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Jennifer Spurgeon has been named to the senior-level position of chief safety and mission assurance officer for Space Launch System in the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate at Marshall Space
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Julie Bilbrey has been named deputy director of the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate at Marshall Space Flight Center, pending approval by the Office of Personnel Management. Bilbrey will be jointly responsible for planning and directing the centerâs safety, reliability, and quality engineering and assurance operations.
Bilbreyâs new position is part of the Senior Executive Service â the personnel system covering top managerial positions in federal agencies.
Since 2009, Bilbrey has held multiple leadership positions in the directorate, including chief of the Program Analysis and Systems Integration Branch, manager of the Mission Systems Assurance and Technical Support Department and, currently, manager of the Vehicle Systems Department. She recently completed a temporary assignment as acting deputy manager of Marshallâs Science and Technology Office.
As deputy director of Marshall Space Flight Center, Rick Burt helps guide the next era in exploration and discovery for one of NASAâs largest field installations, with a broad portfolio of human spaceflight, science, and technology development efforts that touch nearly every mission NASA pursues.
Turns out growing up on his familyâs farm in Columbia, Tennessee, was just the career training he needed. He and his older brother Danny spent weekends and summers as de facto farmhands â honing skills Burt would leverage throughout his NASA years.
âWe quickly learned to be jacks-of-all-trades: carpenters, mechanics, veterinarians,â he said. âI grew up baling hay, tending livestock, running and repairing tractors, and tinkering with machinery â and the latter got me interested in engineering.â