Biography

Steve Shinn serves as the NASA Deputy Chief Financial Officer, ensuring the financial health of the agency and oversees all financial management, budget, strategic planning, and performance activities relating to NASA’s programs and operations. In his capacity, he directs all financial operations across the agency and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of more than 1,400 personnel within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) as the agency liaison responsible for civil servants and contractors to support NASA’s $25.4B annual portfolio.

He has served NASA since 2011 in various roles including NASA deputy CFO, Goddard Space Flight Center CFO, and GSFC Deputy Director of Flight Projects. Prior to Federal government service, Shinn worked in industry, both in for-profit and non-profit organizations leading major initiatives for civilian and Department of Defense programs. His industry experience includes various management positions in mission budget formulation, life-cycle pricing, cost management, parametric modeling, accounting, project planning and control, financial management, operations management, earned value management, scheduling, and capital budgeting. His last industry position was group supervisor for the Space Operations Management Group at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

He has earned numerous awards and honors, including the Presidential Meritorious Rank Award (2021), NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal (2021, 2019, 2015), Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement for Leadership Award (2015) for leading business change and organizational management, NASA’s Cost Estimating Leadership Award, three team awards for Quality and Process Improvements, and NASA’s Equal Employment Opportunity Medal (2016).