NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Angela Storey
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
256-544-0034
angela.d.storey@nasa.gov

News release: 07-128


HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Jody Singer has been recognized by President Bush for her outstanding achievements at NASA with a Presidential Rank Award– one of the highest honors given to career federal employees. She is deputy manager of the Shuttle Propulsion Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

The Presidential Rank Award is given annually to a select group of senior federal executives for outstanding leadership and service in some of the most critical positions in federal government. Executives who have consistently demonstrated strength, integrity and commitment to public service in their careers are nominated for the award by members of their agency. Review boards, made up of private citizens, refer a select few to the president for approval.

"I am truly honored to receive this prestigious award, and consider it a great privilege to have the opportunity to contribute to our nation's strength and future," Singer said.

She was appointed to her current position in October 2007, after serving as manager of the Reusable Solid Rocket Booster Project Office at the Marshall Center. In that capacity, she oversaw the work of several hundred NASA and contractor engineers and technicians responsible for the flight safety, performance and hardware integrity of the shuttle's reusable solid rocket motor and booster hardware. She also was responsible for ensuring the safety and viability of the program through the critical ground test program.

From 2000 to 2002, she served as assistant manager of the Shuttle Propulsion Office. From 1990 to 2002, she held various positions in the External Tank Project Office at Marshall, including deputy manager from 1998 to 2000; project assistant manager from 1996 to 1998; and business manager from 1990 to 1996. From 1986 to 1990, she worked as an engineer in the Space Shuttle Main Engine Project Office, responsible for tracking and evaluating contractor hardware deliveries.

Singer earned a bachelor's in industrial engineering in 1983 from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. She joined NASA in 1985 as an engineer in the professional intern program.

In 2002, she was appointed to the Senior Executive Service, the personnel system covering top managerial positions in approximately 75 federal agencies.

Singer has received numerous awards during her NASA career. She received the Women’s Equality Day award in August 2007 from the Team Redstone Federal Women’s Program, recognizing Singer's outstanding professional, administrative and supervisory capacities.

She also received the Space Flight Awareness Leadership Award in 2005, for inspiring the Shuttle Propulsion Office to strive for excellence and continuous improvement; the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2002, for notably outstanding leadership that had a pronounced effect on the technical or administrative programs of NASA; and the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1993, for improved financial and resource management. She was a Space Flight Awareness Launch Honoree in 1991, recognized for her dedication and commitment to excellence and achievement in support of the human space program.

Singer participated in two NASA Fellowships, at the Simmons College Graduate School of Management in Boston in 1996 and at Pennsylvania State University in State in 2002. NASA Fellowship participants are chosen for their leadership, management ability, work experience and achievements.

Singer and her husband, Christopher E. Singer, have three children, Griffin, Katherine and Andrew and live in Decatur, Ala.


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