Tad Theno as Project Coordinator has a variety of responsibilities to help grow and maintain Lunar Research Institute, including aspects of outreach, investment, web presence, and other efforts.

Mr. Theno currently works in the Advanced Programs and Technology area within Northrop Grumman Corporation, Aerospace Systems. Prior to this position, Mr. Theno work as Chief of Advanced Concepts and Subsystem Lead at Rocketplane Limited, and served in DoD and NASA business development both for Rocketplane and for Rocketplane Kistler. Mr. Theno also was the creative lead and one of the lead curriculum developers for the Space Explorers, Inc. family of education products where he also served as Commercial PI on two International Space Station payloads.

Tad has a Bachelors in Physics from the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.