Featured Press, Speaking Engagements, and Publications
Graduation Commencement Speaker, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida, May 5, 2023. Remarks can be found here.
Featured Speaker, Fostering Collaboration which Seeds Innovation. The Leadership Institute’s Leading Innovation Summit. Sydney, Australia. March 28-31, 2023. (Conducted under Shift Forward LLC Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Closing Keynote, Driving Technology and Innovation at NASA: Lessons for Innovation in Large Organizations. Innovation Roundtable Summit Fall 2022. Copenhagen, Denmark. November 17, 2022.
Public Private Partnerships: Designing and Delivering PPPs in the Federal Government. with Jim Thompson (State), Deborah Scher (VA), and Todd Rubin (ACUS). Partnership for Public Service. July 30, 2020. (Video)
Featured Guest, 500 Startup’s Corporate Venturing Insider #2: Jenn Gustetic @ NASA, interview by Nicolas Sauvage. July 27, 2020. (Video)
Opening Keynote, Grand Challenges for Science Engagement, Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) Annual Conference. Toronto, Canada. September 21, 2019.
Eggers, W. Datar, A. Parent, D. Gustetic, J. How to redesign government work for the future: A step-by-step guide to optimizing human-machine collaboration in the public sector. Deloitte Insights. August 5, 2019. (Written under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Government Witness before the United States Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, Moon Landings to Mars Exploration: The Role of Small Business Innovation in America’s Space Program. Written Testimony Submitted for the Record. Recorded Hearing with Oral Testimony and Q&A. July 19, 2019.
Gustetic, J. (2019). Innovation for Every American. In M. Wisnioski, E. Hintz & M. Stettler Klein (Eds.), Does America Need More Innovators? (pp. 105-132). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Opening Keynote, Engaging People in Crafting the Future of Work, Future of Work 2018, University of Melbourne Center for Workplace Leadership. Melbourne, Australia. November 29, 2018. (Conducted under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Plenary Speaker, Engaging People in Crafting the Future of Work, EmTech NEXT by MIT Technology Review, June 5, 2018. (Presented under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Gustetic, J. Friendsen, V. Kessler, J. Jackson, S. Parr, J. "NASA's Asteroid Grand Challenge: Strategy, Results and Lessons Learned". Space Policy (2018). 10.1016/j.spacepol.2018.02.003
Plenary Panel Member, Harnessing Innovation: Can Publicly Funded Science and Technology Keep Pace with Entrepreneurship? New Space Conference 2017. June 28, 2017.
Plenary Panel Member, Mars Jobs: Small Business and the Supply Chain. Humans to Mars Summit 2017. May 9, 2017. (Video)
Gustetic, J. (2017). How to Finance Outcomes/Results Through Government Prize Competitions. In J. Valsiner & K. Connolly V. Bartlett, A. Bugg-Levine, D, Erickson, I. Galloway, J. Genser, and J. Talansky (Eds.), What Matters: Investing in Results to Build Strong, Vibrant Communities (pp. 234-240). San Francisco, CA: The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) and Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF).
The Oscars for Civil Servants: Meet this year's finalists. Washington Post. May 2, 2016.
Uncle Sam Wants YOU To Help Solve National Problems. Huffington Post. October 7, 2015.
White House Hosting Forum on Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing. Popular Science. September 30, 2015.
Gustetic, J. Crusan, J. Rader, S. Ortega, S. "Outcome-driven open innovation at NASA". Space Policy (2015). 10.1016/j.spacepol.2015.06.002
Weatherman-in-chief and first forecaster: The White House is now doubling as a weather station. Washington Post. March 25, 2015.
Meet the New White House Space Buff Who Won't Shy Away from a Challenge. NextGov. September 22, 2014.
How to Make NASA Cool Again. Popular Mechanics. August 2014.
The People of Earth Need You to Hunt for Asteroids. Mashable. June 28, 2014.
Nanosats are a Go! The Economist. Technology Quarterly. June 7, 2014.
Dual Session, "Are We Smarter than the Dinosaurs" with Jason Kessler. South by South West Interactive. March 2014.
"Be the Change". TEDxRosslyn TED Talk. June 2013.
Board of Trustee and Advisory Roles
Board of Trustees, Van Alen Institute, New York, NY. 2016-Present.
Treasurer, Executive Committee, 2022-present
Secretary, Executive Committee, 2019-2022.
