(AGENPARL) – lun 25 settembre 2023 September 25, 2023 
RELEASE 23-110
*NASA Names New Head of Technology, Policy, Strategy*
Charity Weeden, center, is sworn in as associate administrator for NASA’s
Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson,
Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in
Washington.
*/Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky/*
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Charity Weeden will serve as
associate administrator for the agency’s Office of Technology, Policy, and
Strategy (OTPS), effective immediately. Weeden succeeds Bhavya Lal, who left
the agency in July, and Ellen Gertsen, who had been serving as the office’s
acting leader since then.
Charity Weeden poses for a portrait after being sworn in as associate
administrator for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy by NASA
Administrator Bill Nelson, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA
Headquarters building in Washington.
*/Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky/*
The Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, located at NASA Headquarters
in Washington, provides agency leadership with high-quality, evidence-driven
advice that guides strategic planning and investments. The office works
across NASA’s mission directorates, as well as with the broader space
community. Its researchers focus on key areas aligned with agency-level
activities and develop options aimed at informing and shaping policy.
“When we established the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, the
goal was to address a need for strategic advice that cuts across our mission
directorates, centers, and other organizations to guide NASA’s success. I
am confident Charity and the OTPS team will help us continue that crucial
work,” said Nelson. “I want to thank former OTPS Associate Administrator
Bhava Lal and Ellen Gersten, who stepped in after Bhavya’s departure, for
their leadership and guidance.”
Prior to joining NASA, Weeden served as vice president for global space
policy and government relations at Astroscale U.S., leading its spaceflight
safety and long-term space sustainability efforts. Before Astroscale, she was
senior director of policy at the Satellite Industry Association. She is a
23-year veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force, with more than 2,000 flight
crew hours on the CP-140 long-range patrol aircraft and assignments that
included deputy sensor manager for the U.S. Space Surveillance Network at
U.S. Air Force Space Command, policy officer at North American Aerospace
Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and a secondment to CSA (Canadian
Space Agency) as flight support readiness manager, supporting the
installation of Canadian robotics aboard the International Space Station.
Weeden earned her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the
Royal Military College of Canada and a master’s degree in Space Science
from the University of North Dakota. She is also an alumnus of the
International Space University Summer Session Program, where her team project
focused on in-space servicing.
Learn more about the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy at:
*https://www.nasa.gov/offices/otps/home* [1]
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