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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 - profile

Warning Coordination Meteorologist:
vacant

Administrative Officer:
Jodi Avery

Public Affairs Specialist:
Keli Pirtle

Creative IT Solutions Contract Administrative Assistant II:
Melissa Sayers

Operations Branch

On 31 December 2024, Lead Forecaster Roger Edwards retired after nearly 40 years of federal service, with more than 30 of those at the Storm Prediction Center and its predecessor, the National Severe Storms Forecast Center (NSSFC).

Branch Chief:
Rich Thompson - profile

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

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

Mesoscale/Outlook Forecasters:
Evan Bentley - profile
Chris Broyles - profile
Mark Darrow
Andy Dean
Steve Goss
Jeremy Grams
Ryan Jewell
Brynn Kerr
Elizabeth Leitman - profile
vacant

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

Science & Support Branch

Branch Chief:
Patrick Marsh, Ph.D. - profile

Severe Weather Science and Operations Officer:
Israel Jirak, Ph.D.

Fire Weather Science and Operations Officer:
Nick Nauslar, Ph.D.

Senior Development Meteorologist:
Gregory Grosshans

Senior Transition Specialist:
vacant

IT Systems Manager
Joseph Byerly

Techniques Development Meteorologists:
Ryan Barnes
Matthew Elliott
Kelton Halbert
Chris Karstens, Ph.D. - profile
Tim Supinie, Ph.D.

Information Technology Officer:
David Cleaver

Information Technology Specialist:
vacant

Creative IT Solutions Contract IT Support Staff:
vacant

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 - profile
Kevin Thiel
Jacob Vancil
Andrew Wade, Ph.D.

CIWRO Postdoctoral Researcher
Jeffrey Milne, Ph.D.

CIWRO Graduate Students
Ben Fellman
Grant Talkington

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