Other Roles: Chair, Medium-Term Strategy Committee. 2018; Committee Member, Challenges Committee. 2017; Committee Member, Building, Real Estate and Impact Committee. September-December 2017.
Founding Co-Chair (current member), Federal Innovation Council, Partnership for Public Service. 2018-Present.
Secretary, Board of Advisors, National Science Policy Network. 2018-Present.
Volunteer Grand Challenge Co-Organizer, Brooke Owens Fellowship. 2017-Present.
Advisory Board Member, Talent Cloud Initiative, Government of Canada. 2018-2020.
Global Advisory Board Member, Center for Technology in Government (CTG), University at Albany, State University of New York. 2016-2020.
Publications
Gustetic, J et al. Policy Prototyping for the Future of Work. Harvard Ash Center. June 6, 2020. (Written under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties). LinkedIn forward to report.
Gustetic, J et al. Making NASA More Business Friendly: An SBIR/STTR Case Study. New Space Journal. August 7, 2019. http://doi.org/10.1089/space.2019.0005.
Eggers, W. Datar, A. Parent, D. Gustetic, J. How to redesign government work for the future: A step-by-step guide to optimizing human-machine collaboration in the public sector. Deloitte Insights. August 5, 2019. (Written under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Gustetic, J. Texiera, C. “Building a Policy Agenda for the Future of Work”. Harvard Kennedy School Review. June 29, 2019. (Written under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Gustetic, J. (2019). Innovation for Every American. In M. Wisnioski, E. Hintz & M. Stettler Klein (Eds.), Does America Need More Innovators? (pp. 105-132). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Eggers, W. Datar, A. Gustetic, J. Government Jobs of The Future. Deloitte Insights. October 4, 2018. (Written under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Gustetic, et al. Making NASA More Business Friendly: An SBIR/STTR Case Study. 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October 2018. (Publication pending. Will provide pre-publication copy upon request)
Gustetic, J. Friendsen, V. Kessler, J. Jackson, S. Parr, J. "NASA's Asteroid Grand Challenge: Strategy, Results and Lessons Learned". Space Policy (2018). 10.1016/j.spacepol.2018.02.003
Gustetic, J. (2017). How to Finance Outcomes/Results Through Government Prize Competitions. In J. Valsiner & K. Connolly V. Bartlett, A. Bugg-Levine, D, Erickson, I. Galloway, J. Genser, and J. Talansky (Eds.), What Matters: Investing in Results to Build Strong, Vibrant Communities (pp. 234-240). San Francisco, CA: The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) and Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF).
Gustetic, J. Crusan, J. Rader, S. Ortega, S. "Outcome-driven open innovation at NASA". Space Policy (2015). 10.1016/j.spacepol.2015.06.002
Gustetic, J. Kessler, J. “Grand Challenges as a Driver and Unifier of the Global Innovation System”. Paper presented at the 65th International Astronautical Congress, Toronto, Canada. September 2014. International Astronautical Federation.
Gustetic, J. Crusan, J. Rader, S. Ortega, S. “21st Century Ways of Doing Business: The Impact of Open Innovation and Prizes on Nasa”. Paper presented at the 65th International Astronautical Congress, Toronto, Canada. September 2014. International Astronautical Federation.
Reviewer and Contributor to "Craft of Incentive Prize Design". Deloitte University Press. June 2014.
“E-Gov versus Open Gov: The Evolution of E-democracy”. Working Paper for Phase One Consulting Group. December 11, 2009.
“A Framework for Understanding and Designing Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness and Response.” MIT Libraries. June 2007.
“Border Security and Power Performances”. University of Florida International Review. Spring 2005.
“Non-Contact Thickness Measurements of Luminescent Photoelastic Coatings”. University of Florida Journal of Undergraduate Research. Volume 6, Issue 2 - October 2004.
Awards
NASA Group Achievement Award for “outstanding teamwork in streamlining the SBIR/STTR phase I review and selection
process implementing a new portfolio management and decision support capability for STMD”, NASA. November 2020.
NASA Group Achievement Award for “outstanding teamwork and results in executing a high-impact small business Innovation and Opportunity Conference through an innovative public private partnership”, NASA. November 2019.
Government Leadership Awards Finalist, Women in Technology. May 2019.
NASA STMD Partnership Award for the "increased partnership from mid 2016- mid 2017 which significantly improved the program’s strategic alignment with NASA and STMD goals and expanded industry engagement efforts", NASA. February 2018.
