{"id":407249,"date":"2023-07-11T15:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=people&p=407249"},"modified":"2024-01-22T10:54:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T15:54:58","slug":"robert-medina","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/robert-medina\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Medina"},"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=\"300\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/osbp-robert-medina.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Portrait of Robert Medina\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 46% 30%; object-position: 46% 30%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/osbp-robert-medina.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/osbp-robert-medina.jpg?resize=253,300 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" 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\">Robert Medina<\/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\">Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Small Business Programs<\/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>Mr. Robert Medina is the Acting Associate Administrator, for the Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) at NASA Headquarters (HQ). Prior to this position, he served at the Deputy Associate Administrator, since December 2023, and previously served as a Small Business Program Manager, at NASA HQ OSBP, from September 2019 to December 2022. Mr. Medina was a Senior Procurement Analyst and Small Business Specialist at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Edwards, California from March 1994 through September 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Medina is a native of Las Cruces, New Mexico and graduated from New Mexico State University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Accounting degree. After graduation he continued to work with NASA. He began his career with NASA in 1977 as a cooperative education student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his forty-five years with NASA, Mr. Medina has worked in many different procurement positions and at different NASA Centers. He has worked as a purchasing agent, price analyst, contract specialist, contracting officer, procurement analyst, and small business specialist.  In addition to his procurement background, he worked three years at NASA Headquarters in the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, as an Institutional Program Manager, having oversight over NASA\u2019s three Research Centers (Ames, Langley, and Glenn). Most recently, Mr. Medina served on a detail at NASA Headquarters in the Office of Small Business Programs, from December 2016 through December 2017, serving as a Small Business Program Manager with oversight of the small business programs at NASA Stennis Space Center, NASA Shared Services Center, and NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Medina has been a long-time supporter and member of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). He is a NCMA Fellow and has held a number of NCMA chapter office positions, as well as national functional positions. Mr. Medina also is a member of the Department of Defense (DoD) Western Regional Council for Small Business Education and Advocacy and has served on the Executive Board for the council, as well as a chairperson of the council\u2019s Interface Committee. In 2008 and 2013, he was selected as NASA\u2019s Small Business Specialist of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:smallbusiness@nasa.gov\">Email<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Robert Medina is the Acting Associate Administrator, for the Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) at NASA Headquarters (HQ). Prior to this position, he served at the Deputy Associate Administrator, since December 2023, and previously served as a Small Business Program Manager, at NASA HQ OSBP, from September 2019 to December 2022. 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