Catherine Baroang
Catherine Baroang serves as the director of the Business Office for NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate. As director, Baroang drives business operations optimization and efficiency across the enterprise, overseeing resource management, performance and audit activities, human resources, IT and cybersecurity, and other associated administrative functions. Baroang previously served as the…
Catherine Baroang, the Director of the Business Office at NASA's Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, is dedicated to enhancing the efficiency of business operations across the entire enterprise. This includes managing resource allocation, performance evaluations, human resources, IT and cybersecurity, and other administrative tasks.
Before her current role, Baroang held positions as the Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Business Office for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate. This former directorate was responsible for developing hardware, systems, and architectures for the Artemis program and future human missions to Mars.
Prior to joining NASA in 2023, Baroang worked as the Budget and Data Division Chief for the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. In this position, she managed a $5.5 billion annual program budget and spearheaded the bureau's first data modernization strategy. Baroang's career began in 2010 when she joined the State Department as a Presidential Management Fellow.
She holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Rice University in Houston and dual Master's degrees from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and School of Social Work.
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