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Discover Goddard’s exceptional people. "Conversations with Goddard" highlights the amazing things our people do here at Goddard. "Outside Goddard" celebrates the extraordinary things our people do away from Goddard. Both showcase our people and their personal and professional passions.

	Dr. Paul Racette raises consciousness by bridging how Native Americans and Western scientists view the world. › Read more about Paul's work with Native Americans.
	Dr. Dave Whiteman, a physical scientist, was a driving force behind the creation of the Greenbelt Soccer Alliance, an organization that focuses on providing pure recreational, small-sided soccer for children. › Read more about Dave's soccer start-up.
	From the age of ten, TV producer Chris Smith knew that he wanted to work in film. › Read more about Chris's lifelong passion for film.
	Disney curmudgeon turned convert, Editor and Writer John Putman raced in the Walt Disney World Marathon to the cheers of his wife and two-year-old daughter. › Read more about John's run with the world's most famous mouse.
	British-born astronaut and climate scientist Piers Sellers met the Queen while attending an Order of the British Empire investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. › Read more about Piers Sellers meeting with the Queen.
	Human resources specialist Dr. Howard Kea builds community spirit through martial arts on the family plan. › Read more about Howard Kea's passion for martial arts.
	While engineer Glenn Bock’s work at Goddard involves trying to break equipment through rigorous testing, his focus outside Goddard is finding people–dead or alive. › Read more about Glenn Bock's intriguing search and rescue avocation.
	Gunn feels that he creates his best work when he connects with his subjects through a shared passion--like his for science. › Read more about Chris Gunn's passion for photography.
	Thanks to his around-the-world birding vacation, Tom Feild met the rarest bird of all, someone with his same love for nature and travel. › Read more about Tom Feild's love of travel.
	According to program support manager and cat rescuer Mindy Deyarmin, sometimes you have to think outside the box to get a cat to go inside the box. › Read more about Mindy Deyarmin's work rescuing cats.
	Engineer and Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad member Brian Roberts is always on duty even in the heat of the night. › Read more about Brian Roberts' volunteer work as a firefighter.
	Deputy Chief and Electrical Engineer Bob Savage goes on missions, not to Mars, but to Honduras. › Read more about Bob Savage's humanitarian missions to Honduras.
	Not satisfied to merely cycle through neighborhoods and take in the sights of the suburbs, Goddard engineer Oren Sheinman prefers mountain vistas, primitive campgrounds, and—for some reason—the chance to see a grizzly or two. › Read more about Oren Sheinman's amazing cycling journey.
	Although he never took a music lesson, engineer and drummer Joe Easley recently returned from a week long reunion tour of Japan with his indie rock band “Dismemberment Plan. › Read more about Joe Easley's rockin' nerd band.
	Web editor Rob Garner spends his work days hovering over a keyboard but it’s keys of a different type that occupy his off-hours as a musician in the Gamer Symphony Orchestra at the University of Maryland. › Read more about Rob Garner's passion for gaming music.
	Optical Engineer and nature photographer Dr. June Tveekrem considers herself unusual because she has both an analytical and an artistic side which manifests itself in photographing dragonflies. › Read more about June Tveekram's obsession with dragonflies.
	Not too many French women come to America and discover Indian Classical dance but that is exactly what Severine Tournois did. › Read more about Tournois' Indian dancing.
	You may think that your family dogs are wild, but Data Visualizer and Designer Robert Simmon really does live with two wild dogs; one was even born in a zoo! › Read more about Simmon's "singing" dogs.
	Gene Gottschalk received an aerobatic flying lesson from his wife in 1994. The rest is barrel rolling history. › Read more about Gene's acrobatic air adventures.
	Astrophysicist Mansoor Ahmed followed a childhood dream to make "An Error in Judgment." › Read more about Moonie's directorial debut.
	Bob Wingard is an adrenaline junkie who has built his own roadster to scratch the itch for speed. › Read more about Bob's amazing and lucrative hobby.
	Mechanical Technician Paul Cursey feels the need for speed. › Read more about Paul's winning record at the race track.
	Systems Engineer Dave Martin is, to paraphrase Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, our Village Blacksmith. › Read more about Dave's remarkable blacksmithing skills.
	Goddard systems engineer and vintner Mark Cascia reaps what he sows on Kent Island and that happens to be some award-winning wines. › Read more about Mark's award-winning winemaking enterprise.
	Goddard Web applications developer Mindy Thomas is also a Women’s National Duckpin Bowling Congress National Champion. › Read more about Mindy's amazing duckpin bowling championship.
