The Region V Program Committee is happy to announce the 2019 Region V Spring Meeting Keynote Speaker: Ginger Kerrick!
Ms. Ginger Kerrick, Flight Integration Division Chief for NASA, a native Texan born and raised in El Paso will speak during lunch on Monday April 29, 2019. Ms. Kerrick received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics from Texas Tech University in the early 1990s. She began working for NASA as a summer intern in 1991, and started her first permanent assignment at Johnson Space Center in May of 1994 as a Materials Research Engineer. In September 1995, she was reassigned to the Mission Operations Directorate as an instructor for the International Space Station Environmental and Life Support System. Her responsibilities included training development, simulator development, and training conduct for both crew and flight controllers.
Through many years of dedicated service and various positions at NASA, Ginger was selected as a Flight Director in February 2005. This selection made her the first female Hispanic Flight Director in the history of NASA. After leading numerous International Space Station (ISS) and Shuttle missions, Ginger ended her Flight Director career in 2012 and transitioned into a management role as Assistant Director for the ISS for the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD). In August of 2016, after 4 years as Assistant Director, Ginger was named as the Division Chief of the Flight Integration Division in FOD.