A 2001 Addition to Curation

Nancy G. Robertson conducts a wide variety of administrative and business functions in support of advanced curation development.  Nancy is a native Texan who joined JSC as a cooperative education student in 1974.  Her work with NASA has been in the professional administrative, financial, and management support areas at the Johnson Space Center and NASA Headquarters. 

From 1988-1990, she served as the Assistant Executive Officer in the Office of the Administrator at NASA Headquarters.   Returning to JSC in 1990, she was named Assistant for Education in the Office of Director managing the Center’s growing involvement in local, state and national education programs.  In 1994, Nancy organized and led the newly established Education Branch integrating kindergarten through post-graduate education programs formerly positioned in three separate JSC organizations. Until 2001 when she joined ARES, Nancy was the Chief of Education and Community Support in the Office of Public Affairs.

Nancy received a BBA (Accounting) cum laude with honors from Sam Houston State University and an MBA with honors from University of Houston Clear Lake. She was elected to Alpha Lambda Delta, Alpha Chi, Gamma Beta Sigma and Sigma Iota Epsilon scholastic honor societies and to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.

Nancy is active in community affairs, formerly serving as the Chairperson of the Bay Area United Way Advisory Committee and the Board of Directors of Bridgeport Communities in Schools. She served as Treasurer of the Manned Space Flight Education Foundation during the development of Space Center Houston and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the NASA College Scholarship Fund, Inc.  Nancy is a recipient of the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and two JSC Equal Opportunity Awards.

Nancy has been to all seven continents and loves to travel for fun.  Her hobbies include hunting for antiques, reading, needlework, going to Texas Aggie football games and chasing after grandchildren. She is married to Bruce Upshaw, a chemical company senior executive.

A big ARES welcome to Nancy and our hats off to her for doing a fantastic job!