Overview

Gender

female

Ms. Gustetic is an experienced innovation leader in the Federal government and a policy entrepreneur, having served as the Program Executive for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR/STTR) at NASA Headquarters (2016-2020), the Assistant Director for Open Innovation at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (2014-2016), the Program Executive for prizes and challenges at NASA (2012-2014), co-chair of the Partnership for Public Service's Innovation Council (2018-today), co-chair of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Interagency Maker working group (2016-2018), future of work research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School (2017-2019), co-founder of Design Thinking DC (2011-2014), board of trustees member of the Van Alen Institute (2016-today), and board of advisors member of the National Science Policy Network (2018-today). She has also previously worked at the Transportation Security Administration on their transportation grants programs as well as in the private sector as a management consultant for Phase One Consulting Group.

Ms. Gustetic holds a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Florida and a master’s degree in technology policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has also received an executive education certificate from Stanford University in Venture Capital investing. She has published numerous writings on innovation including in the MIT Press, Space Policy Journal, New Space Journal, and Issues in Science and Technology.