Learn more about NASA's past "movers and shakers" through the biographies of former employees of the John F. Kennedy Space Center.
Abner, Charles A. Former Shuttle Chief Engineer, Engineering
Akin, Jimmy J. Former Chief Information Officer, NASA
Aguilar, Kenny E. Former Director, Equal Opportunity Office
Alonso, David K. Former Senior Advisor for Institutional Management
Anderson, Bruce H. S. Former Chief Counsel
Arbuthnot, Richard Former Director, Workforce and Diversity Management Office, NASA
Armstrong, Dennis W. Former Public Web Information Manager, Media Services, External Relations
Baker, Dr. Gena Humphrey Former Process Engineer; Process Tools and Techniques Division; Safety, Health and Independent Assessment
Ball, James E. Former Deputy Manager of Center Planning and Development and Program Manager for Spaceport Development
Barfus, Joseph N. Former Director of Ground Systems, NASA
Barry, Dr. William S. Former Associate Director; Agency Occupational Health Program; Safety, Health and Independent Assessment
Bartell, Shannon D. Former Director, Safety and Mission Assurance
Bartine, David E. Former Director, Applied Technology
Benik, Michael Former Director, Expendable Launch Vehicle Launch Services
Bookman, Pamela J. Former Commercialization Manager, Technology Commercialization Office
Breakfield III, P. Thomas Former Director of Safety and Mission Assurance, NASA
Breedlove Jr., David Former Mission Manager, Launch Services Program
Bridges Jr., Roy D. Former Kennedy Space Center Director
Bruckner, Bobby G. Former Manager, Expendable Launch Vehicles and Payload Carriers Programs
Carroll, Napoleon A. Former Special Assistant to the Deputy Director
Conway, John T. Former Director of Payload Operations, NASA
Cota, Richard A. Former Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Covington, Walter L. Former Chief; Propellants, Logistics and Services Branch; Spaceport Services Directorate
Crawford, James L. (Larry) Former Director, Safety and Mission Assurance
Crippen, Robert L. Former Kennedy Space Center Director, NASA
Cristofano, Salvatore J. Former Manager of Spacelab Carriers Program Office, NASA
Debus, Dr. Kurt H. Former Kennedy Space Center Director, NASA
Delgado Jr., Hugo M. Former Deputy Director, Independent Technical Authority and Systems Management Office
Dickinson, David S. Former Deputy Director, Public Affairs Office, NASA
Diggs, Jay Former Director of Equal Opportunity Program Office, NASA
Dowdy, Joe D. Former Special Operations Manager, Office of the Director
Durso, Francis X. (Frank) Former Director of Facilities Engineering, NASA
Ellis, Larry C. Former Acting Deputy Director, International Space Station/Payload Processing
Eye, Thomas A. Former Deputy Director, Cape Canaveral Spaceport Management Office
Fairey, J. Chris Former Director, Spaceport Services, NASA
Flowers, A. David Former Chief Financial Officer, NASA
Francois, Stephen M. Former Manager, Launch Services Program
Garrido, Humberto T. (Bert) Former Deputy Director, Safety and Mission Assurance
Gormel, Edmond F. Former Executive Director, Joint Performance Management Office, NASA
Hanson, Roselle B. Former Deputy Director, Technical, Engineering
Harrington III, James F. Former Shuttle Launch Director, NASA
Harris, Hugh Former Director of Public Affairs Office, NASA
Hattaway Jr., James E. Former Associate Director for Business Operations
Heald, James R. Former Director, Spaceport Engineering and Technology
Heard, Astrid E. Former Senior Statistician; Process Tools and Techniques Division; Safety, Health and Independent Assessment
Hendriksen, Douglas G. Former Deputy Chief Counsel
Heuser, Jan Former Chief, Spaceport Technology Business Development Office
Hevey, Bruce Former Director of Information Technology and Communications Services and Former Chief Information Officer
Holden, William A. Former Chief, Propellants, Logistics and Services Office
