Vanessa E. Wyche

Vanessa Wyche
Wyche in 2022
13th Director of the Johnson Space Center
Assumed office
June 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Donald Trump
Preceded byMark Geyer
Acting Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
In office
February 24, 2025 – September 3, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJames Free
Succeeded byAmit Kshatriya
Personal details
SpouseGeorge Wyche Jr. Esq
Children1
Alma materClemson University (BS, MS)
OccupationDirector of NASA's Johnson Space Center
AwardsNASA Outstanding Leadership Medal

Two NASA Achievement Medals Rotary Stellar Nomination Women@NASA Awardee (2014) “Women Worth Watching” honoree (2016) Inducted into Thomas Green Clemson Academy of Engineers and Scientists at Clemson University (2019)

Honorary Doctorate of Science Coastal Carolina University (2022)

Vanessa E. Wyche is an American engineer and civil servant who is currently serving as Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). A NASA employee for over 30 years, Wyche has also served as Deputy Director and Lead Engineer of JSC, and acting Associate Administrator of NASA.