	Associate Branch Head Marcellus Proctor of the Parts, Packaging, and Assembly Technologies Branch in the Applied Engineering Technology Directorate, is a proud member of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe. › Read more about Marcellus' Native American roots
	Three years ago, Management Information Specialist Jen Poston joined her boyfriend on his family dairy farm in Glenelg, Maryland. › Read more about Jen's adventures on the dairy farm.
	Not every Protocol Officer is a triple threat. Nina Harris, however, is a triple threat because, as they say in show business, she can act, sing, and dance. › Read more about Nina's passion for treading the boards.
	Calvin Williams saw the disaster aftermath from Tropical Storm Bonnie on the news which spurred him into volunteering to help with the Red Cross. › Read more about Calvin's volunteer work with the Red Cross for disaster relief
	Holly Gilbert volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for Voices for Children, the state organization responsible for the foster care program for neglected and abused children. › Read more about Holly's volunteer work as an advocate for children
	Goddard Electrical Engineer John Annen and his wife Debbie are passionate about each other and playing music together. › Read more about these dueling spouses
	Bert Pasquale calls his photographic style “life storytelling” because it combines aspects of environmental portraiture, fine art, and photojournalism to tell the story of his subject. › Read more about how Bert and his photographic journey
	Despite the ever-present risk of emotional burnout, systems engineer Amy Pergosky continues to rescue dogs, one dog at a time. › Read more about how Amy and her BFF's
	Brian Campbell, an Education Specialist, just played the perfect game as a competitive league bowler. › Read more about how Brian's perfect game
	Goddard Web Producer Holly Zell has always loved Halloween and Christmas, so it was natural for her to want to share these “Hollydays” with others. › Read more about how Holly celebrates her "hollydays"
	Retired Goddard Space Flight Center Art Director Maceo Leatherwood will have the honor and privilege of seeing his lithograph “Mo’Paklahoma,” also known as “Mo’Pak,” in the collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. › Read more about Maceo's Smithsonian artistry
	Goddard astrophysicist Dr. Marc J. Kuchner writes award-winning country songs. › Read more about Marc's songwriting career
	As a boy, Dr. Drake Deming, the Senior Scientist for Extrasolar Planet Studies, had a guitar, but all he really wanted to do was play the banjo. › Read more about Drake's banjo camp days
	NASA geophysicist-turned-artist Peter J. Wasilewski wants people to see the colors of ice. › Read more about Peter's ice art
	Bernie Edwards, a communications engineer for the Constellation Program Office, has always liked all things Disney. › Read more about Bernie "Mad About the Mouse" Edwards
	Gerald Tiqui, an equal opportunity specialist in Goddard’s Equal Opportunity Program Office, is also a Polynesian dancer specializing in the Samoan Fire Knife Dance. › Read more about Tiki's firedancing
	For Bill Wrobel, Director of the Wallops Flight Facility, "All of life is an adventure. A marathon is just a running adventure." › Read more about Goddard's own "Marathon Man"
	Insight into the man behind the Nobel Prize, Dr. John C. Mather. › Read more about Dr. Mather's Nobel experience
	Dr. Jaylee Mead and her late husband, Dr. Gilbert Mead, discovered their love for theater through participation in Goddard’s Music and Drama (MAD) productions. › Read more about Jaylee's love of theater
	Newlyweds Bob Wigand, 85, and Mary Alice, 86, thank Goddard for giving them a common background › Read more about the happy couple
	Upon her guide dog's retirement, Deena S. Lambert, Disability Programs Manager, hopes to give him a new leash on life. › Read more about Deena and her faithful companion, Denver
	Moving his focus from outer space to under the soil, Tim Livengood, a Goddard astrophysicist, journeyed to Wyoming on a dinosaur dig with his daughter, Rachel. › Read more about Tim's big dig
	HGTV's "Bang for Your Buck" judged Jonathan Wingerberg's recently renovated home in Baltimore giving him fifteen minutes of fame and an amazing experience. › Read more about Jonathan's on-screen experience
	Mike Weiss, Exploration Systems Project Manager, developed his hobby of underwater photography into a research tool for NOAA. › Read more about Mike and his underwater hobby
	The story of Trena Ferrell, Education Specialist, and Mark Branch, AerospaceEngineer, is of a marriage made at Goddard. › Read more about the Goddard's fairy tale couple
	Although Greta was born in a puppy mill she overcame her rough "childhood" in the loving hands of Rebecca Elliott, a Public Affairs Specialist at Goddard. › Read more about Rebecca and Greta
	From his New York roots at the High School for Music and Arts to his career as a sculptor, architect, and NASA Master Planner for Goddard, Alan Binstock remains grounded by his art. › Read more about artist Alan Binstock
	Dr. Patrick Thompson, a Goddard optical engineer, and his wife had the rare experience of a trek to the south base camp of Mt. Everest in 2009. › Read more about Patrick's trip to Everest

