Izzy House, M.S.
Izzy House, M.S. is a marketing strategist, author, and space industry communicator based in Frankfort, Kentucky, with more than two decades of experience in public affairs, digital marketing, and ecosystem building. She is widely known for her passion for growing the commercial space industry and for her ability to translate complex aerospace and technical concepts into accessible stories that connect people, organizations, and opportunity.
In her current roles, she serves as Content & Media Director at SpaceCom, where she created and leads the “Second Stage” content initiative, a year-round publishing and engagement platform for the commercial space community. She also works as Director of Marketing Strategies for Global Spaceport Alliance, supporting global membership growth, event strategy, and communications for spaceports worldwide. Her broader career includes leadership in public affairs and communications, along with active involvement in organizations such as Civil Air Patrol and the National Space Society, where she has focused on outreach, education, and building public engagement around aerospace innovation.
Izzy holds a Master of Science in Digital Marketing from Full Sail University and a strong background in advertising, communications, and leadership development. She is also an author and podcast host, creating the “Space Marketing” book series and podcast as well as the children’s “Izzy and Dee Adventures” STEM series, which introduces younger audiences to science and exploration. Across all her work, she is driven by a belief that marketing should educate, connect, and inspire—helping people see their place in the expanding future of space.
• Adobe XD Essential Training: Design
• HubSpot Inbound Certification
• Content Marketing: How to Podcast
• Advance Social Advertising Certification
• Social Marketing Certification
• Hootsuite Platform Certification
• AdWords Fundamentals
• Video and Audio for Designers with Creative Cloud
• Google Analytics Individual Qualification
• Learning Web Analytics
• ICS-300
• Developing Executive Presence
• Becoming a Thought Leader
• Thinking Like a Leader
• Achieving Your Goals
• Insights from a Business Coach
• Building Your Professional Network
• Connecting with Executives
• Full Sail University- M.S.
• Full Sail University- B.S.
• The Advertising Arts College- A.A.
• Second Place in the Nation for Public Affairs - Civil Air Patrol
• Top Public Affairs Officer - Regional Award - Civil Air Patrol
• Valedictorian - Bachelor's Program - Full Sail University
• AASHTO Winner - 2024 Audio/Video Production
• Frank G. Brewer Award
• 2023 KAGC Award - 3 Ways to Renew
• 2023 KAGC Award - Capital City Airport website
• 2023 KAGC Award - Info Graphic
• 2023 KAGC Award - SPARKS Newsletter
• 2023 KAGC Award - Secretary Wall and Alcove
• 2023 KAGC Award - TRAK Booklet
• KEEN Achiever of the Year
• 2021 Award of Merit (2nd place) for Newsletter Design
• Civil Air Patrol
• Global Spaceport Alliance
• SpaceCom
• Civil Air Patrol
• Institute for Aerospace Education
• Capital Area Christian Homeschool
• Women in Digital
• Capital Cty Toastmasters
• Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to an unwavering drive to make a difference in somebody else's life. It's what drives me when I'm tired, it's what drives me when I am distracted or not happy with something. And it really pinpoints on one specific moment. One of the cadets that I worked with at Civil Air Patrol, he never smiled. He was just a stoic kid. I just thought that was his personality, and he joined the Civil Air Patrol, and then I finally got him on a plane to have that experience, and he came off that plane with the most incredible, most beautiful smile I've ever seen in my life. It just lit up the sky. And he threw himself into Civil Air Patrol, learned how to be a leader, and really did well. And that winter, at our Christmas party, he read a letter to our squadron, and he told us that before that moment, he'd been considering suicide. And that's why he never smiled. And that Civil Air Patrol saved him. And ever since then, you know, no matter how small, that's what drives me all the time. It drives me to 15, 16-hour days, 7 days a week.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I've ever received is to just keep at it. If you know that the direction that you need to go is a good direction, and it's got good stability, just keep at it, because it can be hard to make its way through. You know, the space industry, it can be kind of hard to get into it if you don't know the right people. So persistence and networking would be the two things I would say were the most important about building your career.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Again, it's who you know. Make sure that you develop that network and make sure that you're persistent. And just keep talking to people and keep networking, and make sure that you smile all the time. People like people. People want to work with people that they like. And you just make sure that when you smile, you smile full face.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Right now, the space industry is just exploding. If you had asked me four months ago, last year was a really tough year for space. After the administration had a change, there was not a lot of demand signals for what to do, and then Jared Isaacman taking so long to be confirmed as NASA administrator, everybody was holding their breath. Now that that has happened, and there's all kinds of direction that is very clear from Jared Isaacman, space is actually exploding at the moment. That is the opportunity - that it's growing now, the floodgates have opened. The challenges within the industry is that even though it has been around for decades, it's still kind of a nascent industry. There's a lot of things that they hadn't figured out on how to run. You can go into maybe the fashion industry - it's been going on a long time, and there's certain ebb and flow to how they pull people into the industry, and how they change jobs, and the career paths, and all that. With space, it's a little different. They haven't got that funnel defined yet. So I think that is an opportunity there for different ways to have employment and workforce development. I think that can mature as time goes by.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Making an impact in somebody's life is the thing that drives me to do everything that I do. It doesn't matter whether it's with spaceports, or something local with communities. I envision those students, I envision their parents in my mind, and I think, what can give them excitement for life, and what can impact their career choices in life. And so that's what I do - I tend all those places that you can reach them.