Dr. Colleen N. Hartman, Senior Advisor
Dr. Colleen N. Hartman is the Senior Advisor for the Science Mission
Directorate. She was appointed to this position effective January 2008. Dr. Hartman served as Deputy Associate Administrator for the
Science Mission Directorate from August 2005 to January 2008. She is currently serving a 2-year Intergovermental Personnel Agreement (IPA) at the George Washington University's Space Policy Center, Washington. D.C. Her temporary assignment began in January 2008.
Dr. Hartman is an award-winning
astrophysicist, engineer and governmental space program manager. In her
role as Deputy Associate Administrator, she provides science advice to
the Administrator and helps run programs that range from earth
observing platforms, to balloon investigations, to deep space planetary
missions, to Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope.
Hartman
most recently oversaw operations ranging from collecting space-based
weather and climate data to managing global scientific databases as
Deputy Assistant Administrator at NOAA. Prior to her NOAA position,
Hartman's duties have been wide-ranging, included responsibilities for
NASA's solar system science investigations and planetary missions,
including scientific endeavors for NASA's nuclear-powered missions.
Hartman was instrumental in obtaining approval for exploring a number
of innovative approaches to space flight, including in-space
propulsion. She was instrumental in spearheading the process leading to
the New Horizons mission to Pluto as well as gaining OMB and
Congressional approval for a new class of outer planets missions called
"New Frontiers."
After beginning her government career as a
Presidential Management Intern, Hartman worked on Capitol Hill, as an
engineer at the Goddard Space Flight Center, and as a senior policy
analyst at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy,
where she identified and addressed major budgetary inefficiencies and
helped write a Presidential Decision Directive.
Hartman's awards
include the NASA Outstanding Performance Award, the Claire Booth Luce
Fellowship in Science and Engineering, two Goddard Space Flight Center
Discretionary Investigation Awards, and the Hugh L. Dryden Memorial
Space Club Award. Hartman has a bachelors degree in Zoology from Pomona
College, Claremont, CA and a masters degree in public administration
from the University of Southern California, a masters degree in
Physics, and a doctorate in Physics from Catholic University of America
in Washington, DC.