National Aeronautics and Space Administration

www.nasa.gov

2023 Associate Administrator Awards

Technology and Innovation

Group: ecoDemonstrator Emissions Flight and Ground Test Team

 Team Lead: Richard Moore, LaRC

Leadership and Management Excellence

Individual: William Chan, ARC

Program and Mission Support

Individual: Julie Blackett, GRC

Group: Remote Pilot Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Training Team

Team Lead: Jacob Revesz, LaRC

High Potentials

Individual: Paul von Hardenberg, GRC

Strategic Partnerships

Individual: Harry Belvin, LaRC

Individual: Jeffrey Robinson, LaRC

Pushing the Envelope

Group: X-57 Maxwell Team

 Team Lead: Heather Maliska, AFRC

Technology and Innovation

Group: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Pilot (UASP) Kit Development Team

 Team Lead: Lynne Martin/Joey Mercer, ARC

Honorees

Honorable Mention
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

www.nasa.gov

2023 Associate Administrator Awards

Technology and Innovation

ecoDemonstrator Emissions Flight 

and Ground Test Team

NASA Langley Research Center

Bruce Anderson 

Joseph Atkinson 

Rosemary Baize 

John Barrick 

Rory Barton-Grimley 

Kristopher Bedka 

Seth Begay 

Matthew Brown 

Melinda Cagle 

Yonghoon Choi 

Jim Collins 

Brian Collister 

John Cooney 

Garfield Creary 

Ewan Crosbie 

Maurice Cross 

Harper David 

Joshua DiGangi 

Mary DiJoseph 

Glenn Diskin 

Dave Duda 

Trina Dyal 

David Eckberg 

Richard Ferrare 

Francesca Gallo 

Marisol Garcia 

John Hair 

Carolyn Jordan 

Grant Kirchhoff 

Joe Lee 

Denise Lineberry 

Jay Madigan 

John Marketon 

David Lee Meade 

Sherry Monk 

Richard Moore* 

Amin Nehrir 

Anna Noe 

John Nowak 

Ali Omar 

Mario Rana 

Claire Robinson 

Laura Rogers 

Kevin Sanchez 

Amy Jo Scarino 

Taylor Shingler 

Michael Shook 

DeBora Smith 

Bill Smith Jr. 

Bill Smith Sr 

Paul Speth 

Pamela Stacy 

Lee Thornhill 

Aboubakar Traore 

Steven Velotas 

Jennifer Viudez 

Elizabeth Wiggins 

Edward Winstead 

Teh-Hwa Wong 

Luke Ziemba 

NASA Ames Research Center

Paul Bui

Chang Cecilia 

Doug Christensen 

Jonathan Dean-Day 

Charles Gatebe 

Richard Kolyer 

Sofia Persson 

Rajesh Poudyal 

Jay Tomlin 

Rei Ueyama 

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center

Christopher Acuff

Andy Barry 

Garry Beauregard 

Joseph (Ryan) Bennett 

Michael Bereda 

Matt Berry 

Kirsten Boogaard 

Jeff Borton 

Juan Delafuente 

Brian Elit 

Hovhannes Gasparyan 

Brad Grantham 

Jonathan Hale 

Erica Heim 

Brian Hobbs 

Terry Hu 

Kelly Jellison 

Tyler Keppel 

Steve Koertge 

Craig Little 

Lori Losey 

Group Honorees Members

Team Leads denoted with *
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

www.nasa.gov

2023 Associate Administrator Awards

Technology and Innovation

ecoDemonstrator Emissions Flight 

and Ground Test Team (Continued)

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center 

(Continued)

Jack Ly 

Lester Magee 

Isac Mata 

Thomas Matthews 

Gary Moors 

Jeffrey Nelms 

Tracy Phelps 

Joe Piotrowski 

Matt Pitsch 

James Ross 

Nickelle Reid 

Todd Renfro 

Wayne Ringelberg 

Alberto Rodriguez 

Tim Sandon 

Mark Scherer 

Scott Silver 

Greg Slover 

James Smith 

Jasmine Tabla 

Randy Thompson 

Michael Thomson 

Julio Trevino 

David Van Gilst 

Erin Waggoner 

Jared Whitfield 

Jeff Wilson 

NASA Glenn Research Center

Clifford Brown

Ru-Ching Chen 

Krystal Destrampe 

Francisco Guzman 

James Kenyon 

Jennifer Klettlinger 

Jeffrey Moder 

Thomas Ratvasky 

Jessica Reinert Dawn Sgro 

Dale VanZante 

NASA Headquarters

Shannon Eichorn

Barbara Esker 

James Heidmann 

Amy Jankovsky 

Nateri Madavan 

Jon Montgomery 

Bob Pearce 

Karen Rugg 

Ed Waggoner 

Richard Wahls 

Aerodyne

Bruce Daube

Christoph Dyroff

Edward Fortner

Andy Freedman

Scott Herndon

Rick Miake-Lye

Benjamin Nault

Tim Onasch

Anandi Williams

Artium

Greg Payne

ATS

Troy Porter

Boeing

Kayla Albaugh

Elisabeth Alfstad-Hahn

Steven Baughcum

Terry Beezhold

Matt Campbell

Todd Citron

Matthew Clarkson

Michael Drake

William Griffin

Sheyenne Harris

Chad Lloyd

Jeffrey McNew

Rose Miller

Tim Rahmes

Abigail Sevier

Michael Sinnett

Kerry Smith

Paul Weatherman

Group Honorees Members

Team Leads denoted with *
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

www.nasa.gov

2023 Associate Administrator Awards

Technology and Innovation

ecoDemonstrator Emissions Flight 

and Ground Test Team, (Continued)

