The U.S. Embassy Tokyo
NASA Attaché
Garvey McIntosh is currently the NASA Attaché based at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. In this capacity he is responsible for the coordination of NASA programs and activities in Japan and other countries within the Asia Pacific Region. Since joining NASA in the Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR) in 2003, Garvey has amassed a broad range of leadership and management experiences. While in OIIR, he has negotiated and completed agreements with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA’s other international partners on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, the Artemis program, high-energy physics, astronomy, aeronautics research, and education. During this tenure as the NASA Attaché at Embassy Tokyo, Garvey was the lead for President Biden’s visit to Tokyo in May 2022, he organized the announcement of Japan’s extension of the ISS and signing of the Implementing Arrangement on the Lunar Gateway in an event in November 2022, he supported the signing of the U.S. – Japan Framework agreement by Secretary of State Blinken and MOFA Minister Hayashi in January 2023, and he arranged the signing of the exchange of notes for the Martian Moons eXploration agreement in April 2023, between U.S. Ambassador to Japan Emanuel and Minister Hayashi. Garvey was awarded the prestigious Boren fellowship to spend a year conducting research in Vietnam from 2000 to 2001, and prior to that he spent 4 years in Nagasaki, Japan, where he taught English conversation and composition. He received his graduate degree in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, and his undergraduate degree in Communications Studies from Northeastern University in Boston. Garvey’s wife is Melanie McIntosh, and they have two children Anya (13) and Graeson (10). He speaks Japanese, Vietnamese, and Dutch.
NASA Attaché
The U.S. Embassy Tokyo
Garvey McIntosh is currently the NASA Attaché based at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. In this capacity he is responsible for the coordination of NASA programs and activities in Japan and other countries within the Asia Pacific Region. Since joining NASA in the Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR) in 2003, Garvey has amassed a broad range of leadership and management experiences. While in OIIR, he has negotiated and completed agreements with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA’s other international partners on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, the Artemis program, high-energy physics, astronomy, aeronautics research, and education. During this tenure as the NASA Attaché at Embassy Tokyo, Garvey was the lead for President Biden’s visit to Tokyo in May 2022, he organized the announcement of Japan’s extension of the ISS and signing of the Implementing Arrangement on the Lunar Gateway in an event in November 2022, he supported the signing of the U.S. – Japan Framework agreement by Secretary of State Blinken and MOFA Minister Hayashi in January 2023, and he arranged the signing of the exchange of notes for the Martian Moons eXploration agreement in April 2023, between U.S. Ambassador to Japan Emanuel and Minister Hayashi. Garvey was awarded the prestigious Boren fellowship to spend a year conducting research in Vietnam from 2000 to 2001, and prior to that he spent 4 years in Nagasaki, Japan, where he taught English conversation and composition. He received his graduate degree in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, and his undergraduate degree in Communications Studies from Northeastern University in Boston. Garvey’s wife is Melanie McIntosh, and they have two children Anya (13) and Graeson (10). He speaks Japanese, Vietnamese, and Dutch.
