Sarah Keegan

Headquarters, Washington, DC June 26, 1998

(Phone: 202/358-1600)

RELEASE: 98-114

NOVAK AND SUTTON NAMED TO KEY NASA ROLES

NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today named Vicki A. Novak

Associate Administrator for Human Resources and Education and Jeffrey E.
Sutton Associate Administrator for Management Systems and Facilities,
effective immediately.

Novak has 25 years of Federal Government service during which she

has served in a variety of human resources positions at the Departments
of Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation.

Since coming to NASA in 1989, she served in several key positions

before her selection as Director of Personnel in February 1993. These
included Special Assistant to the Director of Personnel, Personnel
Officer for NASA Headquarters, and Chief of the Agency Personnel Policy
Branch.

"Vicki and I discussed the top priorities for the human resources
and education organization, and agreed that the safety, care and well-
being of our workforce is clearly the top priority, " Goldin said. "She
will do an outstanding job for the agency."

Novak has received many awards during her career, most notably, the
Department of Transportation's Secretary's Award for Meritorious
Achievement and the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal.

Novak is a member of several professional associations including

the International Personnel Management Association and the Senior
Executives Association, and she is actively involved in raising funds
for children's charities.

She received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Tennessee

and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1973.

As Associate Administrator for Management Systems and Facilities,

Sutton will provide Agencywide executive leadership for the functions of
facilities engineering; environmental, security, logistics and aircraft
management; contractor industrial relations; and management controls and
assessment.
 Sutton has over 27 years of Federal service in which he has
progressed through a series of increasingly responsible and varied
positions at the Air Force and NASA. He has been acting in the
associate administrator role since November. Prior to that, among other
key assignments at NASA, he served as Director, Supply and Equipment
Management Division; Director, Logistics and Security Division; and
Director, Security, Logistics, Aircraft, and Industrial Relations
Division.

³I stressed to Jeff that I want NASA¹s workplaces to be as safe,

efficient and productive as possible. I then charged him to ensure this
outcome from the unique vantage point of his oversight of facilities and
security around the Agency,² said Goldin.

Sutton has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of

Minnesota and Master of Public Administration degree (with honors) from
the University of Southern California. The more recent of many awards
from the Air Force, NASA and other agencies include the Presidential
Rank of Meritorious Executive, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the
President¹s Council on Management Improvement Award of Management
Excellence, and the General Services Administration Excellence in
Administration Award.

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