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Beth Rigby Bio, About Beth, Yoga Meets Dance Creator Beth Rigby yogameetsdance.com | Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Needham - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical bidmc.org |
Lori Beth Garver (born May 22, 1961 in Lansing, Michigan) is the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She was nominated on May 24, 2009, by President Barack Obama, along with Charles Bolden as NASA Administrator.[1] She was confirmed by the United States Senate by unanimous consent on July 15, 2009.[2][3][4][5] Garver was the lead civil space policy advisor for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign and helped guide the agency review team for NASA during the post-election transition. She worked at NASA from 1996 to 2001, first as a special assistant to the NASA administrator and senior policy analyst for the Office of Policy and Plans, and then as the Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy and Plans. [6][7] [edit] Early life and educationLori Garver was born in Lansing, Michigan on May 22, 1961. She graduated from Haslett High School in Haslett, Michigan, in 1979. In 1983, she earned a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from Colorado College. While working for Senator John Glenn from 1983-1984, she found an interest in space, and went on to earn a master's degree in science, technology and public policy from George Washington University in 1989. [8] [9] [edit] CareerGarver has served in a variety of senior roles in the nonprofit, government and commercial sectors. In November 2008, she was named to lead the Obama Presidential Transition Agency Review Team for NASA. [10][11] Most recently, Garver was the President of Capital Space, LLC, and served as a Senior Advisor for Space at the Avascent Group, a strategic consulting firm, based in Washington, D.C. She served as Vice President of DFI Corporate Services (the predecessor organization to the Avascent Group) from 2001 – 2003. [12][13] In these roles, she provided strategic planning, technology feasibility research, and business development assistance, as well as merger, acquisition, and strategic alliance support to financial institutions and Fortune 500 aerospace, defense, telecommunications, and information technology companies. In 2001 and 2002, Garver initiated a project to increase the visibility and viability of commercial spaceflight. Supporting a client who was paying for a trip to space led to her own quest for a sponsored space flight aboard the Russian Soyuz vehicle to the International Space Station. She worked to secure sponsorship funding as she began the initial medical certification and training in Star City, Russia. [12][14] The effort ended upon the news of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident.[citation needed] From 1998 to 2001, she served as the Associate Administrator of the Office of Policy and Plans for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [15] Reporting directly to the NASA Administrator, she oversaw the analysis, development, and integration of NASA policies and long-range plans, the NASA Strategic Management System, the NASA Advisory Council, and the History Division. She served as a primary spokesperson for NASA. Prior to this appointment, Garver served as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Office of Policy and Plans, and Special Assistant to the Administrator. [12][13] Garver served as the second Executive Director of the National Space Society, a non-profit space organization based in Washington, D.C., for nine years, leaving the organization in 1998.[16] Garver has served as a lead space policy advisor for the Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry campaigns for president.[17][18][19] Garver has held various advocacy roles for space exploration as a member of the NASA Advisory Council, a guest lecturer at the International Space University,[20] president and board member of Women in Aerospace, and president of the American Astronautical Society. [21] [22] [edit] References
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