Background
Ms. Natasha Sadoff is the Satellite Needs Program Manager, where she manages a portfolio of activities that engages users, identifies diverse satellite needs, and/or facilitates the development of new NASA solutions that benefit society. In this capacity, she leads NASA’s participation in the Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG), serves as Earth Action Lead for LANCE, and oversees other efforts to identify and summarize needs across US states, territories, Tribes, and other sectors.
Ms. Sadoff is a geographer and social scientist who works at the nexus of environmental management, governance, and Earth science with a user-centric perspective. She has over fifteen years of experience defining actionable environmental data for diverse users and connecting those users to resources to improve their decision-making activities. Toward that end, she uses co-production principles and design thinking methodologies to implement stakeholder needs assessments, user engagement activities, training and outreach, and capacity building/development, particularly in the usage of Earth observations for societal benefit. She is also a strong communicator, regularly contributing to scientific presentations or panel discussions at domestic and international conferences, facilitating workshops, or engaging with the public via demonstrations, site tours, or media events.
From 2021 until January 2024, she served as the NASA PACE Project Applications Deputy Coordinator based at Goddard Space Flight Center. Prior to that, she spent 13 years in the private sector where she developed and led a portfolio of projects for Federal government partners such as US EPA, NASA, and USAID building capacity domestically and internationally for environmental management. She holds a master’s degree in Geography from The Ohio State University, a BS in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, and a certificate in Foundations of Design Thinking from IDEO U. In her spare time, she rides and trains her horse Elena, collects vintage globes, and travels as often as possible.