NASA Announces Advisory Council Chairs and Committee Structure

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WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden held his first meeting
with the restructured NASA Advisory Council this week at the agency's
Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. Bolden has added four
new committees to the council in key areas of importance to the
agency's future: Commercial Space, Education and Public Outreach,
Information Technology Infrastructure, and Technology Innovation.

"I consider the NASA Advisory Council to be an extremely important
external advisory group, one that is uniquely capable to advise me
and the entire NASA senior leadership team on some of the important
decisions our agency will face in the coming months and years,"
Bolden said. "I am confident that this new structure will serve as an
effective forum to stimulate meaningful advice to me and the rest of
NASA's leadership."

The council's members provide advice and make recommendations to the
NASA administrator about agency programs, policies, plans, financial
controls and other matters pertinent to NASA's responsibilities. The
chairs for the council and its committees are:

NASA Advisory Council: Kenneth M. Ford
Aeronautics Committee: Marion Blakey
Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee: Robert M. Hanisee
Commercial Space Committee: Brett Alexander
Education and Public Outreach: Miles O'Brien
Exploration Committee: retired Air Force Gen. Lester L. Lyles
Science Committee: Wesley T. Huntress, Jr.
Space Operations Committee: former astronaut and retired Air Force
Col. Eileen M. Collins
Technology and Innovation Committee: Esther Dyson

An appointment is pending for the Information Technology and
Infrastructure Committee.

Raymond S. Colladay represents the National Academies' Aeronautics and
Space Engineering Board, and Charles F. Kennel represents the
National Academies' Space Studies Board as ex officio members.

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov