1 00:00:00,700 --> 00:00:16,015 [ MUSIC ] 2 00:00:16,015 --> 00:00:17,417 >> I'M JODY SINGER, 3 00:00:17,417 --> 00:00:18,651 THE CENTER DIRECTOR OF 4 00:00:18,651 --> 00:00:20,754 MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 5 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:22,255 IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. 6 00:00:22,255 --> 00:00:23,423 AS THE CENTER DIRECTOR, 7 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:25,492 I'M THE 14TH CENTER DIRECTOR 8 00:00:25,492 --> 00:00:27,327 OF MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, 9 00:00:27,327 --> 00:00:29,562 BUT I'M THE FIRST FEMALE, 10 00:00:29,562 --> 00:00:31,431 AND VERY PROUD OF IT. 11 00:00:31,431 --> 00:00:32,432 TO ME, MY ROLE AS 12 00:00:32,432 --> 00:00:33,767 THE CENTER DIRECTOR OF 13 00:00:33,767 --> 00:00:35,602 MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 14 00:00:35,602 --> 00:00:37,470 IS TAKING CARE OF THE WORKFORCE, 15 00:00:37,470 --> 00:00:38,505 ENABLING THE WORKFORCE 16 00:00:38,505 --> 00:00:40,073 TO DO THEIR JOB. 17 00:00:42,142 --> 00:00:43,576 I'M VERY PROUD TO BE THE FIRST 18 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:45,512 WOMAN CENTER DIRECTOR AT 19 00:00:45,512 --> 00:00:47,447 MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. 20 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:48,114 YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE 21 00:00:48,114 --> 00:00:49,416 THINGS THAT I LOOK BACK 22 00:00:49,416 --> 00:00:51,584 OVER MY CAREER, 23 00:00:51,584 --> 00:00:53,887 AND I REALLY DIDN'T 24 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:56,022 ALWAYS KNOW THAT I COULD BE 25 00:00:56,022 --> 00:00:57,023 AND WOULD BE SELECTED TO BE 26 00:00:57,023 --> 00:00:58,258 THE CENTER DIRECTOR. 27 00:00:58,258 --> 00:00:59,559 NOT ALL THE TIME 28 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:00,760 DID I LOOK AROUND A ROOM 29 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:01,861 AND SEE PEOPLE THAT 30 00:01:01,861 --> 00:01:03,229 LOOKED LIKE ME 31 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:06,032 OR HAD MY BACKGROUND. 32 00:01:06,032 --> 00:01:07,734 SO IT'S REALLY FUN, 33 00:01:07,734 --> 00:01:09,469 IT'S REALLY ENJOYABLE, 34 00:01:09,469 --> 00:01:09,903 IT'S A REALLY 35 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:11,571 CHALLENGING CAREER, 36 00:01:11,571 --> 00:01:12,172 BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE 37 00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:14,174 CAREER CHOICES THAT, UH, 38 00:01:14,174 --> 00:01:15,708 I NEVER LOOK BACK ON. 39 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:18,077 WELL, MY FIRST JOB 40 00:01:18,077 --> 00:01:20,847 PROBABLY LITERALLY EVER WAS, 41 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:21,714 UH, PROBABLY EARNING 42 00:01:21,714 --> 00:01:24,150 MY ALLOWANCE WITH MY PARENTS, 43 00:01:24,150 --> 00:01:25,552 AND THEY ALWAYS TAUGHT ME, 44 00:01:25,552 --> 00:01:27,687 UH, THE-THE VALUE OF WORK, 45 00:01:27,687 --> 00:01:29,322 AND DOING A JOB WELL DONE. 46 00:01:29,322 --> 00:01:30,256 WHEN I REALLY LOOK AT 47 00:01:30,256 --> 00:01:32,058 THE FIRST JOB THAT I EVER DID 48 00:01:32,058 --> 00:01:32,959 WHERE IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE 49 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:34,327 THAT WAS HIRING ME 50 00:01:34,327 --> 00:01:35,929 TO DO THE JOB, UM, 51 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:38,898 I WAS A SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR, 52 00:01:38,898 --> 00:01:39,999 UM, AT THE [ INDISTINCT ] 53 00:01:39,999 --> 00:01:41,034 SWIMMING POOL, 54 00:01:41,034 --> 00:01:42,402 AND THEN, LATER, UH, 55 00:01:42,402 --> 00:01:44,237 GOT THE TRAINING TO BE, UH, 56 00:01:44,237 --> 00:01:46,105 A WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR. 57 00:01:49,275 --> 00:01:50,944 MY FIRST ROLE AT NASA, 58 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:52,445 UH, WHEN I JOINED, UH, 59 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:54,781 IN AROUND THE 1985 TIMEFRAME, 60 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:56,616 WAS I JOINED AS A PROFESSIONAL 61 00:01:56,616 --> 00:01:58,918 INTERN PROGRAM, OR A PIP, 62 00:01:58,918 --> 00:02:00,620 AND MY FIRST JOB THAT I HIRED 63 00:02:00,620 --> 00:02:03,156 INTO WAS, UM, IT HAD, UH, 64 00:02:03,156 --> 00:02:05,225 A BALANCE OF LOOKING AT COST, 65 00:02:05,225 --> 00:02:06,493 LOOKING AT SCHEDULE, 66 00:02:06,493 --> 00:02:08,261 AND LOOKING AT FUTURE MISSIONS. 