NASA Knowledge Community

The NASA knowledge community is a vibrant group of practitioners who actively facilitate knowledge capture, storage, reuse and sharing across the agency. NASA’s knowledge community includes mission directorate, center and organizational Chief Knowledge Officers (CKO), Points of Contact (POC) and Knowledge Services Leads. The community meets face-to-face biannually in accordance with NASA Policy Directive 7120.6 and at the recommendation of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) in order to share leading practices; deepen understanding of lessons learned and how they impact mission success and failure; learn from industry partners; and work on agencywide problem-solving.

 

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Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer (OCKO)

OCKO Knowledge Services Team

Tiffany Smith, tiffany.l.smith@nasa.gov, 202-358-0178

Ben Bruneau, benjamin.bruneau@nasa.gov, 301-821-5493

In response to the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) recommendation for NASA to establish a single focal point within the agency to develop the policy and requirements necessary to integrate knowledge capture across programs, projects, and centers, OCKO leads the effort to develop more consistent knowledge capability across the agency.

Specialties: Lessons learned, knowledge sharing

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Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD)

ARMD Knowledge Services Team

Ian Boyd, ian.boyd@nasa.gov, 202-358-1392

Angela Barnes, angela.d.barnes@nasa.gov, 202-358-0282

Ian Boyd serves as the CKO for NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), guiding efforts of the ARMD Knowledge Management Steering Group to ensure NASA Aeronautics employs exceptional knowledge, state-of-the-art learning, and advanced technological agility.

Specialties: Strategic planning, lessons learned, knowledge sharing

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Ames Research Center (ARC)

ARC Knowledge Services Team

Don Mendoza, donald.r.mendoza@nasa.gov, 650-604-2845

Tara Samuels, tara.samuels@nasa.gov, 650-604-5026

Donald Mendoza is the CKO for NASA’s Ames Research Center and chairman of the center’s Lessons Learned committee. Mendoza says it’s critical to capture and organize lessons learned to avoid repeating the same mishaps, failures, and missteps.

Specialties: Lessons learned, corporate knowledge management

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Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC)

AFRC Knowledge Services Team

Mark Davis, mark.c.davis@nasa.gov, 661-276-2241

Liann Reed, liann.k.reed@nasa.gov, 661-276-2828

Mark Davis serves as the Branch Chief of Research Engineering Operations for NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center and is a Research Aerodynamic Engineer specializing in flight test techniques, airdata systems development, and hypersonic research. While performing those duties through the years, Mr. Davis has learned the value of passing on good practices and how that act can save programs time and valuable resources. Being able to interact with others that have worked on similar problems can be invaluable in helping to keep NASA growing its technical strengths.

Specialties: Lessons learned, knowledge sharing.

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Glenn Research Center (GRC)

GRC Knowledge Services Team

Janice Romanin, janice.m.romanin@nasa.gov, 216-409-2354

Lee Jackson, lee.a.jackson@nasa.gov, 216-416-5714

Specialties: Mentorship, strategic planning, and implementation

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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

GSFC Knowledge Services Team

Moses Adoko, moses.adoko-1@nasa.gov, 301-286-0114

Judy Dickinson, judith.e.dickinson@nasa.gov, 301-286-8217

Dr. Moses Adoko is the CKO of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Prior to his appointment as the Goddard CKO, he served as Deputy Chief Knowledge Officer for the Agency. Dr. Adoko leads and directs programs designed to cultivate and sustain a learning culture that supports mission success. He has implemented strategic processes and tools for lessons learned and critical knowledge identification, sharing, and application. Dr. Adoko provides leadership, coordination, and support to center organizations to identify lessons and critical knowledge that can be used to support mission execution.

Specialties: Case studies, pause and learn, reflective learning programs, learning of mission success drivers, and Knowledge Sharing Workshops (KSWs)

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Human Exploration Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD)

HEOMD Knowledge Services Team

Zudayyah Taylor-Dunn, zudayyah.l.taylor@nasa.gov, 202-358-0679

Zudayyah Taylor-Dunn is the CKO for NASA’s Human Exploration Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. HEO provides the Agency with leadership and management of NASA space operations related to human exploration in and beyond low-Earth orbit. She fosters collaborative work environments by developing innovative ways to connect people and transfer knowledge within the human exploration and operations programs.

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Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)

IV&V Knowledge Services Team

Jeff Northey, jeffrey.r.northey@nasa.gov, 304-367-8250

Jeff Northey is the CKO for NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Program and leads the IV&V Strategic Communications Office. Northey has helped establish a knowledge strategy that includes a simple model for people to actively acquire, share, and apply knowledge.

