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Council Members

NASA Advisory Council (NAC)

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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 Space Studies Board (SSB) and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) of the National Academies serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the Council.

NAC Roster – June 2022 (PDF)

Council Members

General Lester L. Lyles

General Lester L. Lyles, Chair

U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

Waleed Abdalati, Director, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder

Dr. Waleed Abdalati

Director, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder

The Honorable Charles F. Bolden Jr.

Major General, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), 12th NASA Administrator, and Founder & CEO Emeritus, The Charles F. Bolden Group

Dr. John-Paul Clarke, Professor and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Memorial Chair in Engineering The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. John-Paul Clarke

Professor and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Memorial Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Daniel Dumbacher

Daniel L. Dumbacher

Executive Director, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Eric Fanning

The Honorable Eric Fanning

President & Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

Wayne Hale potrait

N. Wayne Hale

​NASA (Ret.), Consultant, Special Aerospace Services

The Honorable Jane Harman

The Honorable Jane Harman

Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, Former U.S. Senator

The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison

Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, Former U.S. Senator

Michael Johns, Vice President, Engineering, Southern Research

Michael Johns

Senior Vice President, Kratos SRE

Dr. John Daniel “Danny” Olivas, PE

NASA Astronaut (Ret.), President, Olivas & Associates

Krista Paquin

Krista Paquin

NASA (Ret.), Former NASA Deputy Associate Administrator

Dr. M. Elisabeth Paté-Cornell

Dr. M. Elisabeth Paté-Cornell

Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Charlie E. Williams Jr.

Charlie E. Williams, Jr.

President, CWilliams LLC

Photo of Dr. Ellen D. Williams

Dr. Ellen Williams

Distinguished University Professor and Director, Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland

Jacklyn Wynn, Headshot Photo

Jacklyn Mitchell Wynn

Vice President, Strategic Programs, Federal Health Division, General Dynamics Information Technology

Dr. Margaret G. Kivelson

Dr. Margaret G. Kivelson, Ex Officio

​Chair, Space Studies Board, National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Ilan Kroo

Dr. Ilan Kroo, Ex Officio

Chair, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Academy of Engineering