16 Facts About Shana Dale

Shana Dale served as the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the George W Bush administration from 2005 to 2009.

Shana Dale co-chaired the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Homeland and National Security and supervised work of the subcommittees.

Shana Dale previously served as the chief of staff and general counsel at OSTP.

Shana Dale served on the board of directors for Women in Aerospace for four years.

Shana Dale was appointed to the Committee on Science, Space and Technology in March 1991, as the Republican counsel on the subcommittee on science.

Shana Dale received her bachelor's with honors in management information systems from the University of Tulsa and her Juris Doctor degree from California Western School of Law.

Shana Dale is a member of the bars of California and the District of Columbia, and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

Shana Dale's nomination was announced by the White House on September 9,2005, and sent her nomination to the Senate on September 13.

Shana Dale added later that it was he who recommended her for the position.

Shana Dale was the first woman to hold that position and thus the highest-ranked female official in NASA up to that point.

Shana Dale's nomination drew praise from the National Space Society and the American Astronautical Society.

Shana Dale was confirmed as Deputy Administrator on November 4,2005, and sworn in on November 29,2005.

Shana Dale had applied to work at NASA just after graduating from law school but was not hired.

Shana Dale resigned her NASA post effective 17 January 2009.

Shana Dale was succeeded as Deputy Administrator of NASA by fellow Women in Aerospace board member Lori Garver.

Shana Dale then went on to serve as Deputy Associate Administrator of the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, a position she has held since November 3,2014.