Wayne mackenzie Division Chief – Observations and Research SupportDivision Chief – Science, Technology, and Society Before joining the Weather Program Office, Wayne spent his career in both the private and public sector where he focused on transitioning research and development activities to application. He comes to WPO from the NOAA Technology Partnerships Office where he…
Renee Richardson Renee Richardson Observations Program Manager Renee Richardson supports the Weather Program Office (WPO) as the Deputy Program Manager for the Observations Program. Before joining WPO as a full time employee, Renee was a 2021 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, where she served as the Weather Observations Fellow for WPO. During this year-long…
Sandy LaCorte Sandra LaCorte Observations Program Coordinator Sandra (“Sandy”) LaCorte is a contractor supporting the Weather Program Office (WPO) as an Observations Program Coordinator. Prior to WPO, Sandy worked as a National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist for just shy of 12 years at Weather Forecast Offices located in Huntsville, AL, Wilmington, NC and Greenville-Spartanburg, SC.…
Segayle Thompson, PhD Segayle Thompson Phased Array Radar (PAR) Program Manager Segayle Thompson is the Acting Division Chief for the Observations and Research Support Division in the Weather Program Office (WPO). She has been serving as the project manager for the Phased Array Radar Acquisition project under the Observations Program in WPO. She manages the…