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Meet the Council
 

Council Membership

The NASA Administrator appoints the Chair and all members of the NASA Advisory Council, as well as a NASA civil servant to serve as its Executive Director. The chairs of the National Research Council’s Space Studies Board and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the Council.

 

CHAIRMAN
Photo of Steven W. Squyres Dr. Steven W. Squyres
Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy
Cornell University

 

MEMBERS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
Photo of Dr. William F. Ballhaus, Jr. Dr. William F. Ballhaus Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer (Ret.)
The Aerospace Corporation
Photo of Marion Blakey Ms. Marion C. Blakey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Aerospace Industries Association
Photo of Robert Hanisee Mr. Robert M. Hanisee
CFA
Managing Director, Trust Company of the West
Photo of Charles Kennel Dr. Charles F. Kennel
Chair, Space Studies Board, National Academies
Photo of Richard Kohrs Mr. Richard Kohrs
NASA (Ret.)
Photo of Lester L. Lyles Gen. Lester L. Lyles
Chair, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Academies
USAF (Ret.)
Photo of David McComas Dr. David J. McComas
Chair
Southwest Research Institute
Photo of Lars Perkins Mr. Lars Perkins
Entrepreneur
Photo of Larry L. Smarr Dr. Larry Smarr
Director/Prof/CSE
California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Tech
Computer Science & Engineering
Photo of Patti Grace Smith Ms. Patti Grace Smith
Patti Grace Smith Consulting, LLC