Greg Autry has been nominated by President Donald Trump for chief financial officer at NASA on March 24.
The agency said Tuesday NASA acting administrator Janet Petro issued a statement announcing the nomination. According to Petro, if confirmed, Autry will be responsible for handling over $25 billion in funds for Moon and Mars missions and other projects.
“With his previous experience as the White House liaison during President Trump’s first administration, as well as his extensive experience in space policy, I look forward to welcoming Greg as our next CFO,” said Petro. “If confirmed, we will work together with the current Trump Administration to ensure NASA’s success in maximizing efficiencies, refining our processes and remaining effective stewards of every tax dollar invested in our agency,” she added.
Who Is Greg Autry?
Autry is currently an associate provost for space commercialization and strategy at the University of Central Florida. As the university’s Space Czar, he is tasked with developing strategies and maintaining partnerships with industry and government space agencies. He is also a visiting professor at Imperial College London and a member of the board at Elevated Materials.
He spent nearly three years as the business case subcommittee chair responsible for assessing business cases in proposals for the agency’s In Space Production Applications. Autry was also chair of the safety working group advising the Office of Commercial Space Transportation of the Federal Aviation Administration and was part of the NASA Agency Review Landing Team.
His career in the academe includes stints with the Thunderbird School of Global Management, University of Oxford, International Space University, University of California’s Paul Merage School of Business and Chapman University.
Autry was previously nominated for CFO at NASA in 2020 but was unconfirmed.
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