Melissa Mokry, phd Severe Weather Social Scientist Dr. Melissa Mokry is a contractor supporting the WPO Social Science and the VORTEX-USA Programs. Melissa brings an interdisciplinary perspective to severe and hazardous weather. She has experience related to wildfire incidents as Public Information Officer (PIO), emergency preparedness and environmental compliance related to the drinking water industry, editorial experience within water…
Ben Woods provides 360-degree leadership for the Supplemental Program that leads to the improvements in hurricane intensity and track forecasts, storm surge and flooding potentials, wildfire forecast products, and other weather forecasting and data assimilation research projects.
Spencer Nixon Spencer Nixon Program Support and Coordinator Spencer Nixon is the Program Support and Coordinator for the Management and Administration Division at the Weather Program Office (WPO). She graduated from Cornell University in 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality and Hotel management. Spencer is a Principal Management Consultant at M2, providing portfolio management,…
Kyle Metta Kyle metta, PHD SBES Data Policy and Partnership Analyst Kyle Metta is a social scientist serving as the SBES Data Policy and Partnership Analyst in the Societal Data Insights Initiative (SDII) at the NOAA Weather Program Office. In this capacity, he focuses on the management of SBES data, fostering partnerships, and developing open…
Katrina Utz Katrina utz Special Assistant to Director and Deputy Director Katrina Utz is the Special Assistant to the Director and Deputy Director to provide support on projects and to the Management and Administration Division in the Weather Program Office (WPO). Prior to joining WPO, Katrina worked in county government as the Executive Assistant to…
Jordan Dale JOrdan dale Testbeds Program Manager Jordan is the Testbeds Program Manager for the Weather Program Office (WPO). Previously, Jordan was a contractor supporting WPO’s Observations and JTTI Programs. Prior to joining WPO, Jordan worked as a meteorologist at the National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Office just outside of Detroit, MI for two years…
Felicia Guarriello Felicia guarriello Testbeds Program Coordinator Felicia Guarriello is a contractor supporting the WPO Testbeds Program as the Testbeds Coordinator. Along with the Testbeds Program she also helps support Fire Weather, Air Quality, and VORTEX. Felicia has a background in grants management as well as model development and atmospheric research. Felicia received her Bachelors…
Jan Ising is a Data Assimilation Consortium Manager supporting data assimilation projects in WPO’s Earth System Research and Modeling division.
Renee Richardson Renee Richardson Observations Deputy 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…
Aaron Pratt is supporting the Weather Program Office (WPO) as the Joint Technology Transfer Initiative (JTTI) Deputy Program Manager.