Beth Schmid
Headquarters, Washington, DC                   January 25, 1999
(Phone:  202/358-1760)

RELEASE:  99-6

GARVER NAMED ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR POLICY AND PLANS

     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today named Lori B. 
Garver as Associate Administrator for NASA's Office of Policy and 
Plans, effective immediately.  Garver has served as acting 
Associate Administrator of the office since September 1998.

     Garver will be responsible for agency-wide policy 
requirements; oversight, coordination, and direction for NASA's 
strategic planning and management system; and NASA's history 
program.  In addition, Garver will serve as Executive Secretary of 
the NASA Advisory Council.

     "Lori Garver has demonstrated both the management skills and 
policy leadership that this position demands.  Her experience both 
inside and outside the agency has proven invaluable for this 
important role, and I am pleased she has agreed to serve on a 
permanent basis," Goldin said.

     Garver joined NASA in 1996 when she was appointed Special 
Assistant to the Administrator.  Prior to joining NASA, she worked 
for the National Space Society, serving as Executive Director 
since 1987.  She is also a former president of Women in Aerospace.  

     Garver has received numerous awards including NASA's 
Distinguished Public Service Medal and the National Space 
Society's Space Pioneer Award.  

     Garver received her master's degree in Science, Technology, 
and Public Policy from the George Washington University in 1989 
and her bachelor's degree in Political Science and Economics from 
Colorado College in 1983.  She resides in McLean, VA, with her 
husband David Brandt and their two children, Wesley, 6, and 
Mitchell, 4.

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