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…
Prior to WPO, from 2019-21, Dr. Koch was the Director of the National Weather Service (NWS) Modeling Division within the Office of Science and Technology Integration. She had oversight of projects to develop NOAA’s operational forecast systems, including hurricanes, air-quality, short-range severe weather, and medium to extended range global forecasts. Prior to joining NOAA, from…