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"To assure the safety and enhance the success of all NASA activities"

Staff and Assigned Responsibilities

Dr. Michael G. Stamatelatos
  • Division Director
  • Program/Project Management (PMC WG)
Dianne Purvis
  • Secretary
Faith Chandler
  • Human Reliability Directives, Standards Tools, Methodology, Training, and Program Oversight
  • Mishap Investigation Directives, Tools, Methodology, Training and Program Oversight
Dr. Homayoon Dezfuli
  • System Safety Directives, Standards and Program Oversight Incorporation of System Safety into System Engineering Decision Processes
  • Risk-informed Decision-making
  • Incorporation of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Techniques into System Safety Analysis
  • Risk Assessment of Nuclear Missions
  • Risk Management
Mike Dook
  • Headquarters Point of Contact for Range Safety
Owen Greulich
  • Pressure Vessel Directives, Standards and Program oversight
  • Lifting Devices and Equipment Directives, Standards and Program Oversight
  • Facility System Safety Directives, Standards and Program Oversight
  • Explosives Safety Directives, Standards and Program Oversight
Dr. Frank Groen
  • Safety and Mission Assurance Documentation
  • Reliability and Maintainability Directives, Standards and Program Oversight
  • NASA GIDEP/Advisory Reporting System
Brian Hughitt
  • Quality Assurance Policy Directives, Standards and Program Oversight
  • Quality Leadership Forum (QLF)
  • Supplier Assessment System (SAS) and Joint Audit Planning Committee (JAPC)
  • Americas Aerospace Quality Group (AAQG) Representative
  • Quality Lead for Contract Administration and Audit Services (CAAS), including Defense Contract management Agency (DCMA) Support and Supplier Assurance Contract (SAC)
  • OSMA representative to the Contract Administration Services Policy Group
  • HQ Representative to the Workmanship Standards Technical Committee
  • Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Quality Steering Group (QSG) representative
  • HQ Sponsor of Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical (EEE) parts Program
  • Manager, Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) technical program
Bill Loewy
  • Management Information Systems Support
  • Information Technology Support
  • Government Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP)
  • Incident Reporting Corrective Action System (IRIS)
  • Budget Proposal Management Tool Administrator
John Lyver, CSP
  • SMATA Requirements, Standards, Documentation
  • Orbital Debris Directives, Standards and Program Oversight
  • Developer/Configuration Manager, SMA Requirements Tracking System (SMARTS)
  • Manager, NASA Meteoroid/Orbital Debris Program
  • OSMA Representative for the Engineering Standards Steering Committee
Jonathan Mullin
  • Agency OSHA Policy, Program Oversight and Interface with OSHA Department of Labor
  • Operational Safety, and Fire Safety Directives, Standards and Program Oversight
  • Safety Training Development and Implementation
  • Incident Reporting Information System (IRIS) Development and Program Oversight
  • Program Evaluation Profile (PEP) and the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)
Peter Prassinos
  • Reliability Analysis
  • System Safety Assessment
  • Probabilistic Risk Assessment
  • NASA Coordinator for Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel 
  • Human Rating Requirements Directives and Implementation
  • NASA GIDEP/Advisory Reporting System
William Vesely, Ph.D.
  • Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)
  • PRA Directives, Tools, and Capability Development
  • PRA Technical Consulting
  • Fault Tree Analysis
  • Reliability Analysis
Martha Wetherholt
  • Software Quality Assurance Directives, Standards and Program Oversight
  • Software Working Groups
  • Software
Richard Yasky (LaRC)[Acting]
  • Aviation Safety Directives, Standards and Program Oversite
  • Crew Safety Oversite
  • OSMA Representative to the Interagency Aircraft Operations Panel



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Last Updated: March 11, 2008
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