NASA Exceptional Performance Award for "exceptional performance in transforming the NASA Small Business Innovation Research/ Small Business Technology Transfer Program", NASA. November 2017.
Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals "Sammies" Finalist, Partnership for Public Service. May 2016.
Outstanding Young Alumnus, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Florida. April 2016.
Outstanding Young Alumna, University of Florida Alumni Association. April 2016.
White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP) Excellence Award. October 2015.
Recipient of Several 5-Year Anniversary Challenge.gov Awards. October 2015.
Individual Award: Trailblazer
Team Award: Best Public Private Collaboration for NASA Asteroid Data Hunter
Team Award: Most Groundbreaking for NASA CubeQuest Challenge
25 Most Influential People Under 40 in Gov and Tech, Fedscoop. July 2013.
FutureNOW Honoree, ACT/IAC, May 2013.
Fierce15 Winner, November 2012.
FedScoop "Up and Comer", June 2012.
Government “Champion of Change, Powered by IT”, Federal Computer Week. July 2011.
Power 30 Under 30 Award, Washington DC, 2010.
Open Government Thought Leadership Award, Phase One Consulting Group.
“Unsung Hero” Distinction for the Transportation Sector Network Management Division, TSA.
Frontier Award for Ingenuity and Innovation, Department of Homeland Security Chief Financial Officer.
Department of Homeland Security Graduate Fellowship.
Gator Engineering Four Year Scholar (Valedictorian, College of Engineering).
Quality Assurance Award, Raytheon Missile Systems.
All Speaking Engagements
Graduation Commencement Speaker, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida, May 5, 2023. Remarks can be found here.
Featured Speaker, Fostering Collaboration which Seeds Innovation. The Leadership Institute’s Leading Innovation Summit. Sydney, Australia. March 28-31, 2023. (Conducted under Shift Forward LLC Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Closing Keynote, Driving Technology and Innovation at NASA: Lessons for Innovation in Large Organizations. Innovation Roundtable Summit Fall 2022. Copenhagen, Denmark. November 17, 2022.
Featured Speaker, Early Stage Innovations and Partnerships at NASA. NASA Industry Day. Scranton, PA. September 23, 2022. Video can be found here (starts at 10:20).
Featured Speaker, STMD Early Stage Innovations and Partnerships Update. Commercial Space Lecture Series. April 20, 2022. Slides can be found here.
Panelist, Government Trends 2022 hosted by Deloitte Dbriefs, sharing about NASA’s experience acting as an ecosystem catalyst. April 19, 2022.
Presenter, NASA HBCU/MSI Technology Infusion Roadtour, hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago. Shared opportunities for HBCU and MSI administrators and faculty to pursue capacity-building opportunities with NASA STMD. April 19, 2022.
Panelist, Innovation through Cross-Border Collaboration: Surfacing Insights and Experimenting Across Borders hosted by the OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) in collaboration with the UAE Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation (MBRCGI) . November 23, 2021.
Co-keynote Panelist, Innovation Ecosystem Building Fireside Chat. SBA Innovation Ecosystem Summit with Jen Shieh (SBA) and Jason Rathje (AFWERX). November 16, 2021.
Panelist, Embracing ambiguity and building organizational agency through alternative futures. Society for Applied Anthropology 45th Annual Conference. March 26, 2021.
Public Private Partnerships: Designing and Delivering PPPs in the Federal Government with Jim Thompson (State), Deborah Scher (VA), and Todd Rubin (ACUS). Partnership for Public Service. July 30, 2020. (Video)
Panelist with Congressman Cartwright and NASA Administrator Bridenstine, Opportunities for Pennsylvania Small Businesses to Support NASA Programs. July 30, 2020.
Featured Guest, 500 Startup’s Corporate Venturing Insider #2: Jenn Gustetic @ NASA, interview by Nicolas Sauvage. July 27, 2020. (Video)
Panelist with Senator Shaheen and NASA Administrator Bridenstine, Opportunities for New Hampshire Small Businesses to Support NASA Programs. June 18, 2020.
Opening Keynote, Grand Challenges for Science Engagement, Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) Annual Conference. Toronto, Canada. September 21, 2019.
