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The mission team is made up of individuals from JPL, Lockheed-Martin, universities, the private sector, and international partner organizations. While numerous individuals made vital contributions without which this mission could not have occurred, key team members include:

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Project Manager: Mr. James Graf
Project Scientist: Dr. Richard Zurek

Science & Payload Manager: John Duxbury
Payload Systems Engineer Carl Kloss
Payload Accom Engineer Tim Girard
Ground Data System/Mission Operations Systems Manager Benhan Jai
Mission Assurance Manager Phillip Barela
Science Contract Negotiator Nancy Walizer
Project Resource Administrator Walter Boyd

NASA HQ

Program Executive: Dr. Ramon DePaula
Program Scientist: Dr. Stephen Saunders

Lockheed-Martin

Program Manager: Mr. Kevin McNeill

Science Instrument Investigations:

CRISM Principal Investigator:
Dr. Scott Murchie,
     Johns Hopkins University
     Applied Physics Laboratory

Manager, Space Programs Tom Coughlin
Instrument Project Manager Peter Bedini
Instrument System Engineer Dennis Fort
Ground Data System Teck Choo
Mission Operations Systems Eric Malaret
Instrument Mission Assurance Manager Mike Baluck
Contracting Officer James Krug
Financial Manager Vickie Allen
Education & Public Outreach Lead Kerri Beisser

CTX Team Leader:
Dr. Michael Malin,
     Malin Space Science Systems
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Michael Malin,
     Malin Space Science Systems

Instrument Project Manager Mike Ravine
Instrument System Engineer Mike Caplinger
Ground Data System/Mission Operations Systems Manager Elsa Jensen
Instrument Mission Assurance Manager Mike Ravine
Contracting Officer Ann Pasquini
Business Manager Diana Micna
Education & Public Outreach Lead Ken Edgett

HiRISE Principal Investigator:
Dr. Alfred S. McEwen,
     University of Arizona

Ball Aerospace Systems Division Jerry Chodil
Instrument Project Manager Alan Delamere
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 Principal Investigator:
Dr. Michael Malin,
     Malin Space Science Systems

Instrument Project Manager Mike Ravine
Instrument System Engineer Mike Caplinger
Ground Data System/Mission Operations Systems Manager Elsa Jensen
Instrument Mission Assurance Manager Mike Ravine
Contracting Officer Ann Pasquini
Business Manager Diana Micna
Education & Public Outreach Lead Ken Edgett

MCS Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel J. McCleese,
     Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory D38 Manager Mary Bothwell
Instrument Project Manager George Fraschetti
Instrument System Engineer Wayne Hartford
Co-Investigator Tim Schofield
Project Resource Administrator Walter Boyd
Education & Public Outreach Lead Tim Schofield

SHARAD Team Leader:
Dr. Roberto Seu,
     University of Rome
Deputy Team Leader:
Dr. Roger Phillips,
     Washington University

Italian Space Agency (ASI) - Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale Enrico Flamini
Experiment Manager Arturo Masdea
Program Manager (ALS) - Alenia Spazio Giancarto Braconi
Project Manager Carlo Zelli
Spacecraft System Engineer Todd Bayer
Project Resource Administrator Walter Boyd
Education & Public Outreach Lead Robeto Orosei

Engineering Instrument Projects:

Gravity Field Investigation
Team Lead:
Dr. Maria T. Zuber,
     MIT
Deputy Team Lead:
Dr. David E. Smith,
     Goddard Space Flight Center

Atmospheric Structure Investigation
Team Lead:
Dr. Gerald Keating,
     George Washington University, St. Louis

Electra
Project Manager:
Mr. Eric Schwartzbaum,
     Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Optical Navigation Experiment
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Steve Synnott,
     Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Samad Hayati,
     Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Instrument Project Manager George Fraschetti
Instrument System Engineer Bettina Pavri
Instrument System Engineer Wayne Hartford
Project Resource Administrator Alice West

Ka-band Telecommunications Experiment
Team Lead:
Mr. Stephen Townes,
     Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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