About NASA
NASA Organization
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is America’s civil space program and the global leader in space exploration. The agency’s organization comprises a diverse workforce of just under 18,000 civil servants, and works with many more U.S. contractors, academia, and international and commercial partners to explore, discover, and expand knowledge for the benefit of humanity.
Office of the Administrator
Janet Petro | Acting Administrator |
James Free | Associate Administrator |
Trey Carlson | Acting Chief of Staff |
Casey Swails | Deputy Associate Administrator |
Administrator Staff Offices
reporting to the deputy administrator
Steve Shinn | Acting Chief Financial Officer | Office of the Chief Financial Officer |
Katherine Calvin | Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor | Office of the Chief Scientist |
Charity Weeden | Associate Administrator | Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy |
Dr. Akhil Rao | Acting Chief Economist | Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy |
A.C. Charania | Agency Chief Technologist | Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy |
Karen Feldstein | Associate Administrator | Office of International and Interagency Relations |
Dwight Deneal | Assistant Administrator | Office of Small Business Programs |
Iris Lan | General Counsel | Office of the General Counsel |
Elaine Ho | Associate Administrator | Office of STEM Engagement |
Administrator Staff Offices
reporting to the chief of staff
Michelle Jones | Acting Associate Administrator | Office of Communications |
Mark Hone | Acting Associate Administrator | Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs |
Administrator Staff Offices
reporting to the associate administrator
David Mitchell | Chief Program Management Officer | |
W. Russ DeLoach | Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance | Office of Safety and Mission Assurance |
Dr. James D. Polk | Chief Health and Medical Officer | Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer |
Joe Pellicciotti | Chief Engineer | Office of the Chief Engineer |
Mission Directorates
reporting to the associate administrator
Kenneth Bowersox | Associate Administrator | Space Operations Mission Directorate |
Robert A. Pearce | Associate Administrator | Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate |
Catherine Koerner | Associate Administrator | Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate |
Clayton Turner | Associate Administrator | Space Technology Mission Directorate |
Dr. Nicola Fox | Associate Administrator | Science Mission Directorate |
Mission Support Directorate
reporting to the deputy associate administrator
David Mitchell | Associate Administrator | Mission Support Directorate |
Karla Smith Jackson | Senior Procurement Executive, Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer and Assistant Administrator for Procurement | Office of Procurement |
Nichole Pinkney | Director | Mission Support Directorate |
Kelly Elliott | Chief Human Capital Officer | Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer |
Charles Lombard | Assistant Administrator | Office of Protective Services |
Anita Harrell | Executive Director | NASA Shared Services Center |
Joel Carney | Assistant Administrator | Office of Strategic Infrastructure |
Office of the Chief Information Officer
reporting to the deputy associate administrator
Centers and Facilities
Nichole Pinkney | Director, Operations | NASA Headquarters |
Eugene Tu | Director | Ames Research Center |
Bradley C. Flick | Director | Armstrong Flight Research Center |
Dr. James A. Kenyon | Director | Glenn Research Center |
Gavin A. Schmidt | Director | Goddard Institute for Space Studies |
Dr. Makenzie Lystrup | Director | Goddard Space Flight Center |
Laurie Leshin | Director | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Andrea Razzaghi | Director, Management Oversight | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Vanessa E. Wyche | Director | Johnson Space Center |
Wes Deadrick | Director | Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation (IV & V) Facility |
Kelvin Manning | Acting Director | Kennedy Space Center |
Dawn Schaible | Acting Director | Langley Research Center |
Joseph Pelfrey | Director | Marshall Space Flight Center |
Hansel D.V. Gill | Director | Michoud Assembly Facility |
Timmy Wilson | Director | NASA Engineering and Safety Center |
Robert Conway | Acting Director | NASA Safety Center |
John Bailey | Director | Stennis Space Center |
David L. Pierce | Director | Wallops Flight Facility |
Advisory Groups
General Lester L. Lyles (USAF, Ret.) | Chair | NASA Advisory Council (NAC) |
Dr. Patricia Sanders | Chair | Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) |
Office of the Inspector General
Robert H. Steinau | Acting Inspector General | Office of Inspector General |