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§ Mr. Christopher Scolese is the center director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Scolese assumed his post on March 5, 2012. Scolese previously served as NASA associate administrator at NASA Headquarters in Washington. § As associate administrator, Scolese was responsible for the oversight and integration of NASA's programmatic and technical efforts to ensure the successful accomplishment of the agency's overall mission. § Previously, Scolese served as NASA's chief engineer. As chief engineer, Scolese was responsible for ensuring that development efforts and mission operations within the agency were planned and conducted on a sound engineering basis, as well as for the long-term health of the NASA engineering workforce. § Formerly, Scolese was the deputy director of the Goddard Space Flight Center, where he assisted the director in overseeing all activities. He also served as the deputy associate administrator in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters. In this position, he was responsible for the management, direction and oversight of NASA's Space Science Flight Program, mission studies, technology development and overall contract management of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. § Scolese also served as the Earth Orbiting Satellite (EOS) program manager and the deputy director of Flight Programs and Projects for Earth Science at Goddard. In these positions, he was responsible for the operation and development of all Earth science missions assigned to Goddard. He also served as the EOS Terra project manager. In addition, Scolese was the EOS systems manager responsible for the EOS system architecture and the integration of all facets of the project. During his previous tenure at Goddard, he chaired the EOS Blue Team that re-scoped the EOS Goddard Center Director Christopher Scolese Program; he supported the EOS investigators in the development of the EOS payloads in the restructured EOS; and he Credits: NASA Goddard/Bill Hrybyk has been responsible for the adoption of common data system architecture on EOS and some other Earth-orbiting spacecraft. § Prior to his original appointment at Goddard in 1987, his experience included work in industry and government. While a senior analyst at the General Research Corporation of McLean,Va., he participated in several SDIO programs. He was selected by Admiral Hyman Rickover to serve at Naval Reactors where he was associated with the development of instrumentation, instrument systems and multi-processor systems for the U.S. Navy and the DOE while working for NAVSEA. Source: Adapted from https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/people/scolese.html , Retrieved August 2018 § Jeff DeWit was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 14, 2018, to serve as NASA’s Chief Financial Officer. As NASA CFO, DeWit ensures the financial health of the agency, which includes effectively employing agency resources toward the achievement of NASA's strategic plan. He manages the organization's budget and fiscal operations, directs the preparation and submission of annual financial and budgetary reports, and coordinates agency financial management activities with other federal agencies. § DeWit comes to NASA from Arizona state government, where he was elected in 2014 and served as State Treasurer, a role in which he was responsible for the oversight of more than $15 billion in state investments and more than $32 billion of annual inflows and outflows. DeWit also served as the chairman of Arizona’s State Board of Investment and State Loan Commission, and as Surveyor General. § DeWit’s career in finance began in 1992 at one of the largest brokerage firms in the country, moving up quickly to become one of Smith Barney’s youngest fully-licensed investment professionals. § In 1999, DeWit started a company called ECHOtrade, and during his 14 years as Chief Executive Officer at their Phoenix headquarters, he grew the company to more than 500 licensed professional traders worldwide. He also developed and pioneered one of the first software platforms that enabled market makers to trade off the exchange floor reducing costs and creating efficiency, while producing some of the best real-time financial risk management software and algorithms. § DeWit has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Arizona, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of Southern California, and also has an accounting degree. He also has two certificates in Public Treasury Management from the National Institute of Public Finance, and is a National Association of Corporate Directors Board Leadership Fellow. Portrait, NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, Monday, April 9, 2018, NASA Headquarters in Washington. Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls Source: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jeff-dewit-chief-financial-officer , Retrieved August 2018.