Lucilla Ricks
Lucilla Ricks was the commander of UNSS Icarus for the vessel's sole mission to the Alpha Centauri system, from 2046 until the 2065 arrival. She made peaceful first contact (unknowingly, Earth's second "first" contact with an alien species) with the Centaurians and left for Earth the next year, returning in 2085.
Ricks volunteered to greet the UNSS Hector at Arcturus in 2104, returning with a majority of that ship's crew a few weeks later.[1]