Organization and Staffing

OSC staff as of December 2024

Front Office

Janice Starzyk with U.S. flag
Janice Starzyk

Acting Director
Deputy Director

  • Bernadette Bing
    Management & Program Analyst
  • Mariel Borowitz, PhD
    Head of International SSA Engagement (IPA)
  • Jason Y. Kim
    Chief of Staff
  • Cody Knipfer
    Senior Advisor
  • Ayanna Dixon (contractor)
  • Ross Hatley
    Space Communications Manager
    (contractor)
  • Ethan Waterman
    Visual Information Specialist
    (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 (contractor)

Policy, Advocacy, and International Division

Gabriel Swiney
Gabriel Swiney

Division Director

Space Operations Division


Dmitry Poisik
TraCSS Program Manager

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

TraCSS Engineering Branch

  • Ethan Baumann
    Branch Lead
  • Robert Wolff
    Flight Dynamics Engineer
  • Vacant
    Data Products Lead
  • Vacant
    Future Capabilities Engineer
  • Anna Parikka, PhD (contractor)
  • Daniel Rosenberg (contractor)
  • Shahabeddin Toobaiei (contractor)
  • Kevin Work (contractor)
  • Quentin Collins (contractor)
  • Sydney Mabry (contractor)

TraCSS Operations Branch

  • Brian Walling
    Branch Manager
  • Drake Gates
    Operations Shift Lead
  • Kelly Kennelly (detailee)
  • Trey Rife (detailee)
  • Vacant
    Operations Shift Lead
  • Vacant
    Operations Shift Lead
  • Richard Diamantopoulos (contractor)
  • Daniel Jansen
    Orbit Analyst (contractor)
  • Justin Lorenz
    Orbit Analyst (contractor)
  • Hailee Werkmeister
    Training Coordinator (contractor)
  • Sarah Pritchard (contractor)

TraCSS IT Security Branch

  • Mary Butler
    Branch Manager
  • Bruce Plott
    Software Engineering Lead
  • Christopher Boone
    IT Specialist – Network Services
  • Demetrius Jones
    IT Specialist – Network Services
  • Shawn Harrison (contractor)
  • Ramin Hemmati (contractor)
  • Bruno Fosah (contractor)
  • Prince Adu-Darko (contractor)

Resource Management Division

  • Mary Slay-Rachlin
    Division Director
  • LaKeshia Dixon
    Budget Analyst
  • Rhonda Perry
    Budget Analyst
  • Vacant

Acquisition Management Division


Tomeka Evans
Division Director

  • Joshua Brinson
    Management Analyst
  • Amod Pathak
    Acquisition Management Specialist
  • Valencia Philpot
    Acquisition Management Specialist
  • Ellen Crowell
    Administrative Specialist (contractor)