Executive Moves - Page 19

NASA has named Jonathan Lunine, the David C. Duncan professor in the physical sciences at Cornell University, as chief scientist of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. An astrophysicist and planetary scientist and a

Rear Adm. Nancy Hann, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, or OMAO, and Commissioned Officer Corps, has been appointed to serve as the agency’s

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has announced the nomination of Maj. Gen. Jeth Rey for promotion to the rank of lieutenant general and to serve as the next deputy chief of staff, G-6,

John Sherman, chief information officer of the Department of Defense and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, will step down from his role at DOD by the end of June. In a Thursday statement

Sivaram Ghorakavi, formerly chief architect and chief data strategist at the National Labor and Relations Board, has been appointed deputy chief information officer and chief artificial intelligence officer of the U.S. Equal

Trina Dyal, formerly director of NASA Langley Research Center’s Science Directorate, has been named deputy director of the Hampton, Virginia-headquartered research center. “Dr. Dyal is a proven leader with broad experience and

Mario Gaglioti, a global security operations leader with two decades of military and government experience, has been appointed chief operating officer of the National Integrated Radio-Frequency Operations, or NITRO, at the National

Ruth Youngs Lew, the program executive officer for digital and enterprise services at the Department of the Navy, is retiring at the end of May, concluding over 30 years of service. Youngs

Scott Flanders, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s acting chief information officer since January, will assume the permanent CIO role on June 2. He will manage the overall information technology functions, including cyber and

William “Ike” White, senior adviser to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management since 2019, has been nominated by President Biden to serve on the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. DOE