Lorna Kenna is the Vice President and General Manager of Jacobs Space Operations Group at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, FL. Jacobs provides overall management and implementation of ground systems capabilities, flight hardware processing and launch operations at KSC as part of the Test Operations Support Contract. NASA program support includes Exploration Ground Systems, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Launch System, International Space Station and Launch Services Program. Jacobs also supports NASA requirements, including agency programs, commercial entities and other government agencies in services for launch vehicles, spacecraft and payload integration and processing; operations and development of associated processes and ground systems to support integration, processing and launch; servicing and testing of flight hardware; and launch of development and operational flights at KSC.

Prior to this, Lorna served as Deputy General Manager for Jacobs Space Operations Group at KSC. Lorna has also supported Jacobs Engineering Sciences Contract at NASA Johnson Space Center as the Director of Asset Management and prior to that as the Manager of the Performance Management Office. In these roles, she delivered cost-effective O&M of critical space flight test facilities and manufacturing activities for human spaceflight. She was Jacobs’ IT Director at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station supporting our Launch Operations & Support Contract.

Lorna earned her MA in Computer Resources and Information Management from Webster University (2002) and her BS in Computer Studies from the University of Maryland (1995). She is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional and a member of many professional societies, including AIAA, the National Management Association, Women in Aerospace (WIA) and Women In Technology International (WITI).