Each year, the TRA Board nominates its officers and Directors-at-Large for the coming year. These names are then submitted to the members to ratify or to nominate other candidates. Officers serve for a one-year term, while the directors-at-large are elected for a term of two years. The longer term for the latter group helps bring continuity to the management and operation of TRA.
Please take the time to vote. Your votes show that you support the nominating committee and those other hardworking individuals that help keep TRA going.
Go to tra-spacepark.org (if you’re not already registered for an online account, take a few minutes to register) and click on the “2023 TRA Ballot” button on the homepage to vote.
Or, you can vote by completing and mailing the form in the Sep/Oct 2022 NNG. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked by October 15, 222, in order to be counted.
We want to thank Jim Nelson, Carol Schamp, Stephanie Sundius, and Jack Trost, who will all continue as TRA Directors-at-Large in 2023.
Below are the board nominees for 2026:
President: Dena Bouskos
Dena retired from Aerospace Systems Sector in 2011 after almost 38 years of service. During her career in Human Resources, she held a number of senior HR positions in various organizations across the Sector. She became familiar with TRA when it reported to her for 5 years while she was the Director of Compensation, Benefits and HRIS. Dena served as TRA president for the 2015/2016 term and as past president for the 2017/2018 term. In addition, she has been handling office administration/ management for TRA since 2015. When not working on TRA, Dena spends her time catching up with friends and family, traveling and trying to keep up with the ‘never ending’ projects around the house.
Vice President: Jack Trost
Jack retired from TRW in 1995 after serving 34 years with the company. In addition to his systems engineering contributions to the ballistic missile and spacecraft programs, Jack developed the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Building 67. Here he directed experiments in many of the company’s first high energy chemical lasers. He received a B.S. in General Engineering from UCLA and an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from USC. He was president of the TRW/SEA square dance club, Pioneer 8’s. Jack is a docent at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum as well as the Western Museum of Flight. He serves on the board of the Peninsula Symphony Association. Jack is a past president of TRA.
Secretary: Janice Macrae
Janis just retired in April 2022 after 21 years of service. She served in a variety of HR leadership positions. Janis began her career as an HR Director of a large functional organization (S&TD), then moved to Sector Staff to cover the staff organizations (e.g., Business Management, Mission Assurance, etc.) as well as covering the HR Compensation, HRIS & Strategic Planning function. Janis supported the Programs area and spent most of her time on the restricted programs and offsites. During the pandemic she spent time enjoying virtual tequila and wine tasting, traveling, music & the performing arts, family and friends and reading great espionage fiction like “The Swamp”.
Treasurer: Joyce Komatsu
Joyce retired from Aerospace Systems in 2016 after almost 38 years of service. During her career in the business family, she worked a variety of assignments including project cost control and discretionary resources budgeting. She received a B.A. in Classical Languages and an M.B.A. from Cal State University Long Beach. She thoroughly enjoys retirement. She has lots of hobbies including cooking, baking, reading, sewing women’s apparel, and volunteers in several organizations to feed vulnerable people. She is currently a TRA director-at-large and TRA membership coordinator.
Directors-At-Large
Charles Clendening
Charles retired from NG in 2012 after 35+ years at TRW/NG. He joined the TRW ATD Engineering Sciences Laboratory after a short Air Force tour. Charles received a B.S. degree from Case Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Physics at Cornell University. He supported a number of diverse programs primarily in laser-related areas. His final assignment was as a Technical Fellow and the Chief Scientist on the ABL Program.
Marcy Morrison
Marcy retired in 1998 (kind of), but worked as editor/coordinator on proposals for 10 more years. She is Chairman of the activities committee for TRA, helping to make the Holiday party, Spring Fling, and Summer Reunion enjoyable gatherings for our retirees. She also helped form the fund raising arm of 1736 House. She was 1 of 5 winners for Woman of the Year award. She is active in garden club, square dancing, traveling, hiking, and plays. Marcy was previously TRA director-at-large
Carol Schamp
Carol has been a TRA member since retiring 18 years ago, after 28 years at Aerojet ElectroSystems (DSP sensors), Northrop Electronics (CCD arrays) and TRW (FleetSatCom, TDRSS, M4/R5). She held various technical and management positions in hardware development and systems engineering & test, including those of Director and Program Manager. Carol has a B.S. in mathematics/physics and a MSEE in solid state electronics and communications; she was a member of IEEE, Tau Beta Pi (President), IAE (Fellow) and SWE (President and still active). Carol serves on the board of the Peninsula Symphony Association.
Debra Simmons
Debra retired from Northrop Grumman in 2020 after more than 40 years of service. She received her B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from San Diego State University and her M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California. During her career she supported flight software development, spacecraft attitude control systems design, orbital operations, integration and test, and systems engineering, but more than half of her career was spent on JWST. Since retiring as the JWST Chief Systems Engineer, she has been speaking to various community and academic groups on the engineering feats achieved in the development of the observatory. In addition to her speaking engagements, she has enjoyed spending quality time with family and friends, writing a book, and riding her Peloton