Office of the Director

Eleanor Cross

Director of Communications & External Affairs

FAL-STAFF-204-ELEANORCROSSReviewed 2026-06-20Director of Communications, appointed 2022

Authorized public contact for press, public statements, and external correspondence routing.

Eleanor Cross manages the Laboratories' public program, press, and correspondence, and coordinates the volunteer community behind the Distributed Analysis Initiative.

Selected accomplishments

Led the public release of the Persistent Signal Catalog
Oversees the Field Array contributor program

Current work

Coordinates press, public correspondence, and institutional fact sheets
Maintains the public language standard for unresolved detections
Routes contributor and observation inquiries to the correct program office

Selected work

Institute record
FAL Communications Standard 23-02
Public Language for Unresolved Records
Cite in reading-room request
Institute record
FAL Public Brief 25-06
The Persistent Signal Catalog
Cite in reading-room request
Staff citation
Cross
E., Stewardship of a Public Scientific Record
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Institute service

External Affairs representative to the Director
Public records correspondence officer

Disclosure control

What this public profile can and cannot answer.

Release limits

No private personnel, candidate, or contributor records are released through public profiles.
Restricted station details and unpublished review materials remain outside the public directory.
Profile text is maintained for routing and accountability, not as a complete employment record.

Committee record

External Affairs representative to the Director
Public records correspondence officer

Office record

Switchboard extension 204
External Affairs, main building
Program: Office of the Director