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SPC Staff Profiles - monthly features of SPC staff members
[Director's Office|Operations Branch|Science Support Branch]
Director's Office

Director:
Russell Schneider, Ph.D.

Deputy Director:
Bill Bunting

Administrative Officer:
Jodi Avery

Creative IT Solutions Contract Administrative Assistant II:
Melissa Sayers

Operations Branch

Branch Chief:
Rich Thompson

Warning Coordination Meteorologist:
Evan Bentley

Lead Forecasters:
Aaron Gleason
Jared Guyer
John Hart
Matt Mosier
Bryan Smith

Fire Weather Lead Forecasters:
Scott Stearns (SPC Fire Program Lead)
Derek Williams
vacant

Mesoscale/Outlook Forecasters:
Chris Broyles
Mark Darrow
Andy Dean
Jeremy Grams
Ryan Jewell
Brynn Kerr
Elizabeth Leitman
vacant
vacant
vacant

Mesoscale Assistant/Fire Weather Forecasters:
Andrew Lyons
Andrew Moore
Brian Squitieri, Ph.D.
Emily Thornton
Harry Weinman
Nathan Wendt
vacant

Science & Support Branch

Branch Chief:
Patrick Marsh, Ph.D

Science and Operations Officers:
Israel Jirak, Ph.D. (severe)
Nick Nauslar, Ph.D. (fire)

Senior Development Meteorologists:
Gregory Grosshans
Chris Karstens, Ph.D.

Techniques Development Meteorologists:
Ryan Barnes
Matthew Elliott
Kelton Halbert
Tim Supinie, Ph.D.
vacant

IT Systems Manager
Joseph Byerly

Information Technology Officer:
vacant

Information Technology Specialist:
vacant

Creative IT Solutions Contract IT Support Staff:
David Cleaver

CIWRO Research Scientists & AssociatesClick for Current CIWRO Announcements
Michael Baldwin, Ph.D.
Sean Ernst, Ph.D.
David Harrison, Ph.D.
Kim Hoogewind, Ph.D.
David Jahn, Ph.D.
Cameron Nixon, Ph.D.
Joey Picca
Kevin Thiel, Ph.D.
Jacob Vancil
Andrew Wade, Ph.D.
Adam Werkema

CIWRO Graduate Students
Ben Fellman
Grant Talkington

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