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…
Kristina earned her B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder and her M.P.S. (Master of Professional Science) in Tropical Marine Ecology from the University of Miami.
Christine Bassett Christine Bassett S2S Program Coordinator Christine is a physical scientist and science policy specialist with a multidisciplinary background in geology, oceanography, and atmospheric science. As a contractor with FedWriters supporting NOAA’s Weather Program Office, she enables strategic initiatives to improve predication capabilities across time scales, aligning innovative research with user needs and operational…
Jennifer Vogt supports the Weather Program Office (WPO) as an Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) Program Physical Scientist.
Mark Olsen Mark Olsen S2S Program Manager Mark is the Program Manager of WPO’s Subseasonal to Seasonal program supporting NOAA’s goal of a Weather-Ready Nation by enabling and coordinating research to improve the predictive capability across time scales from two weeks to two years. Prior to joining WPO, Mark was a research scientist working under…
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.…
Jonathan Mote Jonathon Mote SBES Data Engagement Coordinator Jonathon is a contractor supporting the Social Science Research Program in the Weather Program Office (WPO). Prior to working for WPO, he was a Director of Research Analytics at Digital Science, as well as a faculty member at the University of Maryland, Southern Illinois University, and George…
Castle Williamsberg Portfolio Analysis and Transition (PART) Lead Dr. Castle Williamsberg (he/him) joined the Weather Program Office in 2020, serving as the Social Science Research to Applications Coordinator for four years. In late 2024, he transitioned to the Portfolio Analysis and Research Transition (PART) Program as the Portfolio Analysis and Transition Lead. In this role,…
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…
Maoyi Huang EPIC Program Manager Dr. Maoyi Huang joined the NOAA Weather Program Office (WPO) in August 2021 as the Earth Prediction Innovation Center Program (EPIC) Manager. Prior to WPO, She was the COASTAL Act Program Manager, and the lead of land, water, coastal and cross-cutting infrastructure program areas with the National Weather Service Office…