Nancy Mendonca

Nancy Mendonca is NASA’s acting mission integration manager for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) mission in the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD). She is responsible for long-range strategic planning, as well as coordination of projects, supporting AAM across ARMD’s programs and with industry, academia, and national/international government agencies. She supports the objective of promoting flexibility and agility while fostering AAM mission success and to promote teamwork across ARMD projects contributing to the AAM mission.

Mendonca previously served as a deputy in the AAM Mission Integration Office (AMIO), where she assisted in the integration of ARMD’s AAM efforts across the four ARMD programs and with the AAM ecosystem. Prior to this, she served as portfolio manager of ARMD’s Portfolio Analysis and Management Office, where she was responsible for overseeing the formulation of ARMD’s new projects within its research portfolio. Mendonca also served as technical integration manager for ARMD’s Joint Planning and Development Office and the Airspace Operations and Safety Program.

Prior to her career with NASA, Mendonca served 24 years in the U.S. Navy flying H-46 helicopters, followed by working at the Missile Defense Agency and the National Telecommunications and Information Agency, where she led and managed research programs and projects and maintained relationships with various government and industry stakeholders.

She graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, and subsequently earned a Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. She is also a Certified Public Accountant and holds rotary and fixed-wing pilot licenses.

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