Thursday, May 17, 2018

SSC leadership changes

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. – NASA has announced a pair of leadership changes at Stennis Space Center with John Bailey assuming the role of associate director following the retirement of Ken Human. The changes are effective May 31. Bailey, a native of Mobile, Ala., and resident of Picayune, Miss., previously served as Stennis Engineering and Test Directorate director. He joined the NASA team at Stennis in 1999 after serving as a civilian communications engineer for the U.S. Air Force. Human, a resident of Covington, La., has served almost 40 years with NASA and was named as Stennis associate director in 2010. He joined the Stennis team in 1978 as an attorney and later served as the center’s chief counsel for two decades. Bailey will be succeeded as director of the Engineering and Test Directorate by Joe Schuyler, who has served as the department deputy since 2016. (Source: NASA/SSC, 05/17/18)