{"id":90385,"date":"2021-02-16T22:02:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T03:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-468383"},"modified":"2023-05-25T18:35:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T22:35:50","slug":"jonathan-brett-swanson","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/jonathan-brett-swanson\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Brett Swanson"},"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=\"749\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/brett_swanson_afrc2017-0002-14.jpg?w=749\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Jonathan Brett Swanson\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 54% 30%; object-position: 54% 30%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/brett_swanson_afrc2017-0002-14.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/brett_swanson_afrc2017-0002-14.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/brett_swanson_afrc2017-0002-14.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/brett_swanson_afrc2017-0002-14.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/brett_swanson_afrc2017-0002-14.jpg?resize=720,900 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" 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\">Jonathan Brett Swanson<\/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\">Armstrong Center Chief Counsel<\/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>Jonathan Brett Swanson is the center chief counsel at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Appointed in April 2022, he is the senior attorney and legal counsel for the center director and heads the center\u2019s legal office. He was named acting center chief council in February 2021. Swanson also serves as NASA deputy ethics official, center export control counsel, legal adviser for several boards, committees, and councils, and is responsible for all legal matters involving or affecting NASA Armstrong. In addition, he is a member of the NASA Legal Leadership Team comprised of the agency\u2019s attorney leaders, established to set legal policy and improve the quality of legal services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Swanson began his career with NASA as a summer intern at Armstrong in 2004. He joined the Armstrong Legal Office full-time in 2005 following his graduation from the University of Houston Law Center in Texas. In 2015 and 2016, Swanson served at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, as the NASA Management Office Chief Counsel on a 12-month detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his time at NASA, Brett has served as NASA Armstrong\u2019s primary attorney-advisor for ethics, partnerships, procurement, employment law, and the Armstrong Exchange. He has also served as the chair of the agency\u2019s Space Act Agreement Guide Liability\/Insurance Working Group and led the Legal Capability Leadership Team in implementing enterprise-level online collaboration tools for the NASA legal community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Swanson received the NASA Office of the General Counsel (OGC) Rising Star Award, the NASA Honor Award for Early Career Achievement, and the Legal Leadership Award, which is the highest and most prestigious award within the NASA legal community. He also received several group achievement awards, including for his support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/X59\" rel=\"noopener\">Low-Boom Flight Demonstration<\/a> mission and his work on the NASA\/Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Development Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Swanson received a Bachelor of Arts in international cultural studies in 2001 from Brigham Young University, Hawaii, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence in 2005 from the University of Houston Law Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Brett Swanson is the center chief counsel at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Appointed in April 2022, he is the senior attorney and legal counsel for the center director and heads the center\u2019s legal office. He was named acting center chief council in February 2021. 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