Posted on 11/30/2017 11:16:03 PM PST by Impy
WASHINGTON — The White House announced Nov. 29 it plans to nominate the treasurer of the state of Arizona to be NASA’s next chief financial officer.
In a statement issued late Nov. 29, the Trump administration said it plans to nominate Jeffrey DeWit to the post, one of four at NASA that requires Senate confirmation. Such announcements normally precede a formal nomination by a few days.
DeWit has a strong background in finance, but none in space. He founded the trading company ECHOtrade in 1999 and served as its chief executive until being elected as treasurer of Arizona in 2014. Before founding ECHOtrade he worked as Smith Barney and the Chicago Board of Trade.
During the 2016 presidential election DeWit worked on the campaign of Donald Trump, including serving as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. DeWit, who previously announced he would not run for reelection as Arizona Treasurer in 2018, had been rumored to be considering a run for the Senate seat held by Jeff Flake, a Republican who announced earlier this fall he would not run for reelection.
The position of chief financial officer at NASA has been vacant since the start of the Trump administration in January, when David Radzanowski stepped down. Andrew Hunter, the deputy chief financial officer, has been serving as acting CFO since then.
The nomination means that the administration has nominated or retained people holding three of the four agency positions requiring Senate confirmation, with deputy administrator the exception. Paul Martin, NASA’s inspector general since 2009, remained on the job after the change in administrations.
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Weird job to take, not NASA Administrator mind you but NASA CFO. He must want out of his current job badly.
Ping, cross DeWit off the Senate list.
Jim Bridenstine was nominated to be Nasa Administrator, the article says little Marco is holding up the nomination.
I wonder if this is somehow McCain or Flake’s idea. Not knowing anything about this man, but McCain did just support the tax cut bill. Wonder it was good ol’ horse trading.
DeWit is a big Trump supporter.
Clearing the field for Kelli Ward.
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