{"id":162298,"date":"2023-01-13T13:24:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=people&p=162298"},"modified":"2024-01-22T15:54:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T20:54:24","slug":"barbara-esker","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/barbara-esker\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Esker"},"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=\"1024\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Photo of Barbara Esker\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg 3150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=300,286 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=768,731 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=1024,975 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=1536,1463 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=2048,1950 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=400,381 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=600,571 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=900,857 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=1200,1143 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=2000,1905 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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\">Barbara Esker<\/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 AA for Programs (Acting) \/ Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Missions for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate<\/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>Barbara Esker is the Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Missions under the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. She provides continuity and coverage of the Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs (DAAP) responsibilities including oversight of ARMD’s program, mission, and project portfolio, setting program, mission, and project management strategy for the directorate including strategies for technology integration, and developing and improving program and project management related policies and processes. She also ensures overall coordination of aeronautics programs inside and outside ARMD working closely with program directors and mission integration managers, so that they adhere to national, agency, and directorate policies, guidelines, and processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland prior to 2009, she served as deputy project manager for the Fundamental Aeronautics Program’s Subsonic Rotary Wing project and worked in a variety of program and project management positions supporting the Low Emissions Alternative Propulsion project under the Vehicle Systems Program, the Propulsion Base Research and Technology Program, the General Aviation Propulsion Program, and the Advanced Subsonic Technology Program. She also served as deputy chief and acting chief of the Propulsion Systems Analysis Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, Esker was recognized with a NASA Headquarters Honor Award for exemplary leadership. She has also received a NASA Exceptional Service Medal for sustained excellence and innovation in program management, three agency-level recognitions, six team achievement awards, 27 individual contribution awards, the Glenn Federal Women\u2019s Program Award, the Cleveland Federal Executive Board Wings of Excellence Award, and has completed OPM’s Women\u2019s Executive Leadership Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esker holds a bachelor\u2019s of science and master\u2019s of science degrees from the University of Akron, both in mechanical engineering, along with certificates in engineering management and emotionally intelligent leadership from Case Western Reserve University. She is an AIAA Associate Fellow (class of 2020) and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-featured-file-list bg-spacesuit-white padding-x-2 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-4 padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-6 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-file-list\">\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row width-full margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 role=\"textbox\" class=\"heading-22\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDownloads\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-row hds-file-list-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail hds-file-list-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail-inner hds-file-list-thumbnail-inner hds-cover-wrapper\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Barbara Esker wearing a dark suit with a red top in front of a gradient gray background.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 49% 32%; object-position: 49% 32%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/barbara-esker-wider-2.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-name hds-file-list-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-22\">Barbara Esker Biography (PDF)<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-meta-item hds-list-date hds-file-list-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-sm\">Jul 9, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-meta-item hds-file-list-filetype\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-sm\">PDF (149.77 KB)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-list-cta hds-file-list-download\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/esker-bio.pdf?emrc=66711fc9b6d43\" target=\"_blank\" download>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle cx=\"16\" cy=\"16.0001\" r=\"16\" fill=\"#1C67E3\"\/><path d=\"M15.2357 8.00007L15.2357 16.4829L11.9504 13.4078L10.8801 14.4094L16.0001 19.2001L21.1201 14.4094L20.0499 13.4078L16.7645 16.4829L16.7645 8.00007L15.2357 8.00007Z\" fill=\"white\"\/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M9.6 20.8001V18.4001H8V22.4001H24V18.4001H22.4V20.8001H9.6Z\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-meet-the bg-carbon-90 maxw-full width-full padding-y-5 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-meet-the\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-x-0 minh-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"label line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white\">AERONAUTICS RESEARCH MISSION DIRECTORATE LEADERSHIP<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 display-flex flex-align-center flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/armd\/aeronautics-leadership\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-sm link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1 color-spacesuit-white-important\" >\n\t\t\t\tSee All                \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-left-0 hds-meet-the-container padding-right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-cards hds-meet-the-slider grid-row\">\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\/robert-a-pearce\/\" 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\/2019\/12\/bob-pearce2_0.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); 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