Brigitte Mendler
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Former Disney Channel star Brigitte Mendler is now CEO.Actress who became famous for her role in Disney movies good luck charlie and Wizards of Waverly PlaceHe is currently the founder and CEO of Northwood Space, a Los Angeles-based startup.
Mendler founded Northwood in October 2023 with her husband, Griffin Cleverley, and engineer Shaurya Luthra. Announced on Monday on X (formerly Twitter) The organization says it currently has received $6.3 million in funding. “We aim to build a data highway between Earth and space,” she wrote. “We are designing shared ground infrastructure based on first principles to expand access to space. We have a lot of work ahead of us, but that’s the fun part.”
According to its website, the organization’s mission is to build “a data highway between Earth and space.” Furthermore, “to meet the needs of today’s space industry, his one-lane rickety roads for space data must be adapted to his ten-lane highways that constantly flow traffic around the world.” states.
Mendler graduated from the University of Southern California in 2016 after many years of success as an actress and singer as a teenager and young adult. She then earned her master’s degree and doctorate in philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2020 and 2024, respectively. She received her Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School in 2024. While she was in school, she spent time at the Federal Communications Commission’s new Space Office, where she told CNBC this week that “she absolutely fell in love with space law.”
“While space is becoming easier in many dimensions, the actual task of sending and receiving data to and from space remains difficult,” she said. “I’m having trouble finding an access point to connect to the satellite.”
Mr. Cleverley and Mr. Luthra spent time at Lockheed Martin before working at Miter Corporation and Capella Space, respectively.
Mendler played Teddy Duncan in the Disney movie good luck charlie From 2010 to 2014, she appeared as the recurring character Juliet Wizards of Waverly Place Mendler also starred as Kristen in the 2008 film Creekbased on the novel by Rishi Harrison, who played Olivia in the hit Disney Channel original film. lemonade mouth In 2011.
Mendler released a studio album. Hello, my name is…is also a featured artist in 2012. lemonade mouth soundtrack. She has not released any new music since she released her few singles in 2017.
