Boss Ladies of CLE: NASA Glenn Director Marla Perez-Davis
Marla Perez-Davis took the reins as director at the NASA Glenn Research Center in January 2020. It was a great time for space - but on earth, the pandemic was just taking hold.
"It has been 17 months of learning," she said. "We have learned quite a bit about the technology, [but also] about putting people first. I think that's critical."
With two-thirds of her 3000 employees still remote, NASA Glenn is still meeting key milestones on the Artemis and Gateway projects.
"We're going to be landing astronauts on the moon. When we talk about rovers on Mars, when we talking about changing the future of flight and aeronautics aviation, Cleveland has a lot to do with that."
And here in Cleveland, the team at NASA Glenn is working on more than just scientific advancements.
"We are going to have the first woman stepping on the moon and the first person of color with the Artemis program," Perez-Davis said. "The importance of diversity and inclusion is huge because that's where we get our creativity and our innovation."
Perez-Davis says, those advancements are particularly meaningful to her.
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