PRESIDENT/CEO – CLIFFORD MCMURRAY
Clifford R. McMurray graduated cum laude from Wichita State University with a B.A. in Modern European History. His first career was as a systems analyst at MetLife Insurance, where he developed and maintained custom software systems for that company. These systems processed millions of dollars of insurance claims annually, and the manuals he wrote for them were praised by their users as models of clarity. Mr. McMurray then entered the MBA program at the University of Scranton, from which he graduated summa cum laude (first in his class). After graduation he spent a year of postgraduate study as a Fulbright fellow in Germany, studying economics and aerospace engineering. On his return from Germany, he worked as an auditor for the Oklahoma Tax Commission. A former Executive Vice President of the National Space Society and business programming track chairman for the International Space Development Conference, Mr. McMurray is particularly sought-after as a speaker and writer on aerospace and other science/technology topics. He has publication credits with books, newspapers, websites and nationally circulated magazines.
VICE-PRESIDENT/COO – CLAIRE McMURRAY
Claire Faust Stephens McMurray earned a B.A. in Psychology from Swarthmore College, and an M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana. She taught reading to children with learning disabilities in Champaign, IL and Jr. High math in Deland-Weldon, IL. Later, she worked at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK, writing manuals, designing flyers, writing copy for the University Press catalog, and editing the monthly newsletter for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Safety Training Center. She is also a poet and songwriter. Some of her song lyrics have popped up in surprising places from Australia to Germany. Claire co-chaired the 2004 International Space Development Conference in Oklahoma City.