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CIWRO Administration Structure
Director
Greg McFarquhar
Associate Director
Randy Peppler
Executive Director, Finance and Operations
Tracy Reinke
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
David Andra: Meteorologist in Charge, NWS WFO Norman
Dr. Jeffrey B. Basara: Director of Research, Oklahoma Climatological Survey (OCS) and Associate Professor of Meteorology
Kodi Berry: FACETs Program Lead, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
Dr. Michael I. Biggerstaff: Professor of Meteorology
Dr. Howard B. Bluestein: George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Meteorology
David Bodine: Research Scientist, ARRC
Dr. Keith Brewster: Senior Research Scientist and Director of Operations, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS)
Dr. Harold E. Brooks: Research Meteorologist and Team Leader, Mesoscale Applications Group, NSSL
Kristin Calhoun: Research Scientist, NSSL
Dr. Frederick H. Carr: Professor Emeritus of Meteorology
Dr. Boon Leng Cheong: Research Scientist, Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC)
Dr. Phillip Chilson: Professor of Meteorology
Dr. Adam Clark: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Race Clark: Meteorologist, NSSL
Mr. Terrance Clark: Director, NOAA Radar Operations Center (ROC)
Dr. Michael Coniglio: Research Scientist, NSSL
Dr. Chris Fiebrich: Associate Director, OCS
Dr. Jack Friedman: Research Scientist, Center for Applied Social Research (CASR)
Dr. Caleb Fulton: Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Jidong Gao: Research Scientist, NSSL
Alan Gerard: Warning Research and Development Division, NSSL
Scott Greene: Associate Chair and Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Dr. J.J. Gourley: Research Scientist, NSSL
Dr. Pamela Heinselman: Division Chief, Forecast Research & Development Division, NSSL
Mr. Kurt Hondl: Deputy Director, NSSL
Dr. Yang Hong: Professor, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences
Mr. Ken Howard: Meteorologist, NSSL
Xiaoming Hu: Senior Research Scientist, CAPS
Mr. Michael Jain: Division Chief, Radar Research & Development, NSSL
Dr. Hank Jenkins-Smith: Professor, Department of Political Science and co-Director, Center for Risk and Crisis Management (CRCM)
Dr. Israel Jirak: Science and Operations Officer, NOAA Storm Prediction Center
Dr. Jack Kain: Director, NSSL
Pierre Kirstetter: Associate Professor, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Petra Klein: Executive Associate Dean, College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences, E.K. Gaylord Presidential Professor and Associate Professor of Meteorology
Dr. Kevin Kloesel: Director, OCS and Associate Professor, OU School of Meteorology
Dr. Fanyou Kong: Senior Research Scientist, CAPS
Dr. Daphne LaDue: Senior Research Scientist, CAPS
Chengsi Liu: Senior Research Scientist, CAPS
Dr. Donald R. MacGorman: Retired Research Physicist, Convective Weather Research Group, NSSL
Mr. Ed Mahoney: Chief, NOAA Warning Decision Training Division (WDTD)
Dr. Edward Mansell: Research Scientist, NSSL
Dr. Patrick Marsh: Science Support Branch, SPC
Dr. Amy McGovern: Professor, School of Computer Science
Dr. Renee McPherson: Director of Research, South Central Climate Science Center, State Climatologist and Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Dr. Berrien Moore III: Dean, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, Director, National Weather Center, Chesapeake Professor of Meteorology
Mr. Richard Murnan: Radar Meteorologist, ROC
Mr. John Ogren: NOAA Chief Learning Officer
Dr. Robert D. Palmer: Associate Vice President for Research & Partnerships, Executive Director, Advanced Radar Research Center, Tommy Craighead Chair and Professor of Meteorology
Dr. David Parsons: Presidents’ Associates Presidential Professor
Corey Potvin: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Jens Redemann: Director and Mark and Kandi McCasland Professor, School of Meteorology
Anthony Reinhart: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Joseph Ripberger: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and CRCM
Naoko Sakaeda: Assistant Professor, SoM
Dr. Jorge Salazar-Cerreño: Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Russell Schneider: Director, SPC
Dr. Mark Shafer: Research Scientist, OCS and Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Dr. Alan M. Shapiro: Professor Emeritus
Dr. Hjalti Sigmarsson: Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Carol Silva: Professor, Department of Political Science, co-Director, CRCM and Director for the Center for Faculty Excellence
Elizabeth Smith: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Nathan Snook: Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director of Research, CAPS
Jeff Snyder: Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. David Turner: Research Scientist, ESRL
Dr. Xuguang Wang: Robert Lowry Chair Professor, Presidential Research Professor, Meteorology
Danny Wasielewski: Radar Engineer, NSSL
Sean Waugh: Instrumentation Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Louis J. Wicker: Research Meteorologist, NSSL
Dr. Qin Xu: Research Meteorologist, Models and Assimilation Team, NSSL
Dr. Ming Xue: Director, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, and Weathernews and George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Meteorology
Dr. Mark Yeary: Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Tian-You Yu: Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of Operations, ARRC
Dr. Guifu Zhang: Professor of Meteorology
Dr. Jian Zhang: Research Hydrometeorologist, NSSL
Dr. Yan Zhang: Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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, NSSLSenior Engineer and Group Leader, Doppler Radar and Remote Sensing Research Group, NSSL