• 5 min read Meet Regina Senegal, Acting Chief of Johnson’s Quality and Flight Equipment Division Linda E. • Grimm Johnson Space Center Office of Communications Safety and quality management are integral to every program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and across the entire agency. • That gives team members like Regina Senegal, acting chief of the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate’s (SMA) Quality and Flight Equipment Division, a unique opportunity to collaborate with diverse organizations and personnel. • “I’m responsible for managing safety and quality teams for about 13 customers,” Senegal said, noting that these customers include the Orion and Gateway Programs, the Human Landing System, and the Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program. • Senegal’s teams work at several levels to implement agency, program, and center SMA requirements, in addition to assisting with monitoring Johnson’s Quality Management System to identify concerns for SMA leadership. • Some teams operate at the program level, helping to write program requirements, establishing assurance programs, and identifying and characterizing risk.

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  • NASA’s Johnson Space Center has appointed Regina Senegal as acting chief of its Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate’s Quality and Flight Equipment Division. Senegal, who has worked at Johnson for 28 years and became a civil servant in 2004, oversees safety and quality teams for 13 customers, including the Orion, Gateway, Human Landing System, and EVA programs. Her division manages program‑level requirements, developmental safety checks, EVA readiness, and procurement quality. A former General Motors manufacturing engineer, Senegal progressed from group lead to branch chief to deputy division chief before taking the top role. She emphasizes the division’s diversity and her focus on mission outcomes, safety posture, and budget stewardship.
  • Regina Senegal has been named acting chief of the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate’s Quality and Flight Equipment Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. In the role, she oversees safety and quality teams for 13 customers, including Orion, Gateway, the Human Landing System, and EVA programs, and manages calibration, procurement quality, and the Receiving, Inspection and Test Facility. Senegal, a former General Motors manufacturing engineer, joined NASA as a contractor through SAIC and became a civil servant in 2004. With 28 years at Johnson, she has progressed from group lead to deputy division chief, now leading the division’s diverse, multidisciplinary efforts to ensure mission safety and quality.

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