Elizabeth M. Jarrell
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

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People

Discover Goddard’s exceptional people. "Conversations with Goddard" highlights the amazing things our people do here at Goddard. "Outside Goddard" celebrates the extraordinary things our people do away from Goddard. Both showcase our people and their personal and professional passions.

Dr. Paul Racette raises consciousness by bridging how Native Americans and Western scientists view the world.

Dr. Dave Whiteman, a physical scientist, was a driving force behind the creation of the Greenbelt Soccer Alliance, an organization that focuses on providing pure recreational, small-sided soccer for children.

From the age of ten, TV producer Chris Smith knew that he wanted to work in film.

Disney curmudgeon turned convert, Editor and Writer John Putman raced in the Walt Disney World Marathon to the cheers of his wife and two-year-old daughter.

British-born astronaut and climate scientist Piers Sellers met the Queen while attending an Order of the British Empire investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

Human resources specialist Dr. Howard Kea builds community spirit through martial arts on the family plan.

While engineer Glenn Bock’s work at Goddard involves trying to break equipment through rigorous testing, his focus outside Goddard is finding people–dead or alive.

Gunn feels that he creates his best work when he connects with his subjects through a shared passion--like his for science.

Thanks to his around-the-world birding vacation, Tom Feild met the rarest bird of all, someone with his same love for nature and travel.

According to program support manager and cat rescuer Mindy Deyarmin, sometimes you have to think outside the box to get a cat to go inside the box.

Engineer and Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad member Brian Roberts is always on duty even in the heat of the night.

Deputy Chief and Electrical Engineer Bob Savage goes on missions, not to Mars, but to Honduras.

Not satisfied to merely cycle through neighborhoods and take in the sights of the suburbs, Goddard engineer Oren Sheinman prefers mountain vistas, primitive campgrounds, and—for some reason—the chance to see a grizzly or two.

Although he never took a music lesson, engineer and drummer Joe Easley recently returned from a week long reunion tour of Japan with his indie rock band “Dismemberment Plan.

Web editor Rob Garner spends his work days hovering over a keyboard but it’s keys of a different type that occupy his off-hours as a musician in the Gamer Symphony Orchestra at the University of Maryland.

Optical Engineer and nature photographer Dr. June Tveekrem considers herself unusual because she has both an analytical and an artistic side which manifests itself in photographing dragonflies.

Not too many French women come to America and discover Indian Classical dance but that is exactly what Severine Tournois did.

You may think that your family dogs are wild, but Data Visualizer and Designer Robert Simmon really does live with two wild dogs; one was even born in a zoo!

Gene Gottschalk received an aerobatic flying lesson from his wife in 1994. The rest is barrel rolling history.

Astrophysicist Mansoor Ahmed followed a childhood dream to make "An Error in Judgment."

