Teresa M. Hass

Teresa M. Hass is the Chief of the Contracting Office at the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) Office of Procurement. Prior to this role, she served as the Deputy Procurement Officer at LaRC and oversaw a significant portfolio that managed ~$6 billion annually and provided leadership and guidance to a dedicated team of 45 personnel. There she was also responsible for managing the organization and an enterprise level portfolio of procurement operations supporting NASA’s Space Technology and Human Exploration, Science, and Aeronautics missions.

At LaRC, Ms. Hass plans the execution of procurements with accountability for a range of multi-program and institutional activities, such as source selections, sole source procurements, contract negotiation and administration, and activities that include administration of small business programs.

Ms. Hass also concurrently serves as the head of the Business Management Branch, NASA LaRC Office of Procurement since August 2017. As the head of the Business Management Branch, she is instrumental in implementing strategic improvements related to procurement policy, training coordination, data analytics and reliability in reporting to NASA HQ OP utilizing various procurement systems.

Since March 1999, Ms. Hass has been with NASA, serving at both the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Langley Research Center in the Office of Procurement. In 2002, she worked at Langley, serving in various roles of increasing authority as a Contract Specialist and Assistant Branch Head of the Research and Development Contracting and Science and Flight Projects Contracting Branches. Ms. Hass has a strong, diverse background in procurement and has worked a multitude of varied procurements, primarily in the research and development, science instruments and experiments, and engineering support and services. She is a collaborator with NASA HQ Office of Procurement, serving on the Procurement Control Board and the Workforce Strategy Committee. She was instrumental in reinstating the Office of Procurement Enterprise Awards program which recognizes the procurement staff for their contributions to the NASA Mission.

At Armstrong, Ms. Hass served as a Contracting Officer for the X-43 Hyper-X program; a $67 million contract for the world record breaking, Hyper Sonic Vehicle Research/X-43A Program. This procurement encompassed a variety of complex technical issues and research requirements. This procurement was critical to the agency initiative in hypersonic research and required coordination with NASA HQ, other NASA Centers, DoD, and DARPA, among many other research programs and projects.

She is an eager collaborator and enjoys building bridges with stakeholders, co-workers, and mentoring others. She has served as the lead procurement liaison to numerous LaRC Directorates and HQ organizations, at all levels of management, and has developed trusting and lasting relationships with many of her technical customers. She values honesty, integrity, and transparency.

Ms. Hass received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Ithaca College and holds a Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) Level III. She is also the recipient of numerous performance and group achievement awards, such as the NASA Honor Award/Group Achievement Awards, NASA Honor Award/Exceptional Service Medal, Silver Achievement Medal-Group, and multiple Acquisition Improvement Awards.