Lucinda Land
Lucinda Land is a life-time member of the Mars Society and has been familiar with Dr. Zubrin's Mars Direct plan since NASA's adaption in 1989. She began her activist role on the Political Task Force raising awareness within the organization. As a member of the political web team and a regional coordinator for the east coast, she directly aided members to write and meet with their local representatives. She continued her advocacy in 2004 at the first Space Exploration Alliance (SEA) Blitz for the Moon, Mars, and Beyond Initiative. Since then, she has participated in and led four lobbying efforts, her last being in July of 2009. Shortly after her first SEA Blitz, she was inducted into the Mars Society steering committee as well as given the position of Director of Public Relations. In 2006, she earned her teaching credentials in Geoscience and is now a tenured, clear-credentialed, secondary education teacher in San Jose, California. Currently on a leave of absence from her role as a Physical Science teacher, she now resides in Glasgow, Scotland earning a Masters of Science degree in Inter-Professional Science Education and Communication at the University of Glasgow. As of November 2009, Mrs. Land proudly accepted the position of Acting Executive Director for The Mars Society. Her goal for the international, non-profit, space advocacy organisation is to move forward, reach higher, and set the course for Mars through collaboration, education and outreach events, and digital branding. Her hopes for taking these steps are that The Mars Society's purpose and cause to send humans to Mars reaches a larger audience worldwide, as well as convince humanity of the compelling and inevitable reasons why we should go.