Teresa Konopka is an aviation safety professional specializing in systems safety engineering for civilian, commercial and military unmanned aircraft. She has served as a mishap investigation engineer and holds a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.S. in Aviation Safety from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, with experience at Boeing, General Atomics, and Northrop Grumman.