{"id":578388,"date":"2023-12-11T13:01:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=press-release&p=578388"},"modified":"2023-12-11T13:01:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:01:19","slug":"2024-leadership-changes-to-include-nasa-stennis-directors-retirement","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/2024-leadership-changes-to-include-nasa-stennis-directors-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Leadership Changes to Include NASA Stennis Director\u2019s Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nasa-meaball-logo.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nasa-meaball-logo.png?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA meatball logo\" 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\/09\/nasa-meaball-logo.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nasa-meaball-logo.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nasa-meaball-logo.png?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nasa-meaball-logo.png?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nasa-meaball-logo.png?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nasa-meaball-logo.png?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nasa-meaball-logo.png?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nasa-meaball-logo.png?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nasa-meaball-logo.png?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday that after more than 30 years of service, the agency\u2019s Stennis Space Center Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/dr-richard-j-gilbrech\/\">Richard Gilbrech<\/a> will retire on Saturday, Jan. 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stennis Deputy Director John Bailey will serve as acting center director after Gilbrech\u2019s departure, and a permanent successor will be identified following a search and competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nelson also announced Chief of Staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/nasa-chief-of-staff-susie-perez-quinn\/\">Susie Perez Quinn<\/a> will transition to a senior advisor role at the end of the year, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/nasa-deputy-chief-of-staff-bale-dalton\/\">Bale Dalton<\/a> will succeed her beginning Monday, Jan. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPlease join me in welcoming new leadership across NASA, who will continue leading our agency to unparalleled success,\u201d said Nelson. \u201cI\u2019m thankful for Rick\u2019s, Susie\u2019s, and Bale\u2019s leadership and wish Rick all the best in his new adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilbrech has served as center director at Stennis for more than a decade and in leadership and engineering roles at NASA since 1991. He has led teams at Stennis in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, and NASA Headquarters in Washington, focusing on propulsion test technology, the space shuttle, and the X-33 in various roles, including as associate administrator for NASA\u2019s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate and deputy center director at both Stennis and Langley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently, Gilbrech has been instrumental in the growth of commercial partnerships at Stennis, leveraging the center\u2019s unique capabilities and expertise as America\u2019s largest rocket propulsion test site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quinn has served as chief of staff since 2021, working with Nelson and senior staff to shape the strategic direction of the agency, while overseeing and articulating various policies and programs, with a focus climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his experience at NASA as deputy chief of staff, Dalton is a captain in the U.S. Navy Reserves. He received his bachelor\u2019s degree from the U.S. Naval Academy, Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith new transitions and the end of the calendar year approaching, it\u2019s a time to pause and reflect on all that NASA has achieved this year. We\u2019re living through the golden era of space exploration, and it\u2019s because of our world-class workforce that we continue to lead the world in air and space \u2013 and I can\u2019t wait to see what\u2019s to come,\u201d added Nelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about NASA\u2019s missions online at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jackie McGuinness \/ Cheryl Warner<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-1600<br><a href=\"mailto:jackie.mcguiness@nasa.gov\">jackie.mcguiness@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov\">cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C. Lacy Thompson<br>Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss.<br>228-688-3050<br><a href=\"mailto:calvin.I.thompson@nasa.gov\">calvin.I.thompson@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Share<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons social-icons-round\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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Stennis Deputy Director John Bailey will serve as acting center director after Gilbrech\u2019s departure, and a permanent successor will be identified following a search and competition. 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