Government Witness before the United States Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, Moon Landings to Mars Exploration: The Role of Small Business Innovation in America’s Space Program. Written Testimony Submitted for the Record. Recorded Hearing with Oral Testimony and Q&A. July 19, 2019.
Opening Keynote, Speak for Health Advocacy Bootcamp. American Public Health Association. July 15, 2019.
Opening Keynote, Engaging People in Crafting the Future of Work, Future of Work 2018, University of Melbourne Center for Workplace Leadership. Melbourne, Australia. November 29, 2018. (Conducted under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Keynote, Future of Work. Government Learning Leaders Summit, Washington DC, October 18, 2018. (Presented under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Special Session Panel Member, Space Needs Everyone’s Ideas! Prizes and Challenges in the Space, 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany. October 5, 2018.
Technical Session Presenter, Making NASA More Business Friendly: An SBIR/STTR Case Study. 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany. October 3, 2018.
Plenary Panel Member, “I’m traveling to space… what outfit should I wear? How NASA is using innovative technology to assist the fashion industry and how fashion is influencing NASA”, FASHinnovatION 2018, New York, NY, September 12, 2018.
Plenary Speaker (with Bill Eggers), Emerging Tech and the Future of Work, Professional Services Council (PSC) TechTrends 2018, September 11, 2018. (Presented under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Workshop Presenter, Designing and Achieving Grand Challenges, NESTA Innovation Growth Lab 2018, June 14, 2018.
Plenary Speaker, Engaging People in Crafting the Future of Work, EmTech NEXT by MIT Technology Review, June 5, 2018. (Presented under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Plenary Panel Member, Resiliency's Impact on Disruptive Technologies, En Route to the Moon: Creating a More Resilient Civil Space Architecture, CSIS, January 18, 2018.
Plenary Panel Member, How to Propel your Aerospace Career to New Horizons, AIAA SciTech 2018. January 10, 2018.
Forum 360 Panel Member, How Crowdsourcing Can Help Solve Technology Gaps, AIAA SciTech 2018. January 9, 2018.
Plenary Panel Member, NASA and the Commercial Space Economy, SEDS Space Vision 2017. November 17, 2017.
Graduation Keynote, Leadership Excellence in Acquisition Program, Partnership for Public Service. November 9, 2017.
Plenary Panel Member, Harnessing Innovation: Can Publicly Funded Science and Technology Keep Pace with Entrepreneurship? New Space Conference 2017. June 28, 2017.
Panel Member, Show Me the Money—The SBIR/STTR Contracting Agencies. National SBIR/STTR Conference. May 16, 2017.
Plenary Panel Member, Mars Jobs: Small Business and the Supply Chain. Humans to Mars Summit 2017. May 9, 2017. (Video)
Workshop Panel Member, Beyond the Usual Suspects: Using Competition Models to Foster Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Global Partnerships Week 2017, Partnerships Practitioners Forum. March 6, 2017.
Panel Member, Adding the Citizen Voice: Participatory Socio-Scientific Policymaking. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017 Annual Meeting. February 20, 2017. (Summary blog post of remarks)
Roundtable Member, Impact and Lessons from the National Academies Assessments of the SBIR/STTR Programs. National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Committee on Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation. December 21, 2016. (Assessment Details)
Guest Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Crowdsourcing, Prizes, Moonshots, and More: Bringing New Ideas and Tech into Government. Cambridge, MA. November 4, 2016. (Summary Blog Post)
Panel Member, Submitting to a Contracting Agency – From Finding the Right Topic to Winning a Phase II. New England Regional SBIR/STTR Summit @ MIT. Cambridge, MA. October 6, 2016.
Plenary Speaker, Engaging in YOUR Nation's Space Program. DENT: Space, San Francisco, CA, September 22, 2016,
Plenary Speaker, Harnessing the Ingenuity of the Public for Science and Technology Innovation. 2016 Washington Forum, American Meteorological Society, Washington D.C., April 13, 2013. (Presentation)
MC, All Hands on Deck: Solving Complex Challenges through Prizes. Georgetown University, Washington D.C. October 7, 2015. (Archived Video) (Blog Post)
MC, White House Open Science and Innovation: Of the People, By the People, For the People. White House, Washington D.C. September 30, 2015. (Archived Video) (Blog Post)
Plenary Speaker, "The Impact of Impact Challenges". Colorado Innovation Network Summit. Denver, CO. August 26, 2015.
Keynote Speaker, Energy Thought Summit @ Chicago. Chicago, IL. July 23, 2015.
