Merrick Garb

About Merrick Garb

Merrick Garb serves as the U.S. Space Force’s first Branch Chief for Commercial, Civil, and Interagency Partnerships. As part of this role, he coordinates with NASA and the U.S. Department of Commerce. He also serves on the Defense Innovation Unit’s “State of the Space Industrial Base” working group.Merrick has nine years of experience developing Security Cooperation activities, including through Foreign Military Sales and cooperative research and development agreements, with eight international partners. He earned a Masters in Global Security Studies at Johns Hopkins University, where his coursework focused on emerging threats to U.S. National Security and the pivot to the Indo-Pacific region. His work experience includes providing communications expertise and policy research for elected and military officials in all levels of government: local, state, and federal. What unites these varying experiences is his results-oriented attitude, excellent writing and public speaking abilities, and the expertise to work with senior-level leadership effectively.

Experience

1. Commercial, Civil and Interagency Partnerships Branch Chief, Headquarters U s Space Force

   United States Space Force

   Mar 2023 — Present

Education

• Universidad Pablo de Olavide

  Seville, Spain

  2008 — 2008

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor's Degree, Government

  2005 — 2009

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Master's Degree, Global Security Studies

  2011 — 2013