Bob Wingard is an adrenaline junkie who has built his own roadster to scratch the itch for speed.

Mechanical Technician Paul Cursey feels the need for speed.

Systems Engineer Dave Martin is, to paraphrase Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, our Village Blacksmith.

Goddard systems engineer and vintner Mark Cascia reaps what he sows on Kent Island and that happens to be some award-winning wines.

Goddard Web applications developer Mindy Thomas is also a Women’s National Duckpin Bowling Congress National Champion.

Associate Branch Head Marcellus Proctor of the Parts, Packaging, and Assembly Technologies Branch in the Applied Engineering Technology Directorate, is a proud member of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe.

Three years ago, Management Information Specialist Jen Poston joined her boyfriend on his family dairy farm in Glenelg, Maryland.

Not every Protocol Officer is a triple threat. Nina Harris, however, is a triple threat because, as they say in show business, she can act, sing, and dance.

Calvin Williams saw the disaster aftermath from Tropical Storm Bonnie on the news which spurred him into volunteering to help with the Red Cross.

Holly Gilbert volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for Voices for Children, the state organization responsible for the foster care program for neglected and abused children.

Goddard Electrical Engineer John Annen and his wife Debbie are passionate about each other and playing music together.

Bert Pasquale calls his photographic style “life storytelling” because it combines aspects of environmental portraiture, fine art, and photojournalism to tell the story of his subject.

Despite the ever-present risk of emotional burnout, systems engineer Amy Pergosky continues to rescue dogs, one dog at a time.

Brian Campbell, an Education Specialist, just played the perfect game as a competitive league bowler.

Goddard Web Producer Holly Zell has always loved Halloween and Christmas, so it was natural for her to want to share these “Hollydays” with others.

Retired Goddard Space Flight Center Art Director Maceo Leatherwood will have the honor and privilege of seeing his lithograph “Mo’Paklahoma,” also known as “Mo’Pak,” in the collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

Goddard astrophysicist Dr. Marc J. Kuchner writes award-winning country songs.

As a boy, Dr. Drake Deming, the Senior Scientist for Extrasolar Planet Studies, had a guitar, but all he really wanted to do was play the banjo.

NASA geophysicist-turned-artist Peter J. Wasilewski wants people to see the colors of ice.

Bernie Edwards, a communications engineer for the Constellation Program Office, has always liked all things Disney.

Gerald Tiqui, an equal opportunity specialist in Goddard’s Equal Opportunity Program Office, is also a Polynesian dancer specializing in the Samoan Fire Knife Dance.

For Bill Wrobel, Director of the Wallops Flight Facility, "All of life is an adventure. A marathon is just a running adventure."

Insight into the man behind the Nobel Prize, Dr. John C. Mather.

Dr. Jaylee Mead and her late husband, Dr. Gilbert Mead, discovered their love for theater through participation in Goddard’s Music and Drama (MAD) productions.

Newlyweds Bob Wigand, 85, and Mary Alice, 86, thank Goddard for giving them a common background

Upon her guide dog's retirement, Deena S. Lambert, Disability Programs Manager, hopes to give him a new leash on life.

Moving his focus from outer space to under the soil, Tim Livengood, a Goddard astrophysicist, journeyed to Wyoming on a dinosaur dig with his daughter, Rachel.

HGTV's "Bang for Your Buck" judged Jonathan Wingerberg's recently renovated home in Baltimore giving him fifteen minutes of fame and an amazing experience.

Mike Weiss, Exploration Systems Project Manager, developed his hobby of underwater photography into a research tool for NOAA.

The story of Trena Ferrell, Education Specialist, and Mark Branch, AerospaceEngineer, is of a marriage made at Goddard.

Although Greta was born in a puppy mill she overcame her rough "childhood" in the loving hands of Rebecca Elliott, a Public Affairs Specialist at Goddard.

From his New York roots at the High School for Music and Arts to his career as a sculptor, architect, and NASA Master Planner for Goddard, Alan Binstock remains grounded by his art.

Dr. Patrick Thompson, a Goddard optical engineer, and his wife had the rare experience of a trek to the south base camp of Mt. Everest in 2009.