Science Mission Directorate Deputy Associate Administrator for Management Announces Retirement
Roy Maizel, the Science Mission Directorate’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Management since 2007, has announced he will retire from the Agency in April 2019 after a 37-year career with NASA. His announcement allows the Directorate to begin the search for a successor to continue Maizel’s stellar accomplishments and unprecedented leadership in providing guidance and oversight of all budget, policy, and administrative support to the Directorate’s approximately 200-person Headquarters organization. “Working at NASA with some of the smartest and most dedicated people in the world has been not just an honor and a privilege;” said Maizel. “It has also been a daily inspiration for me to see how much we can collectively learn through scientific exploration.” During the past year, Maizel has focused his efforts on developing a Strategic Workforce Plan to better prepare the Science Mission Directorate for the future through thoughtful recruitment, career development and leadership succession planning. “Roy Maizel has been instrumental...