Peter Sooy
Public Engagement Lead @ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Public Outreach, Communications, & Marketing
- Role
- Public Engagement Lead at Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
- Location
- Lawrence, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Peter Sooy
Experienced Communications and Public Engagement Specialist with a demonstrated history…
Experience
Public Engagement Lead
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
Dec 2012 — Present · Greenbelt, MD, US
Lead and manage public engagement and outreach events for NASA’s James Webb and Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescopes, infrared observatories that complement and extend the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope. • Manage staffers, organize logistics, and execute events for Webb and Roman at locations around the country, with audiences ranging from people. Managed 17 separate events, with a combined budget of over in 2024. • Created the Webb Community Events initiative, sharing content, training, and materials to enable locations to host their own Webb events. In 20••••22, 614 locations hosted Webb events drawing a total attendance of over 63,500 people. • Generate creative and unique content to best connect and promote Webb and Roman publicly through engaging articles, informational products (posters, banners, brochures), social media posts, and collaborations. • Write, edit, and publish feature stories highlighting Webb and Roman engineering, science, and events all while integrating into a larger strategic communications plan, incorporating Associated Press style, and working under deadlines. • Support the completion of Webb and Roman media requests by interfacing with subject matter experts to fulfill requests from national and international media outlets (CBS, CNN, Newsweek, BBC, etc.). Worked over 150 total interview requests. • Winner of a 2025 Webby Award for the Social, Education & Science Campaign - “NASA’s Webb Telescope: Unfolding a Universe of Wonders” campaign. • Winner of a 2023 NASA Agency Honor Award, Exceptional Achievement Medal recipient.
Education
University of Maryland
BA, Journalism
2005 — 2009
Submarine Officer in U.S. Navy Goose Creek, SC
Trained, math, physics, heat transfer, electrical engineering, and nuclear theory
2009 — 2010
Skills
- Engineering Management
- Project Planning
- Program Management
- Troubleshooting
- Management
- Nuclear
- Security Clearance
- Military
- Engineering
- Government
- Team Leadership
- Microsoft Excel
- Analysis
- Microsoft Office
- Powerpoint
- Leadership
- Project Management
- Supervisory Skills
- Operations Management
- Change Management
- Quality Assurance
- Contract Management
- Team Building
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