Office of the Director

Director
Bill Read

Deputy Director
Ed Rappaport, PhD

Executive Officer
Roger Pierce (Interim)

NOAA Public Affairs Officer
Dennis Feltgen

Administrative Officer
Vivian Jorge

Secretary
Eve Maruly

Administrative Assistant
Petra Gonzalez

Hurricane Specialists Unit

Senior Hurricane Specialists
Lixion Avila, PhD
Jack Beven, PhD
James Franklin
Richard Knabb, PhD
Richard Pasch, PhD
Stacy R. Stewart – Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM)

Hurricane Specialists
Robbie Berg
Eric Blake
Daniel Brown
Jamie Rhome

Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB)

Branch Chief
Christopher Burr

Lead Forecasters
Wally Barnes
Eric Christensen
Hugh D. Cobb III
Lawrence Lahiff, PhD
Martin Nelson

Forecasters
Jorge Aguirre-Echevarria
John Cangialosi
Jessica Schauer Clark
Mike Formosa
Todd Kimberlain
Gladys Rubio
Dave Sandoval
Mike Tichacek
Patricia Wallace
(Vacant)

Intern Forecasters
Ariel Cohen
Marshall Huffman

Technical Support Branch (TSB)

Branch Chief
Jiann-Gwo Jiing, PhD

Science and Operations Officer (SOO)
Christopher Landsea, PhD

Techniques Development and Applications Unit
Mike Fiorino, PhD
Colin McAdie
Christopher Sisko
Stephen Baig, PhD (Storm Surge Team Lead)
Ethan Gibney (Storm Surge/NOAA Contract)
LTJG Rebecca Waddington (Storm Surge/NOAA Commissioned Corps Officer)
Tarah Sharon (Storm Surge/NOAA Contract)
Kristin Sopkin (Storm Surge/NOAA Contract)

Computer Programming and Technical Support
Christopher Juckins
Alison Krautkramer
Christopher Lauer
Brian Scott Maher

Information Technologists
Joan David (Scientific Illustrator)
Marc Laurent
Salim Leyva

Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination, All Hurricanes (CARCAH)

Support Personnel

Joint Hurricane Testbed
Jose Salazar

Library and Information Services
Gloria Aversano

UCAR Visiting Scientist
(Vacant)

Student Interns
Karina Castillo
Jessica Marciniak
Corey Walton
Wes Wells

FEMA/Department of Homeland Security
Matthew Green