I am a catalyst and champion for expanding public engagement with science and technology with more than 20 years of experience in the U.S. federal government in policy and program development roles, working closely with the academic, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. My passion is bringing diverse viewpoints, values, and capabilities together with recognized expert knowledge to create policies, programs, and uses of science and technology that effectively serve society’s many stakeholders. As NASA’s program executive for prizes, challenges, and crowdsourcing and previously as senior policy advisor to NASA’s chief scientist, I have worked to develop strategies to expand the space agency’s use of open innovation methods in its research, technology, and exploration activities. Before joining NASA, I contributed to the development of national space and science policies and oversaw NASA science and education program budgets and performance at the White House Office of Management and Budget. I enjoy speaking with a variety of audiences about space policy, public engagement, and open innovation at NASA, and I have written or co-authored numerous articles and book chapters on space policy and public engagement with space exploration. I'm the proud editor of Space Science and Public Engagement: 21st Century Perspectives and Opportunities (Elsevier, 2021), a book showcasing the experiences and insights of some of the world's leading practitioners and scholars in this arena. My second book, The People's Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2024. The manuscript won the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ 2018 History Manuscript Award.