Council Members
NASA Advisory Council (NAC)
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 – September 2024 (PDF)
Council Members
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
Lynn F.H. Cline
Deputy Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations (Retired)
Daniel L. Dumbacher
Executive Director, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
The Honorable Eric Fanning
President & Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)
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
Dr. M. Elisabeth Paté-Cornell
Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Jacklyn Mitchell Wynn
Vice President, Strategic Programs, Federal Health Division, General Dynamics Information Technology
Dr. Margaret G. Kivelson, Ex Officio
Chair, Space Studies Board, National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Ilan Kroo, Ex Officio
Chair, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Academy of Engineering
