Ben Roberts Sky Orchard Finance and Advisory Services, LLCFounder and CEO of Sky Orchard Finance and Advisory Services, LLC Biography Ben Roberts is the Founder and CEO of Sky Orchard Finance and Advisory Services, LLC, a company that invests in and supports entrepreneurs developing groundbreaking health and materials products in microgravity. He also manages projects for a boutique space-focused consulting company with corporate and federal government clients. Before going independent, he was the Vice President for Government Affairs for commercial space exploration company. Ben joined the private sector after a decade of government service. He was the Office of Science and Technology Policy鈥檚 Assistant Director for Civil and Commercial Space, serving as the lead civil space policy staffer for the White House. He worked for the Executive Office of the President's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as a program examiner in the Commerce and Science/Space Branches, and as a Special Assistant in the OMB Director鈥檚 Office. Earlier in his career, Ben was a Deputy Attorney General for the State of Hawaii. Ben holds a B.A. in Economics from Carleton College, a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, and a M.P.P. in Science and Technology Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.