Acting Director

Ray Tanabe Ray Tanabe Acting Director, Weather Program Office Ray Tanabe is currently serving as the Acting Director of the NOAA Weather Program Office (WPO).  He is honored to build upon the accomplishments of Dr. Dorothy Koch, and lead this talented and diverse team that is responsible for funding and fostering the advances in weather…

John Ten Hoeve, WPO

Deputy Director

While at the NWS, John was a key member of several efforts to evolve the NWS, including the reorganization of NWS Headquarters and the NWS Operations and Workforce Analysis, which developed recommendations for the future organizational structure and operating model of the NWS.  John was also a lead author of a new NWS Governance in…