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)


Space Operations Division


Dmitry Poisik
TraCSS Program Manager

  • Theresa Quitto-Dickerson
    Acting Deputy Program Manager (NOAA OCIO)
  • Sandy Magnus, PhD
    TraCSS Chief Engineer (contractor)
  • William Herold
    Cost Estimator
  • 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
  • Quentin Collins (contractor)
  • Sydney Mabry (contractor)
  • Anna Parikka, PhD (contractor)
  • Daniel Rosenberg (contractor)
  • Shahabeddin Toobaiei (contractor)

TraCSS Operations Branch

  • Brian Walling
    Branch Manager
  • Vacant
    Operations Shift Lead
  • Vacant
    Operations Shift Lead
  • Vacant
    Operations Shift Lead
  • Richard Diamantopoulos (contractor)
  • Elijah Emory
    Orbit Analyst (contractor)
  • Daniel Jansen
    Orbit Analyst (contractor)
  • Justin Lorenz
    Orbit Analyst (contractor)
  • Sarah Pritchard (contractor)
  • Hailee Werkmeister
    Training Coordinator (contractor)

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 (contractor)
  • Shawn Harrison (contractor)
  • Ramin Hemmati (contractor)
  • Bruno Fosah (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


Resource Management Division

Mary Slay-Rachlin
Division Director

  • LaKeshia Dixon
    Budget Analyst
  • Rhonda Perry
    Budget Analyst
  • Vacant

Acquisition Management Division

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

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

Last updated: 3/26/2025