14 Facts About Lori Garver

Lori Garver was nominated on May 24,2009, by President Barack Obama, along with Charles Bolden as NASA Administrator.

Lori Garver was confirmed by the United States Senate by unanimous consent on July 15,2009.

Lori Garver left the position in September 2013 to become General Manager of the Air Line Pilots Association.

Lori Garver was born in Lansing, Michigan on May 22,1961, and she graduated from Haslett High School in Haslett, Michigan in 1979.

Lori Garver has held advocacy roles for space exploration as a member of the NASA Advisory Council, a guest lecturer at the International Space University, president and board member of Women in Aerospace, and president of the American Astronautical Society.

Lori Garver was awarded both the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.

Lori Garver served as the second Executive Director of the National Space Society, a non-profit space organization based in Washington, DC for nine years, leaving the organization in 1998.

Lori Garver worked to secure sponsorship funding as she began the initial medical certification and training in Star City, Russia.

Lori Garver gave merger, acquisition, and strategic alliance support to financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies in many industries.

Lori Garver served as a lead space policy advisor for the Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry campaigns for president.

In 2016 Lori Garver founded the Brooke Owens Fellowship, which offers paid summer internships to college undergraduate women planning to pursue aviation or space careers.

Lori Garver received the Women in Aerospace 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award in December 2020 for her contributions to the aerospace industry laying the groundwork for the Commercial Crew Program, founding the Brooke Owens Fellowship, and her current position as CEO of Earthrise Alliance.

Lori Garver first served as a special assistant to the NASA administrator and senior policy analyst for the Office of Policy and Plans, before becoming the associate administrator for the Office of Policy and Plans.

In 2022, Lori Garver published a book entitled Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age.