October 8, 2024 GRAA Luncheon
American Legion Post #136
6900 Greenbelt Road
Greenbelt, MD
The speaker for the October 8, 2024 luncheon will be Peter Hughes, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Chief Technologist who will give a presentation titled “Goddard’s Technology Development Program”. He is responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing advanced technology-development programs at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Among his many responsibilities, Mr. Hughes advises Center leadership on strategies that leverage technology investments to advance NASA’s ambitious science and exploration goals. Mr. Hughes, who represents Goddard on NASA’s new Center Technology Council, also manages the Center’s Internal Research and Development program, NASA’s Center Innovation Fund, and various technology-transfer programs. Mr. Hughes received a B.S. in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary, an M.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University, and an M.S. in Management Technology from the University of Pennsylvania’s Executive Masters for Technology Management program.