Marcia Rei Nii
Mars is the assistant to the Hawai‘i Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL) Director, Dr. Luke Flynn, who helps to administer financial, personnel and procurement activities for HSFL. Her original work is through the Hawai‘i Space Grant Consortium (HSGC) but has been involved with HSFL since its inception in 2007, due to the organization’s association as one of the workforce development programs for HSGC. One of Mars’ main priorities for HSFL, other than coordinating programs for HSGC which is funded by NASA: Office of Education, are to provide her expertise as a manager and administrative officer by maintaining and upkeep of personnel files, processing payroll and employment compensations and other various administrative duties for HSFL.