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Human Exploration and Operations Committee of the NASA Advisory Council

The Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Committee is a standing committee of the NASA Advisory Council supporting the advisory needs of the NASA Administrator and the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, as well as other NASA Mission Directorates. The scope of the Committee includes all human exploration and operations-related programs, projects, activities and facilities at NASA.

The HEO Committee has a subcommittee, The Research Subcommittee, that is established to review and assess NASA's approach to research in support of human exploration. More information is available on the Research Subcommittee page.

The Human Exploration and Operations Committee meets four times a year, usually several days before the meeting of the full NASA Advisory Council. Meetings are open to the public and are announced on this website, as well as in the Federal Register. The Committee's members are appointed by the Administrator of NASA, and represent a wealth of experience and expertise. Committee members are appointed for two years.

Point of Contact for HEO Committee:
Dr. Bette Siegel, Executive Secretary; bette.siegel@nasa.gov

Meet the NASA Advisory Council Human Exploration and Operations Committee:

Mr. Richard Kohrs, Chair. Former Deputy Director of the NASA Space Shuttle Program and Director of Space Station Freedom.
Mr. Bohdan (Bo) I. Bejmuk, Co-Chair. Aerospace consultant, former Space Shuttle Orbiter Program Director, Boeing.
Ms. Shannon Bartell. Former director of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Ms. Nancy Ann Budden. Director for Special Operations Technology, Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Dr. Leroy Chiao. Former NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander.
Dr. Stephen "Pat" Condon. Aerospace Consultant, former Commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center, the Arnold Engineering Development Center, and the Air Force Armament Laboratory
Mr. Joseph Cuzzupoli. Former Assistant Apollo Program Manager, Rockwell, and manager of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Project.
Mr. Tommy Holloway. Former Space Shuttle and International Space Station Program Manager.
Dr. David E. Longnecker. Director, Health Care Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), member of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine (IOM).
Mr. Richard Malow. Distinguished Advisor at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA).
Mr. Jim Odom. Former NASA associate administrator for the space station Freedom.
Mr. Bob Sieck. Former Space Shuttle Launch Director.