John Yembrick is NASA’s social media manager and an agency spokesperson. He has over 15 years of experience in communications, focusing on social media development and execution, news media relations, marketing, event planning, crisis communications, video, web, public speaking and partnership building.

As social media manager, John uses emerging communications technologies to help advance NASA’s outreach activities and reach new audiences. He leads NASA’s social media activities, including the primary NASA Twitter, Facebook and Google+ accounts and NASA Socials across the agency. He led the agency’s first Tweetups at Headquarters in Washington, Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Johnson Space Center in Houston and Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. He also leads in management of NASA’s mobile applications for iPhone, iPad and Android.

Previously, John was the director of strategic communications for NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. At Ames, he was the official spokesperson for the center and supervised its communications team, which consisted of video, web, photo, social media, FOIA, internal communications, community and media relations.

Before coming to Ames, John worked communications for the space shuttle and the International Space Station at NASA Headquarters. Also, he led communications for the Office of International and Interagency Relations, which manages international activities and partnerships with other federal agencies.

Before joining NASA, John worked for the U.S. Justice Department, leading communications for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Texas. Prior to that, he was a marketing manager for the U.S. Treasury, building relationships and accounts to promote Treasury securities.