67 00:02:08,261 --> 00:02:09,128 AND IT'S REALLY FUN 68 00:02:09,128 --> 00:02:10,897 NOW THAT I'M CENTER DIRECTOR, 69 00:02:10,897 --> 00:02:11,531 AND I'M SEEING THINGS 70 00:02:11,531 --> 00:02:13,333 THAT-THAT CAME TO PASS. 71 00:02:13,333 --> 00:02:14,300 UM, THE CHANDRA IS 72 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:15,468 ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES 73 00:02:15,468 --> 00:02:17,170 OF WHERE I WAS A YOUNG INTERN 74 00:02:17,170 --> 00:02:18,838 HELPING WORK ON THE PROJECT, 75 00:02:18,838 --> 00:02:20,473 AND THEN NOW, IT'S ONE OF 76 00:02:20,473 --> 00:02:21,574 THE THINGS THAT HAS 77 00:02:21,574 --> 00:02:22,542 [ INDISTINCT ] SUCCESSFULLY 78 00:02:22,542 --> 00:02:24,444 FOR 20 YEARS. 79 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:27,780 WELL, I WOULD SAY, 80 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:29,315 FIRST OFF, UM, 81 00:02:29,315 --> 00:02:31,851 IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE JOB 82 00:02:31,851 --> 00:02:34,521 FOR THE POWER 83 00:02:34,521 --> 00:02:37,824 OR FOR THE PENNIES 84 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:39,926 OR FOR THE PRESTIGE, 85 00:02:39,926 --> 00:02:40,326 YOU'RE DOING IT 86 00:02:40,326 --> 00:02:42,428 FOR THE WRONG REASONS. 87 00:02:42,428 --> 00:02:44,230 TO REALLY DO THE JOB, 88 00:02:44,230 --> 00:02:45,532 AND TO BE IN A JOB THAT I'M IN 89 00:02:45,532 --> 00:02:47,901 TODAY AS CENTER DIRECTOR, 90 00:02:47,901 --> 00:02:49,769 YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE PASSION, 91 00:02:49,769 --> 00:02:50,270 YOU HAVE TO CARE 92 00:02:50,270 --> 00:02:51,671 ABOUT THE PEOPLE, 93 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:52,605 YOU REALLY HAVE TO BELIEVE IN 94 00:02:52,605 --> 00:02:53,873 WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 95 00:02:53,873 --> 00:02:56,075 AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO 96 00:02:56,075 --> 00:02:57,911 FIND MENTORS, 97 00:02:57,911 --> 00:02:59,546 AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE 98 00:02:59,546 --> 00:03:00,613 THAT HAVE YOUR BEST INTEREST 99 00:03:00,613 --> 00:03:01,814 AT HEART WHEN THEY'RE 100 00:03:01,814 --> 00:03:03,950 GIVING YOU THE TOUGH ADVICE 101 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:04,784 IS, YOU KNOW, 102 00:03:04,784 --> 00:03:06,319 YOU'VE GOTTA BE COMPETENT, 103 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:07,620 YOU'VE GOTTA PERSEVERE, 104 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:09,622 YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE PASSION. 105 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:11,758 YOU KNOW, BEING A GOOD LEADER, 106 00:03:11,758 --> 00:03:13,126 HAVING THE SKILLS 107 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:14,394 AND HAVING THE PASSION, 108 00:03:14,394 --> 00:03:15,328 AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT 109 00:03:15,328 --> 00:03:16,996 WHEN YOU SEE A TEAM SUCCEED 110 00:03:16,996 --> 00:03:17,764 AND YOU DO THINGS THAT ARE 111 00:03:17,764 --> 00:03:20,133 LITERALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD. 112 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:22,835 I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PART 113 00:03:22,835 --> 00:03:25,471 OF WOMEN IN HISTORY, 114 00:03:25,471 --> 00:03:28,308 WOMEN WHO SHOW YOUNG WOMEN 115 00:03:28,308 --> 00:03:30,443 THAT WE CAN DO IT, 116 00:03:30,443 --> 00:03:30,977 AND THAT WE CAN MAKE 117 00:03:30,977 --> 00:03:32,979 A DIFFERENCE, AND THAT, 118 00:03:32,979 --> 00:03:33,713 YES, THERE'S GONNA BE 119 00:03:33,713 --> 00:03:36,082 CHALLENGES THAT FACE US, 120 00:03:36,082 --> 00:03:36,983 BUT DON'T BE SCARED 121 00:03:36,983 --> 00:03:39,452 TO TAKE THOSE CHANCES. 122 00:03:39,452 --> 00:03:40,086 DON'T BE AFRAID 123 00:03:40,086 --> 00:03:41,788 TO TAKE THOSE CHANCES. 124 00:03:41,788 --> 00:03:42,422 YOU HAVE TO BE-- 125 00:03:42,422 --> 00:03:43,957 START FIRST SOMEWHERE. 126 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:44,891 SO I THINK IT'S REALLY 127 00:03:44,891 --> 00:03:46,793 IMPORTANT FOR US AS 128 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:48,127 THE LEADERS AT MARSHALL SPACE 129 00:03:48,127 --> 00:03:50,296 FLIGHT CENTER AND AT NASA 130 00:03:50,296 --> 00:03:51,397 TO SHOW OTHERS THAT THEY CAN 131 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:53,333 FOLLOW IN OUR FOOTSTEPS. 132 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:53,866 THEY JUST HAVE TO FIND 133 00:03:53,866 --> 00:03:56,869 THEIR OWN RECIPES AND DO IT. 134 00:03:56,869 --> 00:03:57,904 DON'T BE AFRAID.