Natalya Bailey

Natalya Bailey is the SVP and Head of Strategy at Bloom Energy, a company building fuel cells and electrolyzers to make clean, reliable energy affordable to everyone in the world. Prior to Bloom, she founded and led Accion Systems to commercialization of its novel ion engines for satellites. Accion was acquired in 2021 by Tracker Capital and Natalya sits on the board and chairs the Technical Subcommittee. Natalya is on the advisory boards of a handful of technology and space companies, and invests with XFactor Ventures, a fund that supports female founders with world-changing ideas. A technologist, space enthusiast, and youth STEM advocate at her core, Natalya is a member of the AIAA Electric Propulsion Technical Subcommittee, the MIT AeroAstro Visiting Committee, and a former board member and current mentor to YouthCITIES. She received her BS, MS, and PhD with a focus in space propulsion from San Diego State University, Duke University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively.