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CIWRO Administration Structure
Director
Greg McFarquhar
Associate Director
Randy Peppler
Executive Director, Finance and Operations
Cassie Eads
Assistant Director, NOAA Relations
Heather Reeves
Assistant Director, Radar Research and Development
Sebastian Torres
Account & Budget Representative
Jamie Foucher
Staff Assistant
Mandi Campbell
Staff Assistant
Tanya Riley
Executive Board
The Executive Board meets regularly to provide advice and recommendations to the Director of CIWRO regarding appointments, procedures, and policies and to periodically review the accomplishments and progress of the technical and scientific programs and projects of CIWRO.
The board is made up of representatives from both the University of Oklahoma (OU; meteorology and other disciplines) and the NOAA units located in Norman, Oklahoma. It should also be noted that the Executive Board's advice is not binding on the Director.
The Executive Board Positions are as Follows:
- Director of CIWRO, Chair
- Three Members designated by the OU Provost with concurrence of the Directors of both CIWRO and the OU School of Meteorology, and the Dean of the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences
- Two Members designated by the Director of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) with the concurrence of the Directors of CIWRO and the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
- Two Members designated by the NWS Director with the concurrence of the Directors of CIWRO, Storm Prediction Center (SPC), Radar Operations Center (ROC), Warning Decision Training Division (WDTD), Norman NWS Forecast Office (NWSFO), National Weather Service Training Center (NWSTC)
- Two Members elected by the CIWRO Council of Fellows from their membership
- Director of the School of Meteorology, ex officio
- Director of the NSSL, ex officio
- Director of the SPC, ex officio
- Director of the ROC, ex officio
- Director of the WDTD, ex officio
- Director of the Norman NWSFO, ex officio
- Director of the NWSTC, ex officio
Current Executive Board Members
Dr. Greg McFarquhar: Director, CIWRO, Chair of the Executive Board
Dr. Robert Palmer: Associate Vice President for Research, Director, ARRC, Tommy C. Craighead Chair, School of Meteorology (Provost-designated)
Dr. Carol Silva: Professor, Political Science and Director, Center for Risk and Crisis Management (Provost- designated)
Dr. Renee McPherson: Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Sustainability and Director, South Central Climate Science Center (Provost-designated)
Mr. Kurt Hondl: Deputy Director, NSSL (OAR-designated)
Dr. Pamela Heinselman: Division Chief, Forecast Research and Development Division, NSSL (OAR-designated)
Dr. Patrick Marsh: Chief, Science Support Branch, SPC (NWS-Designate)
Mr. Richard Murnan: Radar Operations Center Applications Branch (NWS-Designate)
Dr. Ming Xue: Director, CAPS, Professor and Weathernews Chair, OU (Elected from CIWRO Council of Fellows)
Dr. Boonleng Cheong: Research Scientist, ARRC, OU (Elected from CIWRO Council of Fellows)
Dr. Jens Redemann: McCasland Chair Professor of Meteorology and Director, School of Meteorology, OU (ex-officio)
Mr. Ed Mahoney: Director, WDTD (ex-officio)
Mr. Terry Clark: Director, ROC (ex-officio)
Mr. David Andra: Meteorologist-in-Charge, Norman WFO (ex-officio)
Dr. Jack Kain: Director, NSSL (ex officio)
Dr. Russ Schneider: Director, SPC (ex officio)
Mr. John Ogren: Chief Learning Officer, NWS (ex officio)
Dr. Berrien Moore: Dean, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences (ex officio)
Council of Fellows
The Council of Fellows is composed of a cross-section of local and national scientists who have expertise relevant to the research themes of CIWRO and are actively involved in the programs and projects of CIWRO. The Council will review and suggest modifications of bylaws, participate in reviews of CIWRO activities, and elect two of their members to serve on the Executive Board.
More specifically, the council is comprised of a cross-section of University of Oklahoma (OU) faculty, federal scientists in the NOAA units that collaborate with CIWRO, and national scientists who have expertise relevant to the research themes of CIWRO. Fellows are actively involved in the programs and projects of CIWRO. Appointment to the Council, by the CIWRO Executive Board, is normally for a two-year term, and reappointment is possible and usual. Appointments may be made for a shorter period of time or on a part-time basis with the concurrence of the appointee and the CIWRO Executive Board. The Council will participate in reviews of CIWRO activities and elect two of their number to serve on the CIWRO Executive Board, and additionally, the Council's advice is not viewed as binding on the CIWRO Director relative to any recommendations that might be carried forward to the Executive Board.
Current Council of Fellows Members
Dr. Jeffrey B. Basara: Executive Associate Director, Hydrology and Water Security Program and Associate Professor, SoM and School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science (CEES)
Dr. Kodi Berry: FACETs Program Lead, NSSL
Dr. Michael I. Biggerstaff: Professor, School of Meteorology (SoM)
Dr. Howard B. Bluestein: George Lynn Cross Research Professor, SoM
Dr. David Bodine: Associate Professor, SoM
Dr. Keith Brewster: Senior Research Scientist and Director of Operations, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS)
Dr. Harold E. Brooks: Research Meteorologist, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
Dr. Kristin Calhoun: Research Scientist, NSSL
Dr. DaNa L. Carlis: Director, NSSL
Dr. Frederick H. Carr: Professor Emeritus of Meteorology
Dr. Boonleng Cheong: Research Scientist, Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC)
Dr. Vanna Chmielewski: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Adam Clark: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Race Clark: Meteorologist, NSSL
Mr. Terrance Clark: Director, NOAA Radar Operations Center (ROC)
Dr. Michael Coniglio: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Chris Fiebrich: Executive Director, Oklahoma Mesonet and Associate Director (OCS)
Mr. Mark Fox: Meteorologist in Charge, NWS Forecast Office, Norman
Dr. Jack Friedman: Senior Research Scientist, Center for Applied Social Research (CASR) (REMOVE)
Dr. Caleb Fulton: Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Dr. Jason Furtado: Associate Professor, SoM
Dr. Thomas Galarneau: Research Physical Scientist, NSSL
Dr. Jidong Gao: Research Scientist, NSSL
Mr. Alan Gerard: Chief, Warning Research and Development Division, NSSL
Dr. Jeremy Gibbs: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. J.J. Gourley: Research Hydrologist, NSSL
Dr. Scott Greene: Chair and Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability (DGES)
Dr. Pamela Heinselman: Division Chief, Forecast Research & Development Division, NSSL
Mr. Kurt Hondl: Deputy Director, NSSL
Dr. Yang Hong: Professor, CEES
Mr. Ken Howard: Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Xiaoming Hu: Senior Research Scientist, CAPS
Dr. Hank Jenkins-Smith: Professor, Department of Political Science and Director, National Institute for Risk and Resilience (NIRR)
Dr. Israel Jirak: Science and Operations Officer, NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC)
Dr. Pierre Kirstetter: Associate Professor, CEES/SoM
Dr. Petra Klein: Executive Associate Dean, College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences, E.K. Gaylord Presidential Professor and Associate Professor, SoM
Dr. Kevin Kloesel: Director, (OCS) and Associate Professor, SoM
Dr. Fanyou Kong: Senior Research Scientist, CAPS
Dr. Daphne LaDue: Senior Research Scientist, CAPS
Dr. Chengsi Liu: Senior Research Scientist, CAPS
Mr. Ed Mahoney: Chief, NOAA Warning Decision Training Division (WDTD)
Dr. Edward Mansell: Research Scientist, NSSL
Dr. Patrick Marsh: Chief, Science Support Branch, SPC
Dr. Kimberly Klockow McClain:
Dr. Amy McGovern: Professor, School of Computer Science and SoM
Dr. Renee McPherson: University Director, South Central Climate Science Center and Associate Professor, DGES
Dr. Berrien Moore III: Dean, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, Director, National Weather Center, Chesapeake Professor of Meteorology, Vice President, Weather and Climate Programs
Mr. Richard Murnan: Radar Meteorologist, ROC
Dr. LaToya Myles: Deputy Director, Atmospheric Turbulence & Diffusion Division, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory
Mr. John Ogren: Chief Learning Officer, NOAA
Dr. Robert D. Palmer: Associate Vice President for Research & Partnerships, Executive Director, Advanced Radar Research Center, Tommy Craighead Chair and Professor, SoM
Dr. David Parsons, Professor: SoM and Director Emeritus, SoM
Dr. Corey Potvin: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Erik Rasmussen: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Jens Redemann: Professor, SoM
Dr. Anthony Reinhart: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Joseph Ripberger: Associate Professor, Political Science and Associate Director and Deputy Director for Research, IPPRA
Dr. Naoko Sakaeda: Associate Professor, SoM
Dr. Jorge Salazar-Cerreņo: Assistant Professor, ECE
Dr. Russell Schneider: Director, SPC
Dr. Mark Shafer: Associate State Climatologist, OCS, Director, SCIPP, and Assistant Professor, DGES
Dr. Hjalti Sigmarsson: Associate Professor, ECE
Dr. Carol Silva: Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor, Department of Political Science, co-Director, IPPRA
Dr. Elizabeth Smith: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Nathan Snook: Senior Research Scientist and Director of Research, CAPS
Dr. Jeff Snyder: Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Chris Thorncroft: Director, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University of Albany
Dr. Xuguang Wang: Robert Lowry Chair Professor, Presidential Research Professor, SoM
Mr. Danny Wasielewski: Radar Engineer, NSSL
Dr. Sean Waugh: Instrumentation Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Chris Weiss: Professor, Atmospheric Sciences, Texas Tech University
Dr. Louis J. Wicker: Chief Scientist, Warn on Forecast - NSSL
Dr. Qin Xu: Research Meteorologist, Models and Assimilation Team, NSSL
Dr. Ming Xue: Director, CAPS, and Weathernews and George Lynn Cross Research Professor, SoM
Dr. Mark Yeary: Presidential Professor, ECE
Dr. Tian-You Yu: Professor, ECE and Director of Operations, ARRC
Dr. Guifu Zhang: Professor, SoM
Dr. Jian Zhang: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Yan Zhang: Professor, ECE
Dr. Conrad Ziegler: Research Meteorologist, Models and Assimilation Team, NSSL
Dr. Dusan S. Zrnic: Senior Engineer and Group Leader, Doppler Radar and Remote Sensing Research Group, NSSL