DLR

Heinfried Aufmhoff

Tiziana Bräuer

Rebecca Katharina Dischl

Andreas Dörnbrack

Valerian Hahn

Christopher Heckl

Elisabeth Horst

Stefan Kaufmann

Raphael Satoru Märkl

Gregor Neumann

Anke Roiger

Daniel Sauer

Monika Scheibe

Luca Stremming

Christiane Voigt

DOE Sandia

Julien Manin

FAA

Nicole Didyk Wells

Prem Lobo

Anna Oldani

GE Aerospace

Jerrold Cline

George Dalakos

Mustafa Dindar

Matthew Drodofsky

Ryan Jones

Nathan Kamps

Hejie Li

Cassi Miller

David Ostdiek

Carlos Roberto Peixeiro Dos Santos 

Filho

John Wojno

Gary Wollenweber

Joseph Zelina

Missouri Science & Technology

Steven Achterberg

William (Dave) Satterfield

Phil Whitefield

Klaus Woelk

MIT

Sebastian Eastham

Louis Anh Tai Robion

NRC Canada

Greg Smallwood

Princeton

Ryan Boyd

Yunseo Choi

James McSpritt

Vladislav Sevostianov

Lars Wendt

Hongming Yi

Mark Zondlo

United Airlines

Hannah Brady

Julien Lamblin

Rohini Sengupta

University of Wisconsin

Doug Adler

Lori Borg 

Daniel DeSlover 

Ray Garcia 

Denny Hackel 

Dan LaPorte 

Brock LaPorte 

William Roberts 

Joe Taylor 

David Tobin

Group Honorees Members

Team Leads denoted with *
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

www.nasa.gov

2023 Associate Administrator Awards

Program and Mission Support

Remote Pilot Beyond Visual Line of 

Sight (BVLOS) Training Team

NASA Langley Research Center

Melissa A. Hill

Brian K. Hutchinson

Bryan J. Petty

Bill K. Buck

Brent P. Pickering

Metis Flight Research Associates, LLC

Benjamin P. Jenkins

Joshua K. Carbonneau

Regina J. Tober

RSES

Jacob Revesz*

Group Honorees Members

Team Lead denoted with *
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

www.nasa.gov

2023 Associate Administrator Awards

Pushing the Envelope

X-57 Maxwell Team

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center

Bony J. Baca

Jeffrey E. Baker

Kaleiokalani J. Barela

Ethan A. Baumann

Paul S. Bean

Matthew J. Berry

Keerti K. Bhamidipati

Andrew D. Blua

John K. Bodylski

Kirsten M. Boogaard

Trong T. Bui

Bradley S. Butler

Sean C. Clarke

Bruce R. Cogan

John G. Coggins

James R. Cowart

Brian P. Curlett

Adam F. Curry

Angelo De La Rosa

Jacob J. Ediger

German Escobar Vicelis

Karen L. Estes

David E. Farmer

Russell J. Franz

Mei L. Franz

Michael A. Frederick

Timothy R. Gadbois

Eric J. Garza

Starr R. Ginn

Donald T. Griffith

Leo J. Gross

Mary A. Grossman

Joe G. Hernandez

Joel J. Hiddema

April M. Jungers

Matthew R. Kamlet

Ed T. Koshimoto

Wesley W. Li

Yohan Lin

Lyndel L. Lohberger

Johanna B. Lucht

Heather A. Maliska*

John L. Maliska

Kassidy M. McLaughlin

Shaun C. Mcwherter

Daniel C. Melo

Sarkis S. Mikaelian

Andrea K. Muir

Elizabeth L Nail

Jason P. Nelson

Eric W. Nisbet

Deleena M. Noble

Chan-gi Pak

Kurt V. Papathakis

Francisco Pena

Richard H. Pokorski

Thang T. Quach

Almanda Randle

Jeffrey R. Ray

Patrick D. Ray

Matthew E. Redifer

James R. Reynolds

Thomas K. Rigney

Wayne M. Ringelberg

Anthony P. Rodgers

Michael P. Rodriguez

John R. Rudy

Rosalio Salazar

Claudia Y. Sales

Aamod G. Samuel

Otto C. Schnarr

Keith A. Schweikhard

Mark S. Smith

Natalie D. Spivey

Gregory W. Strombo

Daniel W. Sturgeon

David J. Tempesta

Jacob R. Terry

April C. Torres

Duc N. Tran

Samson S. Truong

Rashmi N. Vidyasagar

Abbigail G. Waddell

Randy L. Wagner

Ryan D. Wallace

Aric D. Warner

Brennan R. Wehr

Kyle J. Whitfield

Timothy L. Williams

Mae Yook Y. Wong

Seung Y. Yoo

Alex C. Zamora

Christina M. Zinger

NASA Glenn Research Center

Aaron D. Anderson

David Avanesian

Julie A. Blystone

Group Honoree Members

Team Lead denoted with *
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

www.nasa.gov

2023 Associate Administrator Awards

Pushing the Envelope

X-57 Maxwell Team (Continued)

