Working Groups
Science, Technology, and Education Advisory Committee
Chair: Dr. Christopher Field
Other Committees
Chief Executive Office
Chief Executive Officer: Dr. David Schimel
Executive Assistant: Linda Laurens
Science and Education Office
Chief of Science: Dr. Michael Keller
Sensor Systems Scientist: Dr. Hank Loescher
Fundamental Sentinel Unit Scientist: Dr. Rebecca Hufft Kao
Airborne Observation Platform Scientist: Dr. Brian Johnson
Land Use Analysis Scientist: Steven M. Aulenbach
External Affairs Office
Chief External Affairs: Dr. Brian Wee
Public Information Officer: Dan Johnson
Finance and Accounting Office
Chief Financial Officer: Tom Sheldon
Director of Procurement and Contracts: Patricia Carol Ashley
Comptroller: Diane Swinton White
NEON Project Office
Project Manager: Tony Beasley
Chief Technology Officer: Marshall Peterson
Lead Scheduler and Cost Analyst: Rick Munro
Human Resources Director: Robin Martin
Environmental Health and Safety Director: Jody Bolyard
Director of Facilities: Bill Porter
Project Associate: Alexandra Marshall
NEON Design Partners
The Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS)
Information Sciences Institute (ISI)
The James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
Chaitan Baru
Tony Fountain
Paul Hubbard
Larry Miller
Sameer Tilak