Executive Moves

Thomas Zurbuchen is stepping down as associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate at the end of 2022 after being in the position since 2016. The space agency said Wednesday...

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, the White House’s nominee for the role of chief of space operations, said that if confirmed, he would prioritize the development and...

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. James Glynn has been nominated to serve as the service branch’s next deputy commandant for manpower and reserve affairs.Glynn, the deputy commanding general of Training...

President Biden intends to nominate Renee Wegrzyn, vice president of business development at biotechnology company Ginkgo Bioworks, to be the first director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health...

Major Gen. Francis Donovan, director of the Office of Marine Corps Communication, has been nominated to serve as the U.S. Special Operations Command's next vice commander.Donovan will receive a promotion...

Brig. Gen. Christopher Povak, former deputy director of the U.S. Space Force's Space Warfighting Analysis Center, formally assumed the National Reconnaissance Office's No. 2 post and took charge of the...

Multi-industry executive Eric Schwartz has been named chief executive officer at data center builder and digital infrastructure services provider CyrusOne.Schwartz was voted into office by CyrusOne’s board of directors and his appointment is...

Steve Thur, a nearly two-decade veteran of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has been named assistant administrator for oceanic and atmospheric research.He will assume his new position in early...

Shelley Sanders, a former CACI executive, has been named senior vice president of client operations at the fast-growing government contracting firm Intelligent Waves.In her new role, Sanders will be in charge...

Doc McConnell, a cybersecurity professional with combined experience in the federal government and private sector, has been named director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Federal Enterprise Improvement Team...