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David Axelrod P \u201909, chief strategist and senior advisor to President Barack Obama, discusses "How Change Won" in Shove Memorial Chapel on April 24, delivering an insider\u2019s look at the 2008 presidential election to a capacity crowd. Photo by Tom Kimmell<\/p><\/div>\n
Lori Garver \u201983<\/strong>, a political science and economics major, was nominated in May as the deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration<\/span> <\/span>(NASA). Former Colorado senator Ken Salazar \u201977<\/strong> serves as Obama\u2019s secretary of the interior and Jane Lubchenco \u201969<\/strong> as head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (See February 2009 Bulletin<\/em><\/a>.)<\/p>\n Garver advised Obama\u2019s presidential campaign and transition team on space issues. She is the president of Capital Space, LLC, and has served as senior advisor for space at the Avascent Group, a strategy and management consulting firm in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n From 1998 to 2001, Garver served as NASA\u2019s associate administrator of the Office of Policy and Plans and oversaw the analysis, development, and integration of NASA policies and long-range plans. She also worked with the NASA strategic management system and the NASA advisory council, and served as a primary spokesperson for NASA. Prior to this appointment, she served as a senior policy analyst for the office of policy and plans and special assistant to the administrator.<\/p>\n