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SPC Staff Profiles - monthly features of SPC staff members
[Director's Office|Operations Branch|Science Support Branch]
Director's Office

Director:
Russell Schneider, Ph.D.

Deputy Director:
Bill Bunting

National Service Integration & Improvement Lead:
Barry (Randy) Bowers

Administrative Officer:
Jodi Avery

AttainX Contract Administrative Assistant II:
Melissa Sayers

Operations Division

Division Chief:
Rich Thompson

Warning Coordination Meteorologist:
Evan Bentley

Lead Forecasters:
Aaron Gleason
Jared Guyer
John Hart
Matt Mosier
Bryan Smith

Mesoscale/Outlook Forecasters:
Chris Broyles
Andy Dean
Ryan Jewell
Brynn Kerr
Elizabeth Leitman
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Mesoscale Assistant/Fire Weather Forecasters:
Zach Chalmers
Andrew Lyons
Andrew Moore
Brian Squitieri, Ph.D.
Emily Thornton
Harry Weinman
Nathan Wendt

National Fire Forecast Unit
Lexy Elizalde-Garcia — Lead Forecaster
Robyn Heffernan — Fire Weather Senior Advisor
Heath Hockenberry — National Program Lead
Julie Malingowski — National Fire Program Training Specialist
Scott Stearns — SPC Fire Program Lead
Derek Williams — Lead Forecaster

Mission & Science Integration Division

Division Chief:
Patrick Marsh, Ph.D

Science and Operations Officers:
Israel Jirak, Ph.D. (severe)
Nick Nauslar, Ph.D. (fire)

Senior Development Meteorologists:
Gregory Grosshans
Chris Karstens, Ph.D.

Techniques Development Meteorologists:
Ryan Barnes
Matthew Elliott
Kelton Halbert
Tim Supinie, Ph.D.
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Information System Security Officer (ISSO)
John McKeever

IT Systems Manager
Joseph Byerly

Information Technology Officer:
David Cleaver

Information Technology Specialist:
vacant

AttainX Contract IT Support Staff:
vacant

CIWRO Research Scientists & AssociatesClick for Current CIWRO Announcements
Michael Baldwin, Ph.D.
Sean Ernst, Ph.D.
David Harrison, Ph.D.
Kim Hoogewind, Ph.D.
David Jahn, Ph.D.
Cameron Nixon, Ph.D.
Joey Picca
Kevin Thiel, Ph.D.
Jacob Vancil
Andrew Wade, Ph.D.
Adam Werkema

CIWRO Graduate Students
Ben Fellman
Grant Talkington

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