{"id":145793,"date":"2025-03-25T17:58:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793//?p=145793"},"modified":"2025-03-27T17:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T21:13:20","slug":"ucfs-space-czar-nominated-to-become-nasas-chief-financial-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793//ucfs-space-czar-nominated-to-become-nasas-chief-financial-officer/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u2019s /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u2018Space Czar/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u2019 Nominated to Become NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u2019s Chief Financial Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

A world-class space faculty member at America/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u2019s Space University will play a leading role in shaping the future of NASA./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/n

Greg Autry, who serves as Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u2019s associate provost for Space Commercialization and Strategy, is nationally recognized for his leadership in space research and innovation, including how the space landscape is evolving with the rapid expansion of private flights./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/n

Autry has been nominated by President Trump to become chief financial officer of NASA. Pending confirmation by the U.S. Senate, he will be responsible for ensuring the financial health of the agency and will oversee all financial management, budget, strategic planning, and performance activities relating to NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u2019s programs and operations./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u201cOur space agency has a long history of excellence in financial management, and I am looking forward to joining the incredible team at NASA,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u201d Autry said. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u201cI have been honored to help move Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u2019s incredible space enterprise forward, and I hope to return after my service at NASA./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/n

Autry, known as Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u2019s /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u201cspace czar,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u201d is a leading researcher on entrepreneurship. Before joining Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ last year, he was director and clinical professor of Space Leadership, Policy and Business at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/n

Autry is a visiting professor at Imperial College London. He also serves as the vice president for space development at the National Space Society and chairs the Business Case sub-committee for NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/u2019s In Space Production Applications program (InSPA) which sends manufacturing experiments to the International Space Station./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145793/n