


Partnering efforts are underway to encourage businesses to start in or relocate to the Brevard County, Fla., area. We hosted multiple job showcases for individual employers and two live job fairs with 180 representatives from 47 employers and 3,100 space center employees participating. We hosted a virtual job fair in May with 48 employers offering more than 600 positions. Under the NASA Authorization Act of 2008, we are working on several initiatives. What is NASA doing to help regular and contract workers find new jobs after the shuttle program ends? HR Magazine about the space center’s workforce transition and her HR career. She became an expert on a demonstration project for an alternate personnel system to improve recruitment, retention and compensation of the center’s high-tech workers. One of her proudest achievements was designing, developing and managing a comprehensive human resource information system, the first of its kind in the Army. Army for 17 years, beginning as an HR generalist and progressing to director of human resources for the Army’s Communications- Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center at Fort Monmouth, N.J. 1995-2004, adjunct faculty member, Department of the Army Center for Civilian Human Resources Management, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md.ĭiversions: Rollerblading, exercising, yoga.īefore joining NASA in 2006, Anania worked for the U.S. Department of the Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Command, Fort Monmouth, N.J. 1989-2002, supervisory management planning specialist, lead personnel management specialist, and personnel management intern, U.S.

Department of the Army Communications- Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Command, Fort Monmouth, N.J. Kennedy Space Center, Fla.Ĭareer: 2002-2006, director of human resources, U.S. Anania serves as the space center’s representative on the federal inter-agency task force.Įducation: 1989, Bachelor of Science degree, industrial and organizational sociology and personnel management, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.Ĭurrent job: 2006-present, director of human resources, John F. To ease workers’ transitions, President Barack Obama has proposed a $100 million multi-agency initiative to transform Florida’s Space Coast economy and prepare workers for new opportunities. In her current role, Anania is responsible for developing, leading and managing human resources policy and services-such as workforce planning, training and career development-for the center’s 15,200 workers, including 2,200 civil servants and 13,000 contract workers. It requires tapping her considerable skills. Kennedy Space Center, Tracy Anania may be facing the toughest challenge of her career: winding down a major human space program and helping 7,800 displaced aerospace workers find jobs in a difficult economy. As director of human resources for NASA’s John F.