NASA Glenn Research Center (Continued)

Alex M. Leary

John M. Maroli

Thomas B. Miller

Brian A. Morris

Adabelle Narvaez-Bostwick

Ron D. Noebe

Andrew D. Smith

Jarred M. Whilhite

NASA Johnson Space Center

Linda K. Ruhl

NASA Langley Research Center

Christopher J. Bahr

Steven X. Bauer

Nicholas K Borer

Melissa B. Carter

William P. Chambers

David E. Cox

Stephen E. Cutright

Karen A. Deere

Joseph M. Derlaga

Jared S. Fell

Zachary J. Frederick

Frank H. Gern

Thomas G. Ivanco

Theodore F Johnson

Donald F. Keller

Laura K. Kushner

Brandon L. Litherland

David P. Lockard

Charles B. Lunsford

Steven J. Massey

Sean P. McCormick

John Dana D. Mcminn

James B. Moore

Douglas M. Nark

Michael D. Patterson

David J. Piatak

Russ D. Rausch

Stephen A. Rizzi

Kevin P. Roscoe

Vincent P. Schultz

Martin Krystian (K) Sekula

Bret K. Stanford

Erik D. Tyler

Jeffrey K. Viken

Sally A. Viken

Josiah M. Waite

James P. Winkel

Nikolas S. Zawodny

AEGIS

Tyler B. Allen

ALBERS

Frank O. Andrade

Richard W. Smith

Analytical Nechanics Associates, Inc.

Donna A. Gilchrist

Joy R. Bland

Phillip A. Burkhardt

Lynda D. Clinton

William A. Cookson

Tara E. Requist

Nathan D. Rick

Linda D. Soden

Stephen R. Washington

Arcata Associates, Inc.

Joseph N. Innis

Andrew S. Kelly

Jesus Vazquez

ASRC Federal System Solutions

Kathleen J. Chavez

Cody S. Lydon

Axient

Nicholas J. Bierschwal

Franklin K. Harris

Lynnell L. Parker

Distinguished Research Associates

Patrick C. Murphy

Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero)

Joseph Ayala

Kevin Barton

Ike Bayraktar

Nick Brake

Alexander Bugrov

Anthony Cash

Raymond Curtis

Group Honoree Members

Team Lead denoted with *
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

www.nasa.gov

2023 Associate Administrator Awards

Pushing the Envelope

X-57 Maxwell Team (Continued)

Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) 

(Continued)

Felipe DeJesus

Joseph Fernandez

Trevor Foster

Andrew Gibson

Clayton Green

Michael Green

Deb Jelen

Garrett Klunk

Jonathan Lazatin

Madison Machado

Michael McDonald

Aric Naess

Philip Osterkamp

Christopher Platt

Marc Richardson

Benjamin Sauer

Benjamin Schiltgen

Matthew Shemenski

Daniel Soto

Autumn Turner

Chris Welch

Colin Wilson

Jackie Young

HS Advanced Concepts LLC

Herb Schlickenmaier

HX5, LLC

Vicky L. Freeworth

Gregor Liederbach

Wesley A. Miller

Andrew M. O’Connor

Kay & Associates, Inc.

April D. Hagan

NCS

Sarah Mann

NFSS

Amanda Torgerson-Monsees

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Rick A. Solano

Peerless Technologies Corp.

Shun-fat F. Lung

ROTHE ARES Joint Venture

Steven M. Harris

RSES

Ted M. Holtz

Edward Nemie

Sev F. Rosario

Dan D. Vicroy

Science & Technology Corp

Cathy J. Davis

James J. Faber

Pablo M. Mendoza

Daniel Son

SRC Federal System Solutions

Sonja T. Belcher

Vertex Aerospace LLC

Edwin J. Albornoz

Andrew G. Olvera

Mark Scherer

Group Honoree Members

Team Lead denoted with *
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

www.nasa.gov

2023 Associate Administrator Awards

Technology and Innovation

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Pilot 

(UASP) Kit Development Team

NASA Ames Research Center

Joey Mercer*

Lynne Martin*

Lauren Roberts

Yasmin Arbab

NASA Glenn Research Center

Charles Sheehe

David Fuller

ASRC Federal Data Solutions, LLC

Charles Walter

Charles Whatley

Willam McCarty

Honorable Mention Group Honorees

Team Lead denoted with *