Organization and Staffing

Front Office
Janice Starzyk
Acting Director
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
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
Division Director
- Rose Croshier
International Affairs Specialist - Vacant
International Affairs Specialist - Vacant
Policy Analyst - Dianne Poster, PhD
Senior Advisor (NIST detailee) - Carolyn Pace
Space Policy Analyst (contractor)
Resource Management Division
Mary Slay-Rachlin
Division Director
- LaKeshia Dixon
Budget Analyst - Rhonda Perry
Budget Analyst
Acquisition Management Division
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