Jeff Vincent

Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

July 19, 1993
(Phone: 202/358-1400)

RELEASE: 93-132

FINARELLI APPOINTED HEAD OF STRATEGIC PLANNING

NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced a key

appointment to broaden the agency's strategic planning effort.
Margaret G. Finarelli, currently NASA's Associate Administrator
for Policy Coordination and International Relations, is being
named as the Assistant for Strategic Planning reporting to John R.
Dailey, Associate Deputy Administrator.

Goldin emphasized the importance of upcoming activity to the

future of NASA. "Peggy Finarelli is ideally suited for this
assignment. She brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to a
task that is critical to our future in space," Goldin said.

Finarelli joined NASA in 1981 as Chief of the International

Planning and Programs Office. From 1986 until December 1988, she
was Director of the Policy Division in the Office of Space
Station, Washington, D.C. She was NASA's chief negotiator for the
international agreements which govern U.S. cooperation with
Europe, Japan and Canada in the Space Station program. She was
appointed Deputy Associate Administrator for External Relations in
1988 and Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination and
International Relations in 1991.

Prior to joining NASA, Finarelli served in a number of

positions in other U.S. government agencies including Senior
Policy Analyst for International Science and Technology at the
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Technical
Advisor at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in chemistry

from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and received a
master's degree in physical chemistry from Drexel University,
Philadelphia. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and serves on the
Board of Directors of the International Space University
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In 1985, Finarelli was awarded NASA's Exceptional Service

Medal. In 1988 she was selected for the Presidential Meritorious
Rank Award, which recognizes outstanding service by members of the
U.S. Senior Executive Service. And in 1989, she received the
Women in Aerospace Outstanding Achievement Award. In 1991, she
earned NASA's Exceptional Achievement Medal.

Effective Aug.1, 1993, Robert W. Clarke will assume the

responsibilities of Associate Administrator for Policy
Coordination and International Relations. Clark will be on
extended detail from the Department of State to NASA.

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