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Meet mission team members and other Mars people who have contributed at the Mars Exploration Program People web page.

The mission team is made up of individuals from JPL, private industry, universities and international partner organizations. In addition to the numerous individuals making vital contributions, key team members include:

NASA HQ
Program Executive: Ramon De Paula
Program Scientist: Stephen Saunders

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Project Manager: Jim Erickson
Project Scientist: Richard Zurek
Mission Manager: Benhan Jai
Deputy Mission Manager: M.D. (Dan) Johnston
Deputy Project Scientist: Sue Smrekar
Mission Assurance Manager Grant Faris
Project Resource Administrator Jeffrey Chin
Scheduler Erica Beam
Acquisitions Representative Marty Scarbrough

Spacecraft Bus Design/Systems Integrator. Lockheed Martin (LMA); JPL
Lockheed Martin Program Manager Kevin McNeill (LMA)
Chief Engineer Steven Jolly (LMA)
Spacecraft Contract Technical Manager Kari Lewis (JPL)
Spacecraft System Engineer Todd Bayer (JPL)
System Design Lead Tim Halbrook (LMA)
Payload Integration Lead Joe Witte (LMA)

Science Instrument Investigations:

CRISM -- Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
Principal Investigator Scott Murchie
Manager, Space Programs Tom Coughlin
Instrument Project Manager Peter Bedini
Instrument System Engineer Dennis Fort
Ground Data System Eric Malaret
Mission Operations Systems Teck Choo
Instrument Mission Assurance Manager Mike Baluck
Contracting Officer James Krug
Financial Manager Vickie Allen
Education & Public Outreach Lead Kerri Beisser

CTX -- Malin Space Science Systems
Team Leader & Principal Investigator Michael Malin
Instrument Project Manager Mike Ravine
Instrument System Engineer Mike Caplinger
Ground Data System/Mission Operations Systems Manager Kim Supulver
Instrument Mission Assurance Manager Mike Ravine
Contracting Officer Ann Pasquini
Business Manager Diana Micna
Education & Public Outreach Lead Ken Edgett

HiRISE -- Univ. of Arizona, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Principal Investigator Alfred S. McEwen
Ball Aerospace Systems Division Jerry Chodil
Instrument Project Manager  
Instrument System Engineer Jim Bergstrohm
Ground Data System/Mission Operations Systems Manager Eric Eliason
Instrument Mission Assurance Manager Larry Deronin
Contracting Officer Linda Hickox
Education & Public Outreach Lead Virginia Gulick

MARCI -- Malin Space Science Systems
Principal Investigator Michael Malin
Instrument Project Manager Mike Ravine
Instrument System Engineer Mike Caplinger
Ground Data System/Mission Operations Systems Manager Kim Supulver
Instrument Mission Assurance Manager Mike Ravine
Contracting Officer Ann Pasquini
Business Manager Diana Micna
Education & Public Outreach Lead Ken Edgett

MCS -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Principal Investigator Daniel J. McCleese
Instrument Project Manager George Fraschetti
Instrument Manager Wayne Hartford
Co-Investigator Tim Schofield

SHARAD -- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Washington University; Alenia Spazio, Univ. of Rome-INFOCOM
Project Manager, ASI Enrico Flamini
PO Lead Lucia Marinangeli
Team Leader, Infocom Roberto Seu
Project Manager, Alenia Enrico Zampolini
Co-Team Leader Roger Phillips
Experiment Manager Arturo Masdea
Program Manager Doroteo Adirosi
Ground Data System/Mission Operations Systems Manager Daniela Biccari
Education & Public Outreach Lead Robeto Orosei

Engineering Instrument Projects:

Gravity Field Investigation -- MIT; Goddard Space Flight Center
Team Lead Maria T. Zuber
Deputy Team Lead David E. Smith

Atmospheric Structure Investigation -- George Washington University, NASA/Langley Research Center
Team Lead Gerald Keating

Electra -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Project Manager Eric Schwartzbaum

Optical Navigation Experiment -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Principal Investigator Steve Synnott
Principal Investigator Samad Hayati
Instrument Project Manager George Fraschetti
Instrument System Engineer Bettina Pavri
Instrument Manager Wayne Hartford

Ka-band Telecommunications Experiment -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Team Lead Faramaz Davarian
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