... Annual Meeting . Past Meetings . ... Past meeting programs . ... Waleed Abdalati was appointed NASA chief scientist on Jan. 3, 2011, serving as the principal adviser to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on NASA science programs, strategic planning and the evaluation of related investments. ... Jolene Kay Jesse is a Program Director for the Research on Gender in Science and Engineering program in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) at the National Science Foundation. ...