Abigail Arnold Abigail Arnold Open Science and Transition Specialist Abigail Arnold is a FedWriters, Inc. contractor supporting the Weather Program Office in the Observations and Transition Support Division as an Open Science and Transition Specialist. Prior to joining WPO in October 2024, Abigail was a contractor supporting OAR’s Office of Research, Transition, and Application (ORTA).…
ISHA RENTA Portfolio Analysis and Research Transitions (PART) Program Manager Isha Renta is WPO’s Portfolio Analysis and Research Transitions Program Manager. Prior to joining WPO, Isha was a Management and Program Analyst at the OAR Office of Science Support. While there, she served as the advisor to the NOAA Chief Scientist during a temporary assignment. Prior to this Isha was a Meteorologist for the National Weather Service…
Valbona Kunkel VALBONA KUNKEL JTTI Program Coordinator Dr. Kunkel is a contractor working as the JTTI Program Coordinator at the Weather Program Office (WPO) and previously supported the Research-to-Applications (R2X) Program as a Research to Operations Program Coordinator. Prior to WPO, Dr. Kunkel supported the transition of the models from a research system to a…