Bale Dalton

Bale Dalton is the deputy chief of staff at NASA, where he works with Administrator Bill Nelson with shaping the strategic direction and overseeing operations of one of America’s most innovative agencies.

A native of Orlando, Florida, Bale Dalton was previously Director of Navy Programs at Air Center Helicopters, Inc., an expeditionary aviation services provider headquartered in Burleson, Texas.

Dalton also served as military legislative assistant to Nelson in the Senate and was temporarily appointed a foreign service officer at the Department of State working in the Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships. Dalton is a commissioned naval officer and designated Naval Aviator, with multiple deployments in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. Now a reservist, he previously commanded the special operations support squadron HSC-85 and continues service as Training Wing Five Reserve Component Commander.

Dalton graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a bachelor’s degree in ocean engineering, the Harvard Kennedy School with a master’s of public policy in international and global affairs, and is a master’s of business administration candidate at the Wharton School.