Specialties: Learning organization, knowledge strategy

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

JPL Knowledge Services Team

Michelle Drabik, michelle.drabik@jpl.nasa.gov, 818-354-4984

Amy Williams, amy.l.williams@jpl.nasa.gov

Michelle Drabik is the CKO at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Drabik is excited about the challenge of expanding JPL’s strong knowledge management culture and infrastructure to take it into the next generation, both leveraging what is known and anticipating and building toward what we will need to know in the future.

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Johnson Space Center (JSC)

JSC Knowledge Services Team

Jim Rostohar, jim.rostohar@nasa.gov, 281-483-7486

Julie Helton, julie.helton@nasa.gov, 281-483-8407

Louis Cancino, luis.f.cancino@nasa.gov, 281-483-8728

Jim Rostohar is the CKO at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). Rostohar says having the right analytical search tools can be a game-changer in terms of technical search capabilities.

Specialties: Data science, search/tag/taxonomy

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Kennedy Space Center (KSC)

KSC Knowledge Services Team

Michael Bell, michael.a.bell@nasa.gov, 321-867-3312

Michael Bell is the CKO at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Bell leads the cross-agency Lessons Learned Information System and is instrumental to the work of the lessons learned steering committees. He says sharing knowledge helps spur innovation and new thoughts on solving problems.

Specialties: Lessons learned, innovation

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Langley Research Center (LaRC)

LaRC Knowledge Services Team

Kevin Rivers, h.kevin.rivers@nasa.gov, 757-864-5428

Bart Singer, bart.a.singer@nasa.gov, 757-864-2154

Lisa Harvey, lisa.m.harvey@nasa.gov, 757-864-2444

Kevin Rivers is the CKO at NASA’s Langley Research Center where the center mission organizations work in cooperation with IT on projects and initiatives that help with knowledge capture, access, sharing and archiving. The center has been successful with big data mining and deep analytics – mining knowledge for insights, trends and predictions.

Specialties: Big data mining and deep analytics

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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

MSFC Knowledge Services Team

Larry Leopard, larry.leopard@nasa.gov, 256-544-3950

Mendy Peek, k.mendy.peek@nasa.gov, 256-544-1936

Justin Pociask, justin.m.pociask@nasa.gov, 256-603-2575

Larry Leopard, is Marshall Space Flight Center’s Associate Center Director, Technical and Chief Knowledge Officer.

Specialties: Corporate knowledge management, innovative knowledge initiatives and strategy

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NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC)

NESC Knowledge Services Team

Dan Yuchnovicz, daniel.e.yuchnovicz@nasa.gov, 757-864-7272

Dan Yuchnovicz is the CKO for the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC). Yuchnovicz says the biggest challenge facing knowledge managers is getting the right information to the right people at the right time in the development cycle.

Specialties: Lessons learned, technical assessment

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NASA Engineering Network (NEN)

NEN Knowledge Services Team

Daniel Hoffpauir, daniel.l.hoffpauir@nasa.gov, 757-864-2105

Nga Pham, nga.t.pham@nasa.gov, 757-864-9137

Alexandra Walker, alexandra.d.walker@nasa.gov, 757-864-8437

Daniel Hoffpauir is the lead Community Facilitator for the NASA Engineering Network (NEN). Daniel believes it’s critical that NASA’s corporate knowledge be accessible to ensure project and mission success.

Specialties: Communities of Practice, Communications, Collaboration

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Office of Communications, NASA History Division (NHD)

NASA History Division Team

Brian Odom, brian.c.odom@nasa.gov, 256-544-5670

Holly McIntyre, holly.a.mcintyre@nasa.gov, 301-286-6126

Sarah LeClaire, Sarah Jenkins, hq-histinfo@nasa.gov, 202-358-0384

Michele Ostovar, michele.eostovar@nasa.gov, 202-358-4808

Stephen Garber is a historian in the NASA History Division. He leads the Agency History Program’s signature publications series. He also has written or coauthored numerous articles and an award-winning book on a wide variety of aerospace history topics. Steve is a big believer in the value of applied history for the policymaker.

Specialties: applied history, science and technology studies (social science approaches to natural science and engineering)

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NASA Safety Center (NSC)

NSC Knowledge Services Team

Sallie Keith, sallie.a.keith@nasa.gov, 216-443-9715

Rob Usher, robert.m.usher@nasa.gov, 216 849-5976

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Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)

OCHCO Knowledge Services Team

Donna Queen, donna.queen@nasa.gov, 202-358-3740

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Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO)

OCHMO Knowledge Services Team

Mark Weyland, mark.d.weyland@nasa.gov, 281-483-6193

Mark Weyland is the Knowledge Services Lead for NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO). Weyland says it takes effort to keep up with new developments and new knowledge, but the payoff is worth much more than the investment.

Specialties: Integration, risk management

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