Honeycutt, Jay Former Kennedy Space Center Director, NASA
Hudiburg, Dr. John J. Former Lead for Business Development, External Relations
Jennings, James L. Former Deputy Director, NASA
Johnson, William R. Former Chief, Media Services, External Relations
Jones, Marvin L. Former Associate Director, NASA
Kennedy, James W. Former Kennedy Space Center Director, NASA
Kent, Ronald B. Former Chief, Workforce Planning and Analysis Office, NASA
Kerr, Scott D. Former Director, Ground Processing
King, David A. Former Director, Space Shuttle Processing, NASA
Kross, Dennis A. Former Director, Safety and Mission Assurance
Leinbach, Michael D. Former Shuttle Launch Director
Long, Dr. Irene D. Former Chief Medical Officer and Associate Director, Center Operations
Lugo, Ramon Former Deputy Program Manager, Launch Services Program, Kennedy Space Center; Deputy Director, Glenn Research Center
Lyon, John R. (Dick) Former Director of Logistics Operations, NASA
Mars, Charles B. Former Director of ISO-9000 Project Office, NASA
McCartney, Forrest S. Former Kennedy Space Center Director, NASA
McKinney, Mack Former Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Resources, NASA
McMonagle, Donald R. Former Manager, Launch Integration, Space Shuttle Program, NASA
Montgomery, Ann D. Former Deputy Director, Safety, Health and Independent Assessment, NASA
Moses, Michael P. Former Launch Integration Manager, Space Shuttle Program
Morgan, JoAnn H. Former Director, External Relations and Business Development, NASA
Murphy, Walter T. Former Director of Engineering Development, NASA
Nagel, Conrad G. Former Chief, Shuttle Project Office, Shuttle Processing
Parrish, Alan J. Former Associate Center Director, NASA
Parsons, William W. (Bill) Former Center Director
Payne, Kenneth J. Former Deputy Director, Spaceport Engineering and Technology
Pentrack, G. Thomas Former Deputy Director for Operations and Exploration, International Space Station and Spacecraft Processing
Reynolds, Joel R. Former Director of Safety Assurance, NASA
Riquelme, Joyce M. Former Manager, KSC Center Planning and Development Office
Roberts, Shannon Former Associate Director, External Relations
Robling, Stephen C. Former Associate Director of Shuttle Processing, NASA
Rodriguez, Miguel A. Former Chief, Integration Office, Cape Canaveral Spaceport Management Office
Roe, Ralph R. Former Launch Director, NASA
Sawyer, Wallace (Wally) C. Former Special Assistant to the Center Director
Scherer, Lee R. Former Kennedy Space Center Director, NASA
Shriver, Loren J. Former Deputy Director for Launch and Payload Processing, NASA
Sieck, Robert B. Former Launch Director and Former Director of Shuttle Processing, NASA
Smith, Jackie E. Former Director of Electronic Engineering, NASA
Smith, Richard G. Former Kennedy Space Center Director, NASA
Sofge, Albert D. Former Associate Director, Safety & Mission Assurance, NASA
Straiton, John Former Deputy of Program, International Space Station/Payloads Processing, NASA
Sumner, Michael F. Former Deputy Director, Center Operations
Talone Jr., John J. (Tip) Former Director, Constellation Project Office, Kennedy Space Center
Thomas, Gene Former Deputy Center Director, NASA
Van Camp, Lanny L. Former Regional Inspector General for Investigations, NASA
Van Hooser Jr., John C. Former Manager, NASA/Air Force Management and Comprehensive Master Planning Office, Spaceport Services
Walker, Sterling W. Former Director of Engineering Development, NASA
Wells, Joel Former Countdown Commentator, NASA
Wetmore, Michael E. Former Director, Safety and Mission Assurance
Wiley, Warren I. Former Director, Office of Chief Engineer
Willcoxon, Rita G. Former Director, Launch Vehicle Processing
Whitlow Jr., Dr. Woodrow Former Deputy Director, Kennedy Space Center, NASA
Winchell, Michael G. Former Chief Counsel, NASA
Wistrand, Gary L. Former Chief, Center Services
