Alexandra Marie Nasta

Communications, Event Management, and Grant Writing Specialist

❑ With a strong background in strategic communication, I offer expertise in crafting compelling communication products and grant proposals, conducting thorough grant reviews, and building meaningful relationships with key stakeholders.

❑ As an experienced consultant specializing in event coordination and preparation, I help organizations plan, organize, and execute events that create lasting impact. With a focus on seamless logistics, flawless execution, and strategic relationship building, I provide end-to-end support for events of all sizes, from initial concept to post-event follow-up.

❑ Serves as the communications advisor to the Inspector General and senior leadership, as the spokesperson for the NSA OIG to all internal and external audiences, and routinely develops executive-level key messages, talking points, briefings, and congressional communication. 

❑ Responsible for developing and executing an organizational communication strategy and associated campaigns to build and foster relationships with internal and external stakeholders. 

❑ Directly responsible for creating Presidential Transition products, ensuring a smooth transition and a clear understanding of the organization for the incoming administration. 

❑ Develops and delivers informative content to a wide range of stakeholders including the NSA and NSA OIG workforces, Congress, oversight committees, and the public through marketing materials, social media content, press releases, articles, web content updates, employee communication, and multi-media service.

❑ Developed, refined, edited, and approved key messages and narratives for the Human Development Component including communication plans, newsletters, graphics, strategic workforce documents, executive briefings, talking points, and more. 

❑ Advised senior management on communication-related matters 

❑ Served as the primary point of contact for the organization’s Director and Deputy Director's communication requests including event coordination, workforce communication, and intranet articles.

❑ Established the Aeronautical Navigation Office’s first Customer Outreach program, enabling the organization to better understand Department of Defense (DoD) customer needs and serve them through education, engagements, and communication. 

❑ Developed and executed an office-level strategy focused on customer outreach, education, public relations plans, marketing efforts, and multi-office division integration.

❑ Directly oversaw customer outreach initiatives including marketing, Aeronautical Help Desk communication, trade show preparation and execution, and employee training for events and Help Desk support. 

❑ Developed and implemented a customer engagement and satisfaction survey, providing monthly metrics and status updates to senior leadership, driving key decision-making.

❑ Participated in working groups and technical exchange meetings with DoD and external stakeholders to build relationships, improve customer knowledge of NGA’s aeronautical data and products, and address any concerns.

❑ Supported current and ongoing crises through standardized communication for the Aeronautical Office, contingency plan development, after-hours support, and non-standard data and product dissemination. 

❑ Directly engaged with DoD customers, foreign partners, and industry partners at various engagements, including trade shows and symposiums, on-site visits, and NGA’s Aeronautical Dissemination User Summit.

❑ Provided technical training to DoD aviators and customers on NGA’s Electronic Flight Bag application utilization and mission planning websites, enabling the Warfighter’s mission. 

❑ Participated in working groups and technical exchange meetings with DoD and external stakeholders to improve and modernize aeronautical data dissemination methods.

❑ Collaborated with the Mission Manager, Contract Office Representative, and external contractors and vendors to execute new and existing multi-million-dollar DoD contracts.

❑ Analyzed and exploited worldwide aeronautical sources and imagery to support the safety of navigation and national intelligence goals and requirements.  

❑ Collaborated with partners and co-producers across the DoD and the Intelligence Community (IC) to ensure that databases and products contain current navigation and intelligence information. 

❑ Applied international certification standards to ensure the quality, accuracy, and currency of data and products.

❑ Codeveloped an NGA College course, “Fundamentals of AIP Management,” to provide consistent on-the-job training to Aeronautical Analysts, significantly reducing training time. 

❑ Assisted in the development of a new recruiting database system 

❑ Marketed and managed the Flight Time Initiative program that provided flight time to pilots; reduced new-hire onboarding time into the organization.  

❑ Managed the Pilot Talent Acquisition Team; conducted professionalism and event etiquette training, ensuring there were qualified pilots at interviews and recruiting events to speak with new hires and assist the recruiters. 

❑ Conducted phone screening interviews with pilot applicants prior to coordinating in-person interviews.