Holly Ridings
Keynote Speaker: First Female Chief Flight Director at NASA
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Holly Ridings is the first female chief of NASA’s flight directors and helps lead the agency’s Gateway Program, an international partnership to establish humanity’s first space station around the Moon. In her role, Ridings will serve as the deputy program manager, where she will lead teams to build and launch NASA’s foundational infrastructure in deep space.
Ridings became chief flight director in 2018, leading NASA human spaceflight operations through the first commercial crew missions, to the International Space Station, to preparation for the upcoming Artemis I mission. Over the course of her career in human spaceflight operations, Ridings has spent thousands of hours in the Mission Control Center supporting the assembly and operations of the space station. Ridings led several key operational milestones in human spaceflight, including the first commercial cargo spacecraft mission to the space station in 2012.
Ridings began her NASA career in 1997 at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, before becoming a flight controller at NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas, where she led various teams supporting the International Space Station. A native of Amarillo, Texas, Ridings earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, in 1996.
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Holly Ridings is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Space, Women and Empowerment. The estimated speaking fee range to book Holly Ridings for virtual events is Below $10,000. Please contact us for live event fees. Holly Ridings generally travels from Houston, TX, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Christina Koch, Alyssa Carson and Peggy Whitson. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Holly Ridings for an upcoming event.
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Texas native becomes first female to lead NASA's Mission Control ...
Holly Ridings, a Texas native, has worked at NASA for 20 years. ... "Holly has proven herself a leader among a group of highly talented flight directors," Brian ...
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NASA names Holly Ridings its first female chief flight director
(CNN) For the first time in history, a woman will serve as chief flight director of America's space agency. Holly Ridings will lead the group that directs human ...
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Holly Ridings On Breaking A Glass Ceiling At NASA : NPR
Holly Ridings, NASA's first-ever female chief flight director, weighs in on being a woman in the field with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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