Organization and Staffing

Front Office

Janice Starzyk with U.S. flag
Janice Starzyk

Deputy Director

  • Jason Y. Kim
    Chief of Staff
  • Christine Joseph
    Policy Advisor
  • Cody Knipfer
    Assistant to the Chief of Staff (contractor)
  • Ross Hatley
    Space Communications Manager
    (contractor)
  • Ethan Waterman
    Visual Information Specialist
    (contractor)
  • Chad McElroy
    Intern

Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs Division

Sarah Brothers
Dr. Sarah Brothers

Division Director

  • Frank Rostan
    Management & Program Analyst
  • Vacant
    Program Analyst
  • Jessica Shallcross
    Licensing Officer
  • Ted Cook
    Flight Operations Engineer (contractor)
  • David Heath (contractor)
  • Tashaun Pierre (contractor)

Policy, Advocacy, and International Division

Gabriel Swiney
Gabriel Swiney

Division Director

Space Operations Division


Dmitry Poisik
TraCSS Program Manager

  • William Herold
    Cost Estimator
  • Dr. Sandy Magnus
    TraCSS Chief Engineer (contractor)
  • Loretta Fills (contractor)

TraCSS Engineering Branch

  • Ethan Baumann
    Branch Lead
  • Vacant
    Data Products Lead
  • Vacant
    Future Capabilities Engineer
  • Robert Wolff
    Flight Dynamics Engineer
  • Anna Parikka (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)

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

Administrative Services Division


Dr. Gerry Coffee
Division Director

  • Bernadette Bing
    Management & Program Analyst
  • Joshua Brinson
    Management Analyst
  • Yolanda Pannell
    Program Analyst
  • Ayanna Dixon (contractor)

Resource Management Division

  • Mary Slay-Rachlin
    Division Director
  • LaKeshia Dixon
    Budget Analyst
  • Georgette Njemanze
    Senior Budget Analyst
  • Rhonda Perry
    Budget Analyst

Acquisition Management Division


Tomeka Evans
Division Director

  • Amod Pathak
    Acquisition Management Specialist
  • Valencia Philpot
    Acquisition Management Specialist