Shana Dale

Last updated
Shana Dale
Shana Dale, official NASA photo portrait, 2005.jpg
Dale in 2005
11th Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
In office
November 4, 2005 –January 17, 2009

Shana L. Dale (born 1964 in Georgia) is an American politician and lawyer. She served as the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the George W. Bush administration from 2005 to 2009.

Contents

Education and career

Before coming to NASA, Dale was deputy director for Homeland and National Security for the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. She co-chaired the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Homeland and National Security and supervised work of the subcommittees. Dale previously served as the chief of staff and general counsel at OSTP. In this position, she led and managed the staff officials involved with homeland and national security, legislative affairs, press operations, legal and ethical issues, the federal research & development budget, and internal budget and administration. [1]

Earlier in her career, Dale served as the assistant vice chancellor for federal relations at the University of Texas System, Federal Relations Office in Washington, D.C. In addition, Dale had more than ten years of service on Capitol Hill including her tenure as staff director to the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. Dale also served on the board of directors for Women in Aerospace for four years. [1]

Prior to serving as staff director, Dale was the Republican assistant legislative director and counsel on the space subcommittee. She was appointed to the Committee on Science, Space and Technology in March 1991, as the Republican counsel on the subcommittee on science. Dale also served on the House Public Works & Transportation Committee. [1]

Before moving to Washington, Dale was employed in private law practice in San Diego, California. She received her bachelor’s with honors in management information systems from the University of Tulsa and her Juris Doctor degree from California Western School of Law. She is a member of the bars of California and the District of Columbia, and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. [1]

Deputy Administrator of NASA

Her nomination was announced by the White House on September 9, 2005, and sent her nomination to the Senate on September 13. [2] Also on September 13, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin issued a press release saying he was "delighted" with the nomination and she would make a "valuable addition to NASA's team". [3] He added later that it was he who recommended her for the position. She replaced Frederick D. Gregory as Deputy Administrator. She was the first woman to hold that position and thus the highest-ranked female official in NASA up to that point. Her nomination also drew praise from the National Space Society and the American Astronautical Society. [4] [5] Dale was confirmed as Deputy Administrator on November 4, 2005, and sworn in on November 29, 2005. [6]

Dale had applied to work at NASA just after graduating from law school but was not hired. After being sworn in as deputy administrator, she joked that she could finally put NASA on her résumé. [7]

In her blog on the NASA website, she declared that she was preparing to transition out of NASA in January 2009. [8] She resigned her NASA post effective 17 January 2009. [9] Dale was succeeded as Deputy Administrator of NASA by fellow Women in Aerospace board member Lori Garver.

After NASA

After her resignation as Deputy Administrator of NASA, Dale worked once again for the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, before taking a job with Dell's Science, Engineering, and Technology Services (SETS) division in Fairfax, Virginia. [10] Dale then went on to serve as Deputy Associate Administrator of the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation, a position she has held since November 3, 2014. [11] In January 2017, she was "loaned" to the White House for four months. [10]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States Secretary of Homeland Security</span> Head of the United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the federal department tasked with ensuring public safety in the United States. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet of the United States. The position was created by the Homeland Security Act following the attacks of September 11, 2001.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pamela Melroy</span> American astronaut and USAF officer (born 1961)

Pamela Ann Melroy is an American retired United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut serving as the deputy administrator of NASA. She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120 before leaving the agency in August 2009. After serving as deputy program manager of Space Exploration Initiatives with Lockheed Martin, Melroy joined the Federal Aviation Administration in 2011, where she was a senior technical advisor and director of field operations for the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frederick D. Gregory</span> American astronaut and 10th NASA Deputy Administrator (born 1941)

Frederick Drew Gregory is a former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA Deputy Administrator. He also served briefly as NASA Acting Administrator in early 2005, covering the period between the departure of Sean O'Keefe and the swearing in of Michael D. Griffin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology</span> Standing committee of the United States House of Representatives

The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It has jurisdiction over non-defense federal scientific research and development. More specifically, the committee has complete jurisdiction over the following federal agencies: NASA, NSF, NIST, and the OSTP. The committee also has authority over R&D activities at the Department of Energy, the EPA, FAA, NOAA, the DOT, the NWS, the DHS and the U.S. Fire Administration.

Dan Crippen was the executive director of the National Governors Association from 2011 to 2015. He now serves as member of the Board of Trustees to the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. and a member of the advisory board of the Peterson Center on Healthcare. He is a former director of the Congressional Budget Office and assistant to the president for Ronald Reagan. Crippen served on NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. He graduated from the University of South Dakota and Ohio State University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States Office of Special Counsel</span> Investigative and prosecutorial agency

The United States Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is a permanent independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency whose basic legislative authority comes from four federal statutes: the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Hatch Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). OSC's primary mission is the safeguarding of the merit system in federal employment by protecting employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices (PPPs), especially reprisal for "whistleblowing." The agency also operates a secure channel for federal whistleblower disclosures of violations of law, rule, or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; abuse of authority; and substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. In addition, OSC issues advice on the Hatch Act and enforces its restrictions on partisan political activity by government employees. Finally, OSC protects the civilian employment and reemployment rights of military service members under USERRA. OSC has around 140 staff, and the Special Counsel is an ex officio member of Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), an association of inspectors general charged with the regulation of good governance within the federal government.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Robert Graham</span> American physicist, former NASA official

William Robert Graham is an American physicist who was chairman of President Reagan's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control from 1982 to 1985, a deputy administrator and acting administrator of NASA during 1985 and 1986, and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and concurrently science adviser to President Reagan from 1986 to 1989. He then served as an executive in national security-related companies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Office of Science and Technology Policy</span> Department of the United States government

The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is a department of the United States government, part of the Executive Office of the President (EOP), established by United States Congress on May 11, 1976, with a broad mandate to advise the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William A. Jeffrey</span> CEO of SRI International

William A. Jeffrey is the CEO of SRI International, a position he has held since September 2014. He is an astronomer and astrophysicist by education.

