Keynote Speaker

Jinni joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as the Assistant Director for Space Policy in February 2024. Her portfolio includes a range of civil and commercial space topics including space weather, Earth observations, planetary defense, planetary protection, LEO, orbital debris, microgravity, cislunar, SSA, astronautics, aeronautics, and in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. She is on detail from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) where she has served as the National Space Weather Program Manager since 2018 where she provides the coordination needed within NOAA and across the Federal government to ensure a Space-Weather-Ready Nation. She was responsible for issues related to global, national, regional, and local policy, products, and services that impact the way NWS communicates space weather information to core partners, the space weather enterprise, and the general public.

For her extensive leadership in interagency and international work she has received the Department of Commerce Gold Medal, National Weather Service Isaac Cline Award, NOAA’s Order of Sherman’s Lagoon Senior Executive Award, and received a challenge coin from the National Weather Service Director in recognition of excellence. She has authored or co-authored over 100 journal papers and presentations at scientific meetings, invited seminars, and colloquia and is a regular keynote speaker at conferences all over the world.

Prior to joining NOAA, Jinni served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Air Force Institute of Technology located at Wright Patterson, AFB in Dayton, received her Ph.D. in Physics from Utah State University, and a bachelor’s degree in Meteorology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.