President Barack Obama nominated GW alumna Lori Garver for deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Sunday.

Garver earned a master’s degree in science, technology and public policy from GW in 1989, according to a press release issued by the White House. She is the president of Capital Space LLC, and served as the lead civil space policy adviser for the Obama campaign. She has worked at NASA before, as the associate administrator of the Office of Policy and Plans, from 1998 to 2001.

Her nomination was announced in conjunction with the nomination of Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA. Bolden served more than 34 years in the Marine Corps and is the CEO of Jack and Panther LLC, a private-sector military and aerospace consulting firm.