Marla E. Pérez-Davis
Biography
Dr. Marla E. Pérez-Davis joins the College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) as Executive in Residence on short-term collaboration. Prior to joining the CAE, Dr. Pérez-Davis served as the director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. In this position, she was responsible for planning, organizing and directing the activities required in accomplishing the missions assigned to the center. The Glenn staff consists of more than 3,200 civil service and support contractor employees and has an annual budget of more than $900 million.
Throughout her career, she held many leadership positions including – but not limited to, deputy director of the Research and Engineering Directorate, director of the Aeronautics Research Office, and chief of the Project Liaison and Integration Office.
She was the recipient of numerous NASA awards including the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal and the prestigious Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executives. She was also the recipient of the Great Minds in STEM 2021 HENAAC Engineer of the Year Award; 2015 Crain’s Women of Note; the Top 25 Elite Business Women, Hispanic Business Magazine; Women of Color Career Achievement; Distinguished Alumni Award, Alumni Association of University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez; Women in Aerospace Award for Aerospace Awareness; Women of Color Technology Award for Career Achievement; and the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Santiago Rodriguez Diversity Award. She is also a certified NASA Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
For more information about her time tenure at NASA, please visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/perez-davis_bio.html
Dr. Marla E. Pérez-Davis served as the director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. In this position, she was responsible for planning, organizing and directing the activities required in accomplishing the missions assigned to the center. The Glenn staff consists of more than 3,200 civil service and support contractor employees and has an annual budget of more than $900 million.
Throughout her career, she held many leadership positions including – but not limited to, deputy director of the Research and Engineering Directorate, director of the Aeronautics Research Office, and chief of the Project Liaison and Integration Office.
She was the recipient of numerous NASA awards including the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal and the prestigious Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executives. She was also the recipient of the Great Minds in STEM 2021 HENAAC Engineer of the Year Award; 2015 Crain’s Women of Note; the Top 25 Elite Business Women, Hispanic Business Magazine; Women of Color Career Achievement; Distinguished Alumni Award, Alumni Association of University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez; Women in Aerospace Award for Aerospace Awareness; Women of Color Technology Award for Career Achievement; and the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Santiago Rodriguez Diversity Award. She is also a certified NASA Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
For more information about her time tenure at NASA, please visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/perez-davis_bio.html