{"id":320378,"date":"2023-03-30T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=migration&p=320378"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:53:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:53:19","slug":"tonya-mcnair","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/tonya-mcnair\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonya McNair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tonya_work_photo.jpg?w=320\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Tonya McNair, Deputy Associate Administrator for Management of Space Operations\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 49% 36%; object-position: 49% 36%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tonya_work_photo.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tonya_work_photo.jpg?resize=240,300 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Tonya McNair<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">Deputy Associate Administrator, Management for Space Operations<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tonya Frazier McNair is the deputy associate administrator for management and a key senior advisor to NASA\u2019s associate administrator for the <a href=\"\/nasa-directorates\/space-operations\/\">Space Operations Mission Directorate<\/a>. In this role, she assists in leading low Earth orbit space operations, as well as continued development of a vibrant and expanding commercial space economy. McNair is responsible and accountable for resources and management systems and processes to enable NASA’s human spaceflight portfolio including safety, success, and performance of its programs and projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, McNair was the deputy director for the <a href=\"\/exploration-systems-development-mission-directorate\/\">Exploration Systems Development<\/a> and Space Operations Mission Directorates\u2019 Strategic Integration and Management Division. She also served as the director for programmatic strategic integration, where she led a dynamic team of engineers and analysts to formulate and integrate program planning and control plans for the nation\u2019s <a href=\"\/humans-in-space\/artemis\/\">Artemis<\/a> missions to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McNair has more than 30 years of program management and systems engineering experience, managing sensors, weapons, and combat systems for the Department of the Navy and strategic planning for NASA systems. Before joining NASA, McNair was the project engineer for the Presidential Helicopter Program Marine One, where she pioneered program efforts within Naval Sea Systems Command, as well as the Missile Defense Agency developing anti-air and anti-ship missile, surface sensors and combat system capabilities. She\u2019s also led several multi-service teams to develop and test new battlespace capabilities and to address production and industrial base issues.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McNair was awarded the second highest medal afforded to a U.S. Navy civilian, the Meritorious Civilian Service Award. She is a Women of Color Technology All-Star Winner, a Black Engineer of the Year candidate, and has received multiple leadership and team awards. She\u2019s been recognized by NASA for her leadership in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility planning, recruiting duties at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions, and engagement with the agency\u2019s employee resource groups.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McNair is a native of Florence, South Carolina, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural Technical State University and obtained a Master of Science Degree in National Security Resource Strategy from the National Defense University (Industrial College for the Armed Forces). McNair is a Federal Acquisition Workforce member and maintains level III certification in Program Management, Systems Engineering and Logistics. She is a proud member of the Epsilon Chi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonya Frazier McNair is the deputy associate administrator for management and a key senior advisor to NASA\u2019s associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":321741,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_people_facebook_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_twitter_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_instagram_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_linkedin_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_title":"Deputy Associate Administrator, Management for Space Operations"},"categories":[2877],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[3933],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebPage","headline":"Tonya McNair","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/tonya-mcnair\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/tonya-mcnair\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tonya_work_photo.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tonya_work_photo.jpg"},"articleSection":"NASA Directorates","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Heather Monaghan"}],"creator":["Heather Monaghan"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Directorates","Space Operations Mission Directorate"],"dateCreated":"2023-03-30T16:20:00Z","datePublished":"2023-03-30T16:20:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T20:53:19Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Tonya McNair\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/tonya-mcnair\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"index\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tonya_work_photo.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2023-03-30T16:20:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"NASA Directorates\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Directorates,Space Operations Mission Directorate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Heather Monaghan\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":3,"featured_image":{"id":321741,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tonya_work_photo.jpg","title":"tonya_work_photo","alt":"Tonya McNair, Deputy Associate Administrator for Management of Space Operations","caption":"Official portrait of Tonya McNair on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, at the Mary W. 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