Propulsion Systems 2016-2018, Director followed by VP of Strategy & Business Development 2018-2022, and Chief Growth (Business Development) Officer role starting in 2022. In addition, she is the co-author of multiple patents and papers in AIAA, IEEE, Ceramics International, JANNAF and other publications.

Ms. Sawhill received a Master of Science from Western Washington University in 2003. Additionally, Ms. Sawhill received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with a minor in Physics from Western Washington University in 2002.