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Glenn Mahone/Doc Mirelson
Headquarters, Washington            January 24, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1898/1600)

RELEASE: 03-020

NASA NAMES DEPUTY ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR EDUCATION

     NASA Deputy Administrator Frederick Gregory today announced the 
appointment of Angela Phillips Diaz as Deputy Associate Administrator 
for Education. Diaz had previously served as Assistant Associate 
Administrator for Policy & Plans in the Office of Space Flight at NASA 
Headquarters.

"With her intimate knowledge of NASA's many diverse programs, her 
experience and management skills, Angela will be a key member of our 
education team, " Gregory said.

As the Deputy Associate Administrator for Education, Diaz will share 
the responsibility to ensure NASA goals to motivate students to pursue 
careers in science, math, and engineering are realized.

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Education, Dr. Adena 
Williams Loston, said," I am very pleased to have Angela as part of 
this team. She brings a wealth of experience, talent and vigor that 
will support the Office of Education vision."

Diaz previously served as the Human Space Flight & Research Division 
Director in the NASA Office of External Relations. She has provided 
policy guidance and negotiated agreements for human space flight, life 
and microgravity sciences and applications programs. She was the lead 
negotiator for agreements with Canada, Europe, Japan and Russia for 
the International Space Station Crew Code of Conduct.

She served for four years as the Executive Secretary for the National 
Science and Technology Council and the President's committee of 
advisors on science and technology at the White House Office of 
Science and Technology Policy. Prior to the White House appointment, 
Diaz held a number of increasingly responsible management positions at 
NASA Headquarters in the areas of science and technology policy, 
education, external relations, legislative affairs and program 
support.

Diaz received her Bachelors and Masters of Business Administration 
degrees from Marymount University, Va. She is a graduate of the 
Advanced Management Program at the Harvard University Business School, 
and she is a Senior Executive Fellow of the John F. Kennedy School of 
Government, Harvard University.

For more information about NASA education programs:

www.education.nasa.gov


For more information about NASA's Educator Astronaut Program:

www.edspace.nasa.gov

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