Executive Schedule is the system of salaries given to the highest-ranked appointed officials in the executive branch of the U.S. government. The president of the United States appoints individuals to these positions, most with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. They include members of the president's Cabinet, several top-ranking officials of each executive department, the directors of some of the more prominent departmental and independent agencies, and several members of the Executive Office of the President.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Science and Technology Council</span> The NSTC establishes national goals for science and technology.

The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) is a council in the Executive Branch of the United States. It is designed to coordinate science and technology policy across the branches of federal government.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Mulville</span> American engineer

Daniel R. Mulville is an American engineer who served briefly as Acting Administrator of NASA in 2001.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roosevelt Mercer Jr.</span> United States Air Force general

Retired Maj. Gen. Roosevelt Mercer Jr., SES, is the director of the Interagency Planning Office (IPO) for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) at the Federal Aviation Administration where he provides high-level leadership for interagency and international collaboration related to NextGen. He executes the collaborative processes needed to ensure efficient coordination among all federal partners whose decisions impact NextGen. The federal partner agencies include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Commerce (DOC), National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), National Science Foundation (NSF), and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as an ex officio participant. Mr. Mercer is charged with providing executive direction to a dynamic multi-agency and international partnering organization focused on future NextGen technology, policy, and collaborative activities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Space Council</span> Presidential advisory body focused on US space policy

The National Space Council is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States created in 1989 during the George H. W. Bush administration, disbanded in 1993, and reestablished in June 2017 by the Donald Trump administration. It is a modified version of the earlier National Aeronautics and Space Council (1958–1973).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lori Garver</span> Former Deputy Administrator of NASA (born 1961)

Lori Beth Garver is a former 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. She was confirmed by the United States Senate by unanimous consent on July 15, 2009. She left the position in September 2013 to become General Manager of the Air Line Pilots Association.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee</span> NASA group established by the Obama administration to clarify US aerospaces future

The Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee, better known as the HSF Committee, Augustine Commission, or Augustine Committee, was a group convened by NASA at the request of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), to review the nation's human spaceflight plans to ensure "a vigorous and sustainable path to achieving its boldest aspirations in space." The review was announced by the OSTP on May 7, 2009. It covered human spaceflight options after the time NASA had planned to retire the Space Shuttle. A summary report was provided to the OSTP Director John Holdren, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and NASA Administrator on September 8, 2009. The estimated cost associated with the review was expected to be US$3 million. The committee was scheduled to be active for 180 days; the report was released on October 22, 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laurie Leshin</span> American scientist and academic administrator

Laurie Leshin is an American scientist and academic administrator serving as the 10th Director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and as Vice President and Bren Professor of Geochemistry and Planetary Science at California Institute of Technology. Leshin's research has focused on geochemistry and space science. Leshin previously served as the 16th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colleen Hartman</span>

Dr. Colleen Hartman is currently the Board Director for the Space Studies Board as well as the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, D.C. She was the deputy center director for Science, Operations and Performance of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and most recently, was the Director of the Science and Exploration Directorate. Previously she was acting Associate Administrator of the Science Mission Directorate (SMD), Deputy AA of SMD and presidential management intern, served as a senior policy analyst at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and served as deputy division director for technology at NASA Headquarters.

The Science and Technology Policy Institute is a federally funded research and development center located in Washington, D.C. STPI provides objective research and analysis on science and technology policy issues in support of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), as well as for its sponsor, the National Science Foundation, and other science-performing federal agencies. STPI is administered by the non-profit Institute for Defense Analyses, located in Alexandria, Virginia. As of May 2020, Kristen Kulinowski is the current director of STPI.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Morhard</span> American government official (born 1956)

James Morhard is a former American government official who served as the Deputy Administrator of NASA under President Donald Trump.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Official biography of Shana L. Dale at NASA.gov (public domain)
  2. ↑ "Personnel Announcement". George W. Bush White House Archive. Office of the Press Secretary. 2005-09-09. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  3. ↑ Acosta, Dean (2005-09-13). "Griffin's Statement on NASA Deputy Administrator Nominee Shana Dale". NASA. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  4. ↑ National Space Society press release on nomination of Shana Dale Archived 2012-07-12 at archive.today ("Shana is a decisive leader who will bring key policy and political skills to the front office of NASA... With strong relationships within the commercial, science, academic and policy arenas...")
  5. ↑ American Astronautical Society press release on nomination of Shana Dale [ permanent dead link ] ("Her political and policy experience in space related matters is extensive and will prove invaluable to NASA...")
  6. ↑ Smith, Marcia (2014-10-12). "SHANA DALE JOINS FAA COMMERCIAL SPACE OFFICE AS DEPUTY AA". SpacePolicyOnline. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  7. ↑ Shana Dale, interview with Dale by Federal Times , January 13, 2006 [ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ [ dead link ], Shana's Blog, November 26, 2008 [ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ Aviation Week & Space Technology Vol 169 No 22, 8 Dec. 2008, p. 20, "Dale Departing"
  10. 1 2 Berger, Brian (2017-01-26). "Trump White House adds a former NASA deputy to the mix". SpaceNews.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  11. ↑ Smith, Marcia S. (2014-10-11). "Shana Dale Joins FAA Commercial Space Office as Deputy AA". www.spacepolicyonline.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
Government offices
Preceded by Deputy Administrator of NASA
November 4, 2005 – January 17, 2009		Succeeded by
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.