{"id":339299,"date":"2023-06-07T08:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T12:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=people&p=339299"},"modified":"2023-08-21T14:26:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:26:29","slug":"cynthia-simmons","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/cynthia-simmons\/","title":{"rendered":"Cynthia Simmons"},"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=\"378\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cynthia-simmons.png?w=378\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Cynthia Simmons sits at a table with her hands clasped in front of her. She wears a red blazer with a black shirt underneath.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cynthia-simmons.png 378w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cynthia-simmons.png?resize=227,300 227w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cynthia-simmons.png?resize=302,400 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" 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\">Cynthia Simmons<\/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\">Goddard Deputy Center Director<\/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>Cynthia Simmons is the Deputy Center Director for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. She previously served as the Director of the Flight Projects Directorate (FPD) at Goddard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simmons began her career in 1982 as a U.S. Air Force 2nd Lieutenant in the Office of Special Projects; and was distinguished with the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with special recognition by the Under Secretary of the Air Force for her design of an innovative operational concept. After the Air Force, she worked at Unisys Corp as the Systems Software Manager; and then for the Iridium Program as Operations Team Shift Supervisor and Systems Engineer supporting 82 satellites launches within one year receiving awards for her design of a new on-orbit assessment technique for a Low Earth Orbit, multi-satellite, cross-linked constellation. From 2000 to 2009, she was an engineer for international and DARPA missions in addition to supporting NASA missions. She then became Director of Engineering for a woman-owned business, Edge Space Systems, Inc, that contracted to NASA Goddard and partnered with industry, universities and international organizations providing engineering support to space and science missions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Goddard contractor, she was the Lead Thermal Engineer on the NASA Mission Operations Support Team for launch and post-launch support of the GOES L and M satellites, and provided systems engineering and thermal design support on various Goddard missions for instrument and spacecraft projects such as Space Technology 5 (ST-5), GOES O and P, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), Messenger and Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the Mars Curiosity. She became a Civil Servant in 2010 and is a NASA Federal Acquisition certified Program\/Project Manager (Senior Expert Level) with experience managing instrument projects with budgets up to $460 M for NASA and international missions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After serving as Instrument Project Manager, she served as Division Chief of NASA Goddard\u2019s Instrument Systems & Technology Division comprising ~290 staff; then as Deputy Director for Planning and Business Management in the Engineering & Technology Directorate comprising 4000 staff; and later as the FPD Deputy Director for Planning and Business Management and then Deputy Director before becoming the FPD Director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her career, she has served as Chair and Subject Matter Expert on NASA Standing Review Boards, as well as Goddard Standing Review Teams for several NASA missions; and has also provided engineering support for 21 launches for NASA, DoD and commercial space and science missions. She is a Women@NASA Honoree (2014), Goddard Senior Fellow and 2016 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) nominee for her contributions to the country and has received several NASA awards and honors including Agency Honor Silver Achievement Award, several NASA Exceptional Achievement Awards, Robert H. Goddard Leadership Honor Award for her leadership of instrument projects and Robert H. Goddard Mentoring Award for her contributions to the career development of other professionals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simmons has a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and Master of Engineering from the University of Maryland College Park in Aerospace Engineering; and is currently pursuing a PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. 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She wears a red blazer with a black shirt underneath.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.6); transform-origin: 52% 35%; object-position: 52% 35%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cynthia-simmons.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cynthia-simmons.png?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cynthia-simmons.png?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cynthia-simmons.png?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/cynthia-simmons\/\" target=\"_self\"  class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Cynthia Simmons<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Goddard Deputy Center Director\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/christyl-johnson\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cj_port_1a.jpeg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A black woman with long, flowing black hair. 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He is wearing a tweed brown suit jacket over a light blue collared shirt with a multi-colored tie. Behind him is a blue background with an American flag over his right shoulder.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 52% 25%; object-position: 52% 25%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ray-lobby.jpeg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ray-lobby.jpeg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ray-lobby.jpeg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ray-lobby.jpeg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/ray-rubilotta\/\" target=\"_self\"  class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Ray Rubilotta<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Associate Center Director<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/david-l-pierce\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WFF-Dave-Pierce.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dave Pierce, a white man with white hair, wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses, a dark-colored blazer with a light blue shirt and yellow tie. 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She previously served as the Director of the Flight Projects Directorate (FPD) at Goddard. 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