Keynote Speaker, DOE's Sun Shot Catalyst Demo Day. San Francisco, CA. May 13, 2015.
Panelist, "Prize Competition Authority under Stevenson-Wydler Act & America COMPETES Act". Federal Labs Consortium 2015 National Meeting. Denver, CO. April 30, 2015.
Plenary Panelist, "The World Beyond, Competitions for Everything?". The Design Competition Conference. Presented by the Van Alen Institute and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Boston, MA. April 24, 2015.
Panelist, "NASA Prizes: Dream it, Make it, Win it". South by Southwest Interactive 2015. Austin, TX. March 15, 2015.
Opening Plenary Panel Member, "New Approaches and Innovations in Partnerships". Global Partnerships Week. Washington DC. March 9, 2015.
Speaker, "Thinking Big: Competitions at the Scale of the City". Celebrating 120 Years of Design at the Van Alen Institute. NYC. February 19, 2015.
"How to Drive Innovation Inside a Large Bureaucracy. 18F, challenges, competitions, and new approaches in government." Collaborate DC. Washington DC. January 24, 2015.
Plenary Panel Member, NESTA's Grand Challenges of our Era Summit. London, England. December 4, 2014. Storify of Event.
Plenary Panel Moderator, Tracking a Changing Climate: Citizen Science Contributions to the National Climate Assessment. November 18, 2014.
Opening Keynote, Graduate Women @ MIT Leadership Conference. Boston, MA. October 27, 2014.
Roundtable Discussion Leader on Open Innovation, Mayor's Innovation Studio, CityLab 2014. September 28, 2014.
Panel Member, "Innovation Town Hall", NextGov PRIME 2014. September 2014.
Panel Member, "Space Prizes", New Space 2014. July 24, 2014.
Panel Member, "Case Studies in Science Policy". 2014 National Youth Science Camp. July 16, 2014.
Panel Member, “Open Innovation: SunShot Catalyst & Next Generation Government Prizes”, Sunshot Grand Challenge Summit. May 2014.
NASA Early Career Scientist/Engineer Presentation, “21st Century Problem Solving Approaches at NASA: Challenges, Prizes, Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science”, NASA Advisory Council. April 2014.
Guest Lecture, "A Global League of Asteroid Hunters". Griffith University. Gold Coast, Australia. April 2014.
Guest Speaker, "Hunting for Asteroids". Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium. Brisbane, Australia. April 2014.
Featured Speaker, "21st Century Ways of Doing Business at NASA". Crowdsourcing Week 2014. Singapore. April 2014. Video of Talk.
Dual Session, "Are We Smarter than the Dinosaurs" with Jason Kessler. South by South West Interactive. March 2014.
Panel Member, "New business models for public value" with Evan Burfield (Co-founder, 1776), Jacob Gray (Senior Director, Wharton Social Impact Initiative, of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania), Michael Smith (Director of the Social Innovation Fund, Corporation for Community and National Service). New Partnerships for Public Good. Facebook images. Storify summary of event. December 2013.
Opening Panel Member with Bryan Sivak (HHS), J.R. Reagan (Deloitte), and Richard Boly (State Department). Innovation in the Workplace Workshop. Best Places to Work in the Federal Government. June 2013. (Video Password: "innovation")
"Be the Change". TEDxRosslyn TED Talk. June 2013.
"Crowdsourcing at NASA". Crowdsourcing Week, Singapore. May 2013.
"Director's Choice: Designing Prize Competitions". WebWise 2013. March 2013.
"Women in Tech, and Culture Change". Start Up Forum. American University. You Tube Video. December 2012.
"Building a Prizes and Challenges Strategy" Tutorial. ICEGov 2012. October 2012.
Opening Remarks with San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee. Challenge America Summit, San Francisco. October 2012.
Panel Member of "Discussion on Social Media". ACT/IAC Management of Change Conference. June 2012.
Federal News Radio Segment. Management of Change Conference. June 2012.
Government as a Catalyst: Prizes for Tech Innovation. South by Southwest Interactive. March 2012.
Panel Expert for Technology for Accountability (T4A) Pre-Clinic: ICT for Better Governance Clinic, World Bank, November 17, 2011.
Guest Lecturer, XPrize Lab Graduate Course, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October 12, 2011.
