Marshall Space Flight Center Announces Latest Executive Hire | Space

Roger Baird has been selected as associate director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

In this role, Baird will lead execution and integration of the center’s business operations, mission support enterprise functions, and budget management.

In addition, he will be a senior adviser in advancing the direction of the center’s future.

Baird will also help manage the center’s 7,000 civil service and contract employees and help oversee an annual budget of approximately $5 billion.

“I know Roger will make an excellent addition to Marshall’s leadership team,” said Center Director Joseph Pelfrey. “His dedication to NASA’s missions has helped shape Marshall into a powerful technical solutions provider for the agency and our industry partners. Roger’s leadership will be invaluable in this new era of space exploration.”

Baird previously served as associate director for operations of Marshall’s Engineering Directorate from 2020-2024, after being detailed to the position in 2019. Named to the Senior Executive Service position in March 2020, he provided senior management and leadership expertise for the evaluation of spacecraft, payloads and launch vehicle systems, and the integration of the associated budgets and resources authority for these efforts.

He…