Chairman of the Board Admiral Hal Gehman, USN Board Members Rear Admiral Stephen Turcotte, Commander, Naval Safety Center Maj. General John Barry, Director, Plans and Programs, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Maj. General Kenneth W. Hess, Commander, Air Force Safety Center Dr. James N. Hallock, Chief, Aviation Safety Division, Department of Transportation, Volpe Center Mr. Steven B. Wallace, Director of Accident Investigation, Federal Aviation Administration Brig. General Duane Deal, Commander, 21st Space Wing, USAF Mr. Scott Hubbard, Director, NASA Ames Research Center Mr. Roger E. Tetrault, Retired Chairman, McDermott International, Inc. Dr. Sheila Widnall, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems, MIT Dr. Douglas D. Osheroff, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University Dr. Sally Ride, Professor of Space Science, University of California at San Diego Dr. John Logsdon, Director of the Space Policy Institute, George Washington University Board Support Standing Support Personnel Reporting to the Board Ex-Officio Member: Lt. Col. Michael J. Bloomfield, NASA Chief Astronaut Instructor Executive Secretary: Mr. Theron Bradley, Jr., NASA Chief Engineer The Columbia Accident Investigation Board is drawing together some of the nation's most experienced investigators and safety experts from the aviation, naval nuclear propulsion, medical, scientific and academic communities to determine the cause of the February 1, 2003 space shuttle accident. The following is a list of some of the Independent Analysis and Support Team members, investigators and other support staff who are currently assisting the CAIB: Col. Jack Anthony Dr. James P. Bagian Lt. Col. Richard J. Burgess Thomas L. Carter Dr. Dwayne A. Day Major Tracy Dillinger Thomas L. Foster CDR Mike Francis Howard E. Goldstein Lt. Col Patrick A. Goodman Ronald K. Gress Thomas Haueter Dr. Daniel Heimerdinger Dennis R. Jenkins Christopher Kirchhoff Dr. Gregory T. A. Kovacs John F. Lehman Jim Mosquera Gary Olson Gregory Phillips David B. Pye Lester A. Reingold Donald J. Rigali Dr. James. W. Smiley G. Mark Tanner Lt. Col. Wade J. Thompson Bob Vallaster Lt. Col. Donald J. White Dr. Paul D. Wilde LCDR Johnny R. Wolfe Jr.