Organization and Staffing

OSC staff as of December 2024

Front Office

Janice Starzyk with U.S. flag
Janice Starzyk

Acting Director

Eric Myers
Eric Myers

Acting Deputy Director
(NOAA detailee)

  • Cody Knipfer
    Senior Advisor
  • Mariel Borowitz, PhD
    Head of International SSA Engagement (IPA)
  • Vacant
    Management & Program Analyst
  • Faith Jablokow
    Management Specialist (contractor)
  • Ethan Waterman
    Visual Information Specialist (contractor)

Space Operations Division


Dmitry Poisik
TraCSS Program Manager

  • Theresa Quitto-Dickerson
    Acting Deputy Program Manager (NOAA OCIO)
  • William Herold
    Cost Estimator
  • Loretta Fills
    TraCSS Program Support (contractor)
  • Dara Nodell
    Program Support Specialist (contractor)

TraCSS Engineering Branch

  • Ethan Baumann
    Branch Manager
  • Robert Wolff
    Flight Dynamics Engineer
  • Vacant
    Data Products Lead
  • Vacant
    Future Capabilities Engineer
  • Quentin Collins
    SSA Domain Technical Engineer (contractor)
  • Sydney Mabry
    Product Management Support Services(contractor)
  • Derek Iannapollo
    Operations Outreach Support (contractor)
  • Anna Parikka, PhD
    SSA/STM Technical Studies Lead (contractor)
  • Daniel Rosenberg
    Development and Test Engineer (contractor)
  • Shahabeddin Toobaiei
    Data Services Engineer (contractor)

TraCSS Operations Branch

  • Brian Walling
    Branch Manager
  • Vacant
    Operations Shift Lead
  • Vacant
    Operations Shift Lead
  • Vacant
    Operations Shift Lead
  • Richard Diamantopoulos
    Mission Operation Support (contractor)
  • Elijah Emory
    Orbit Analyst (contractor)
  • Daniel Jansen
    Orbit Analyst (contractor)
  • Justin Lorenz
    Orbit Analyst (contractor)
  • Sarah Pritchard
    Operations Support (contractor)
  • Hailee Werkmeister
    Training Coordinator (contractor)
  • Jeff Burton
    Senior Advisor (EDA detailee)

TraCSS IT Security Branch

  • Mary Butler
    Branch Manager
  • Christopher Boone
    IT Specialist – Network Services
  • Demetrius Jones
    IT Specialist – Network Services
  • Vacant
    Software Engineering Lead
  • Prince Adu-Darko 
    Sr. IT Security A&A Specialist (contractor)
  • Emmanuel Mark Emesowum
    (contractor)
  • Shawn Harrison
    AWS Cloud Engineer (contractor)
  • Ramin Hemmati
    System Administration Services (contractor)
  • Bruno Fosah
    Vulnerability Management Services (contractor)

Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs Division

Sarah Brothers
Dr. Sarah Brothers

Division Director

  • James Mussmann
    Licensing Officer
  • Vacant
    Management & Program Analyst
  • Vacant
    Program Analyst
  • David Heath
    Project Engineer (contractor)
  • Christine Joseph
    Technical Policy Advisor (contractor)

Policy, Advocacy, and International Division

Gabriel Swiney
Gabriel Swiney

Division Director


Resource Management Division

Mary Slay-Rachlin
Division Director

  • LaKeshia Dixon
    Budget Analyst
  • Rhonda Perry
    Budget Analyst

Acquisition Management Division

Tomeka Evans with U.S. flag
Tomeka Evans
Division Director

  • Amod Pathak
    Acquisition Management Specialist
  • Vacant
    Acquisition Management Specialist
  • Vacant
    Management Analyst
  • Ellen Crowell
    Administrative Specialist (contractor)

Last updated: 6/17/2025