Tryshanda Moton, Goddard Engineers, Scientists, and Technicians Association (GESTA/IFPTE Local 29)

Tryshanda Moton is the Executive Vice-President of Goddard Engineers, Scientists, and Technicians Association (GESTA/IFPTE Local 29). An aerospace engineer in the Mission Systems Engineering Branch, Tryshanda has worked at Goddard for more than 12 years as a civil servant. In this capacity, she currently provides project support to Space Weather Follow-On Mission (SWFO-L1) by tracking and verifying requirements, managing risks, and documenting engineering processes and improvements, all for the SWFO flight project, the ground systems and the program. She is also responsible for developing documents for engineering management plans, project reviews, project schedules, and mission assessments. 

Tryshanda has been involved with GESTA since 2012 after attending several monthly meetings and witnessing the advocacy and drive of the GESTA officers in support of members. In 2016, she accepted a nomination as Area VP and served in that role for 4 years. Tryshanda is excited to support other members of the Executive Council, and she is proud to represent the interests of Goddard’s highly skilled employees by actively engaging with Goddard management, with the focus of building employees’ collective bargaining strength and management relations. As a passionate leader of GESTA, she engages the US Congressional leadership, federal pay increases, and gender pay equity in the federal government. During the federal government shutdown of 2018-19, Tryshanda was actively involved in protesting the federal government shutdown and brought many issues of the effects of the shutdown to US national and international news media.