Mary C. Lester has been appointed deputy director of the Center Operations Directorate at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
In this position, she is responsible for leading institutional services in the areas of human capital, procurement, protective services, logistics and technical information.
“Mary is extremely qualified for this position,” said Glenn Center Operations Director Robyn Gordon. “Throughout her career, she has demonstrated outstanding management skills and has been an exemplary mentor and teacher. She is a great addition to the Center Operations Directorate management team.”
Prior to this assignment, Lester served as chief of Glenn’s Logistics and Technical Information Division and was responsible for managing a wide variety of institutional operations including Glenn’s history program, the imaging technology center, metrology, duplicating and transportation services, mail distribution, custodial and waste management, forms and records, scientific and technical information management and the Glenn science and engineering library.
Lester began her NASA career at Glenn in 1980. She held a number of positions including executive officer for the Space Directorate, documentation manager for Space Station and project management specialist for Launch Vehicles. Lester also established the critical documentation management system for Glenn’s participation in Space Station and administered and managed a broad spectrum of operations for the Center.
Between 1990 and 1994, Lester served as Vice President and President of Glenn’s on-site daycare facility, Lewis Little Folks.
Lester is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and holds a master’s degree in business administration from Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. She received numerous prestigious awards including the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and NASA Medal for Outstanding Leadership.
A print-quality portrait of Lester is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/news/pressrel/2010/10-13_addm.html