Panel Member of Open Government: Inspire, Educate, and Innovate, NASA IT Summit, August 17, 2011.
Panel Member of Public Sector is Multi-Sector: Tips on Navigating and Managing Across Sectors, Govloop Next Generation of Government Summit, July 28, 2011.
Panel Member of Understanding Live Internet Broadcasting and Social Media Integration for Government Professionals, Online Video Service Webcast Series, June 28, 2011.
Panel Member of Apps for Healthy Kids, FTW!. South by South West Interactive. March 11, 2011.
Panel Member of Shouting from the Rooftops. Federal News Radio 1500 AM. January 28, 2011.
Panel member of Open Government: Harnessing Creative Energy. ACT/IAC Executive Leadership Conference. October 25, 2010.
Panel member of Open Government Implementation Best Practices. White House Open Government Working Group. September 2010.
Open Government and Innovation: Driving Innovation through Collaboration. Open Government Community Summit. October 13, 2010.
Collaboration at the DOT. Open Government Employee Awareness Day at Social Security. July 14, 2010.
Panel member of Creating Social Media Policies That Really Enable Open Government and Innovation. Open Government and Innovations Conference. May 4, 2010.
“Review of Open Gov Plans - Version 1.0”. Open Government Radio. April 13, 2010.
“Creating a unified open government policy and governance framework” Building Better Government Websites to Meet Agency and Open Government Objectives Symposium: From Strategy to Fulfillment-Training Symposium. Potomac Forum Ltd. March 30, 2010.
Panel member of “Collaboration, Innovation and Social Media in Gov't”. Gov 2.0 Radio. February 19, 2010.
“Open Government Strategy Development and Implementation Framework”. Open Government Directive Workshop. November 16, 2009.
All Press and Media
Researchers, Small Businesses to Advance New Tech with NASA Awards. NASA.gov. September 9, 2022.
NASA Awards Accelerate Small Business Tech for Earth and Space. NASA.gov. August 18, 2022.
NASA’s Capstone mission will test-drive Gateway’s lunar orbit. Fast Company. June 3, 2022.
NASA Invests in Tech Development from Small Businesses, Researchers. NASA.gov. February 16, 2022.
30 Federal IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2021. FedTech Magazine. July 29, 2021.
NASA and Harvard Agree: Think Different. Innovation & Tech Today. March 11, 2019.
NASA Seeks Small Business Innovation Research for Future Missions, Commercialization. NASA.gov. February 5, 2019.
The Promise of Incentive Prizes. Stanford Social Innovation Review. November 14, 2018.
Report: Tech will Enable, not Threaten, Future Government Jobs. Government Technology. November 7, 2018. (Describes work conducted under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
How to Get Staff On Side with Automation and AI. Smart Company. October 23, 2018. (Describes work conducted under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
Future of Government Work. MIT Tech Review Instagram. October 11, 2018. (Describes work conducted under Harvard DigitalHKS Affiliation, which is an outside activity from NASA duties)
NASA Executive Jenn Gustetic is Out of This World. GenHERation. November 8, 2016.
The Space Industry Needs to Blast Open its Doors. Popular Science. October 12, 2016.
Makerspace Organizers Convene at The White House. MAKE Magazine. August 31, 2016.
Crowdsourcing, challenges and prizes across government. LIVE TV. Gov Matters. ABC News, Channel 7. August 11, 2106.
Meet the Govie Using YOU to Innovate. Govloop Dorebek Insider. August 9, 2016.
NASA employees among finalists for prestigious Heyman Medal. Phys.org. May 3, 2016.
The Oscars for Civil Servants: Meet this year's finalists. Washington Post. May 2, 2016.
White House Assistant Director for Open Innovation Honored as UF Outstanding Young Alumna, UF Engineering News. April 11, 2016.
Uncle Sam Wants YOU To Help Solve National Problems. Huffington Post. October 7, 2015.
White House Hosting Forum on Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing. Popular Science. September 30, 2015.
White House Explores How Citizen Science Can help Society. Huffington Post. September 30, 2015.
How OSTP Crowdsourced a Crowdsourcing Toolkit. DigitalGov. September 30, 2015.
Meet Three of DC's Tech Superwomen. Elevation Media. April 28, 2015.
Weatherman-in-chief and first forecaster: The White House is now doubling as a weather station. Washington Post. March 25, 2015.
2015, Year of Stretch Targets. NESTA blog. December 17, 2014.
