Bachelor of science in Biological Sciences from Colorado State University, 1969; master of science in Microbial Ecology and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Utah State University in 1975 and 1979, respectively; hobbies: Cross-country and downhill skiing, sailing, hiking, camping; she left NASA in May 1991 to serve as project manager for SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing, Wide-Field-of-view-Sensor), an ocean color sensor that monitors vegetation globally, at Goddard Space Center; until March 2007 Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters. She also served as deputy associate administrator (advanced planning) in the Office of Earth Science at NASA Headquarters. Since October 01, 2007, she became member Board of Directors Sigma Space Corp., Lanham, Maryland.