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About Colleen Fiaschetti

Director at B612

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Compiled from 11 entries (11 articles) / updated 1d ago / v1

Colleen Fiaschetti is the Director of Special Projects at the B612 Foundation, with over a decade of experience in project management and creative oversight focused on asteroid detection and planetary defense. Her work emphasizes advancing asteroid discovery through innovative platforms like ADAM, fostering collaborations via hackathons, and communicating strategic developments in space analytics. She bridges technical asteroid research with public engagement and mission planning across space, data, and design domains.

Professional Role and Leadership

Colleen Fiaschetti serves as Director of Special Projects at the B612 Foundation, previously noted as Sponsorship & Stage Manager [9]. She is part of the leadership team [7] and featured in group photos [1][4]. Her role involves strategy and communications for the Asteroid Foundation and Asteroid Institute [6][10].

Asteroid Detection and ADAM Platform

Fiaschetti announces key advancements from the Asteroid Institute, including the online deployment of the Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) platform on October 14, 2025 [2], and contributions to early Rubin Observatory asteroid research on January 9, 2026 [5]. The ADAM platform's Trajectory Service empowers mission planners and public researchers with key capabilities [3].

Team Collaboration and Events

She highlights team efforts, such as the Spring 2025 Hackathon at the University of Washington, bringing the Asteroid Institute team and Dirac together [8].

Broader Interests

While her published work centers on B612's space initiatives, her topical interests span space, design, food/agriculture, music/arts, and data/analytics, reflected in her creative oversight and project management experience [11].

Key themes

Asteroid Detection Technology

Central focus on deploying and promoting platforms like ADAM for asteroid discovery, analysis, and trajectory mapping.

  • Asteroid Institute deploys ADAM platform [2]

  • ADAM Trajectory Service for mission planners [3]

  • Contributions to Rubin asteroid research [5]

Project Leadership and Communications

Strategic communication of B612 and Asteroid Institute developments as Director of Special Projects.

  • Director of Special Projects role [6][10]

  • Authored announcements on ADAM and Rubin [2][5]

Team Collaboration and Events

Fostering team unity through hackathons and group initiatives.

  • Spring 2025 Hackathon [8]

  • Featured in team photos [1][4]

Planetary Defense Advocacy

Involvement in protecting Earth from asteroid impacts via sponsorship and reporting.

  • Sponsorship & Stage Manager in 2018 Annual Report [9]

Sources (11)

Every entry that fed the multi-agent compile above. Inline citation markers in the wiki text (like [1], [2]) are not yet individually linked to specific sources — this is the full set of sources the compile considered.

  1. Featured Homepage Archives - B612 Foundationarticle · 2026-04-14
  2. Asteroid Institute Deploys the ADAM Platform Online - B612article · 2026-04-14
  3. Trajectory Service from Asteroid Institute Empowers Mission ...article · 2026-04-14
  4. Asteroid Institute Archives - Page 2 of 15 - B612 Foundationarticle · 2026-04-14
  5. Asteroid Institute Contributions to Early Rubin Asteroid Researcharticle · 2026-04-14
  6. Director of Special Projects Archives - B612 Foundationarticle · 2026-04-14
  7. Leadership Archives - B612article · 2026-04-14
  8. Asteroid Institute | Spring 2025 Hackathon Brings our Team and ...article · 2026-04-14
  9. [PDF] PROTECTING THE EARTH FROM ASTEROID IMPACTSarticle · 2026-04-14
  10. Team - B612 Foundationarticle · 2026-04-14
  11. Colleen Fiaschetti - B612 Foundationarticle · 2026-04-14