Challenges and prizes: Procurement vehicle of the future? FCW. December 9, 2014.
Meet the New White House Space Buff Who Won't Shy Away from a Challenge. NextGov. September 22, 2014.
More openings at OMB than just VanRoekel. Federal News Radio. September 19, 2014.
How to Make NASA Cool Again. Popular Mechanics. August 2014.
The Power of Prizes. Chemical and Engineering News. July 21, 2014.
The People of Earth Need You to Hunt for Asteroids. Mashable. June 28, 2014.
Nanosats are a Go! The Economist. Technology Quarterly. June 7, 2014.
Life inside NASA HQ. ABC News Radio Gold Coast. April 2014.
NASA launches bid to source Gold Coast knowledge. ABC News Radio Brisbane. April 2014.
NASA's Asteroid Grand Challenge. RN Breakfast, ABC Radio Australia. April 2014.
Proposed SEC Crowdfunding Rules Would Let Space Startups Give Backers Much More than Gewgaws. Space News. March 19, 2014.
NASA Asteroid Data Hunter Contest Hopes Humans Will Outsmart Dinosaurs. The Guardian. March 2014.
NASA Offers $35,000 to "Citizen Scientist" Asteroid Hunters. Digital Trends. March 2014.
NASA Asteroid Contest Open to Citizen Scientists. Red Orbit. March 2014.
NASA Finds Big Payoffs in Crowdsourcing. Venture Beat, Business. Guest Post. March 10, 2014.
NASA Wants You to Help Save the World. Austin Chronicle. February 2014.
Interview with GovInnovator. February 2014.
Next Generation Engagement for NASA's Asteroid Initiative. NASA TV. November 2013.
Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing for NASA's Asteroid Grand Challenge (Part 1, Part 2). USTREAM. November 2013.
Partnerships and Participatory Engagement for NASA's Asteroid Initiative. NASA TV. November 2013.
Unleash You Inner Inventor on NASA Patents. Federal Computer Week. October 25, 2013.
DIY in the Space Industry. Destination DIY Radio. June 2013.
Host for NASA Asteroid Initiative Industry and Partner Day. NASA Headquarters, Washington DC. June 18, 2013.
"What is the Future of Man in the Universe?". Crosstalks TV. May 2013.
NASA Touts Success of Centennial Challenges. Aviation Week and Space Technology. Special Innovation Edition. March 2, 2013.
NASA Using Online Competitions To Address Difficult Problems. Aviation Week and Space Technology. Special Innovation Edition. March 2, 2013.
Up to the Challenge. Government Executive Magazine. December 2012.
Innovation Seeker Spotlight. Innocentive Blog. December 2012.
New Business Approaches To Space Exploration. NASA Video Gallery, Mars Forum. July 2012.
Prizes And Challenges. NASA Video Gallery, Mars Forum. July 2012.
NASA Prizes and Challenges. NextGov Video Segment. June 2012.
Collaborative Innovation: Dr. Alok Das and Jean Lupinacci Interviewed by Jenn Gustetic. Collaborative Innovation Summit hosted by OSTP, the Joyce Foundation and the Case Foundation. June 2012.
Collaborative Innovation: Stewart Ellis (winner of Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge) with Jenn Gustetic. Collaborative Innovation Summit hosted by OSTP, the Joyce Foundation and the Case Foundation. June 2012.
Other Advisory and Judging Roles
Advisor, Buildings of Excellence Competition, NYSERDA. December 2018 - 2020.
Advisor and Judge, $1B Wage Gain Challenge. 2018-2019.
Judge, Startup Weekend DC, TechStars Global Startup Weekend. November 10-12, 2017.
Judge, Growth Accelerator Fund Competition, Small Business Administration Challenge. August 2017. (Press Release)
Independent Prize Design Reviewer. US DOE's Wave Energy Prize. 2014-2016.
Advisor, USAID Desal Prize. 2013-2015.
Advisory Board Member, NextGov Prime. 2014.
Advisor, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Deep Time Initiative. 2014.
Judge, Open Government Awards. Open Government Partnership. 2014.
Advisory Group, DTRA Diagnostics Challenge Prize Design, 2013.
Mentor, USAID's Powering Agriculture Grand Challenge. 2013.
Member, iARPA Challenge Formulation Steering Committee. 2013.
Judge. MIT IDEAS Competition. 2010.