Staff

Douglas Erickson is the Chief of the Collections Processing Unit (CPU).

Melissa Fregeau is one of the coordinators behind the museum's highly acclaimed Explainers Program.

Kate Brugioni Gabrielli joined the Transformation team in 2022, following an Engen fellowship at the National Air and Space Museum, where her treatment-based research explored the reduction of iron staining from paint films.

Elizabeth F. Garcia serves as Assistant Director for Collections of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Her primary responsibilities are to protect, preserve, and provide accountability for the national collection of aircraft, spacecraft, and related artifacts and works of art.

Meghann Girard works as a welder fabricator in the Preservation and Restoration Unit of the Collections Department.

Chris Givan works as the Discovery Station Manager and an Audio-Visual Specialist for the Education Department’s AV team.

Julie Goodwill is a Museum Technician within the National Air and Space Museum's Collection Processing Unit, working on the Garber Move Project’s Small Artifact Team.

Dr. John A. Grant, III joined the Smithsonian in the fall of 2000 as a geologist at the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the National Air and Space Museum.

Paul Griffith is the Education Department’s Audio-Visual Specialist. He serves as the resident expert on AV technologies and wares, and supports a wide range of programming offered by the museum, including STEM in 30, What’s New In Aerospace, and Flights of Fancy Storytime. 

Dr. Michael Hankins is the Curator of U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps post-World War II Aviation.