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Diane Williams Director, Management Operations  Ms. Diane E. Williams is Director of Management Operations at the Goddard Space Flight Center. She oversees the business and institutional support and staff services necessary for the successful accomplishment of the Center's main mission activities. The unique scientific and engineering nature of those activities requires continuous assessment of the allocation and configuration of the support functions and resources to assure maximum effectiveness for a technical community of over 7,000. She also oversees provision of the specialized operational support involved in the design, construction, and maintenance of facilities and other general management services for an industrial complex. Ms. Williams began her federal career at Goddard in 1966 in the Administrative and Technical Services Directorate (later to become the Management Operations Directorate). She served in various accountant and resource and financial analyst capacities during her early career. Throughout the 1980's, she held management positions in the Engineering Directorate serving as Head, Financial Management Branch, as well as Associate Chief and Chief of the Engineering and Space Technical Resources Management Office. In 1995, Ms. Williams joined the Flight Programs and Projects Directorate as Deputy Director of Flight Projects for Planning and Business Management. In that position, she served as the principle operating official for the Directorate in the areas of new project planning and the management of all resources. In 2002, she came full circle to once again serve in the Management Operations Directorate in her current capacity as Director of. Ms. Williams is the recipient of a Presidential Rank Award as Meritorious Executive, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and GSFC Award of Merit. She has also received numerous group achievement awards during her career. |