Dr.
Richard
Beck is
presently
the Department
of the
Interior’s
Director
for Planning
and Performance
Management.
Prior
to his
recent
position,
Dr. Beck
worked
for over
20 years
at NASA,
primarily
in the
areas
of budget
formulation,
program
management,
performance
assessment,
and organizational
design
both at
the program
and agency-wide
levels.
He originally
joined
the federal
government
through
the Presidential
Management
Intern
Program
in 1981.
He began
his career
in budgeting
and program
analysis
in the
previous
Office
of Space
Science
and Applications,
and subsequently
expanded
his experience
into program
management,
process
and organizational
design
through
other
positions
including
the Environmental
Satellites
Program
Manager,
Director
of the
Office
of Earth
Science
Business
Division,
and being
responsible
for budget
formulation
activities
across
NASA as
the Director
of the
Resources
Management
Division
in NASA’s
Office
of the
Chief
Financial
Officer.
Dr.
Beck has
a Bachelor
of Science
degree
in Biology
and a
Masters
in Public
Administration,
with a
specialization
in Policy
Analysis,
both awarded
by the
State
University
of New
York at
Albany.
For his
doctorate
research
in innovative
management
processes
for research
and development
organizations,
he was
awarded
the National
Space
Club/NASA
James
E. Webb
Memorial
Fellowship
and a
Ph.D.
from George
Mason
University.
Dr. Beck
is also
a recipient
of the
National
Performance
Review’s “Hammer” Award
for Reinventing
Government,
which
he received
with his
interagency
colleagues
for consolidating
the military
and civilian
polar-orbiting
meteorological
satellite
programs,
and was
recognized
for playing
a key
role in
NASA’s
achievement
of a “green” score
in Integrating
Budget
and Performance
under
the President’s
Management
Agenda.
