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Andy Turnage
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Andy Turnage
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Andrew (Andy) Turnage has served as the Executive Director of the Association of Space Explorers – USA (ASE–USA) since May, 1995. As the Executive Director, Andy is responsible for the direction, development and operations of the U.S. chapter of the international Association of Space Explorers (ASE). As the only legally incorporated body within the international association, the ASE–USA staff is also responsible for the worldwide operations of the organization. Prior to joining ASE, Turnage served as head coach for the Division I men’s water polo team and founded the now-varsity women’s program at the George Washington University. While at GWU, he also served as an assistant coach in the US Water Polo Men’s National B Team Program, and in 1995 as the assistant coach for the men’s World University Games team and head coach of the Olympic Festival East Team. Turnage has also worked as a backcountry guide, leading climbing and trekking expeditions in Russia and Central Asia for Recreational Equipment, Incorporated (REI). Turnage has served on the Board of Directors for US Water Polo and the Collegiate Water Polo Association; he currently serves on the Executive Committee of the ASE and on the Board of Directors of ASE–USA. He is a member of the Advisory Committee for the X Prize Foundation. Turnage received his Bachelor’s degree in 1988 from the University of California at San Diego. Following an immersive language program at the Moscow Energy Institute in Moscow, Russia, he received his Master’s degree in Russian and East European Studies from the George Washington University in Washington, DC. Turnage is fluent in Russian.
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