COMPANIES:

• NASA

LOCATIONS:

Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA HQ

POSITIONS:

Deputy Director, Astrophysics Division, NASA HQ - 10/2021 - 12/2025
Deputy Director, Earth Science Division, NASA HQ - 05/2016 - 10/2021
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Deputy System Program Director, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) - 01/2015 - 05/2016
Capture Manager, GSFC - 08/2014 - 01/2015
Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Deputy Project Manager, GSFC - 06/2011 - 08/2014
Gravity and Extreme Magnetism SMEx (GEMS) Project Manager, GSFC - 06/2008 - 06/2011
NuSTAR Mission Manager, GSFC - 10/2009 - 10/2010
Assistant Director Flight Projects, GSFC - 08/2004 - 10/2009
GOES-R Deputy Project Manager, GSFC - 04/2002 - 08/2004
GOES-R Instrument Systems Manager. GSFC - 04/2002 - 08/2004
Chief Project Formulation Office, GSFC - 10/1998 - 4/2001
GOES I/M and N/P Instrument Manager, GSFC - 6/1992 - 10/1998
Satellite Servicing Ground Systems Manager, GSFC - 02/1991 - 06/1992

COMMENTS:

Sandra Cauffman (born May 10, 1962) is a Costa Rican-American (born in Costa Rica) specialist in electrical engineering and physics. She is known for her work at NASA in different projects. Her profile has been highlighted by UN Women for being a positive example for women, especially, youth and children.^[1] Cauffman worked for 25 years at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD in missions such as the mission to Mars MAVEN, and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-R. She is currently the Deputy Director of the Astrophysics Division within the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. She served as the Deputy Director for the Earth Science Division from May 2016 – October 2021. She served as Acting Director in the Earth Science Division from February 2019 to June 2020. Cauffman started as a contractor with NASA on February 1, 1988, and became a NASA employee February 11, 1991.^[2] Cauffman is the first Costa Rican woman to lead a Mars-related mission.^[3]