National Hurricane Center Staff
Office of the Director
Director
Bill Read
Deputy Director
Ed Rappaport, PhD
Executive Officer
Christopher Burr
NOAA Public Affairs Officer
Dennis Feltgen
Administrative Officer
Jannette Perez
Secretary
Eve Maruly
Administrative Assistant
Petra Gonzalez
Hurricane Specialist Unit (HSU)
Branch Chief
James Franklin
Senior Hurricane Specialists
Lixion Avila, PhD
Jack Beven, PhD
Michael Brennan, PhD
Daniel Brown – Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM)
Richard Pasch, PhD
Stacy R. Stewart
Hurricane Specialists
Robbie Berg
Eric Blake
John Cangialosi
Todd Kimberlain
US Navy Hurricane Specialist
LCDR Dave Roberts
Tropical Analysis & Forecast Branch (TAFB)
Branch Chief
Hugh Cobb
Lead Forecasters
Wally Barnes
Eric Christensen
Martin Nelson
Jessica Schauer
Scott Stripling
Forecasters
Jorge Aguirre-Echevarria
Andrew Levine
Jeffrey Lewitsky
Dan Mundell
Gladys Rubio
Dave Sandoval
Surface Analyst Forecasters
Mike Formosa
Marshall Huffman
Mike Tichacek
Patricia Wallace
Surface Analyst Interns
Felix Garcia
Corey Walton
Technology & Science Branch (TSB)
Branch Chief
Jiann-Gwo Jiing, PhD
Science and Operations Officer (SOO)
Christopher Landsea, PhD
Techniques Development and Applications Unit
Christopher Sisko
Wallace Hogsett, PhD
Alison Krautkramer
Computer Programming and Technical Support
Brian Scott Maher
John Sullivan
(Vacant)
(Vacant)
Information Technologists
Salim Leyva – Lead
Marc Laurent
Joan David (Scientific Illustrator)
Storm Surge Unit
Jamie Rhome – Storm Surge Team Lead
LTJG Jeffrey Pereira (NOAA Commissioned Corps Officer)
William Booth (NOAA Contract)
M. Cristina Forbes, PhD (NOAA Contract)
Michael Lowry (NOAA Contract)
Tarah Sharon (NOAA Contract)
Support Personnel
Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination, All Hurricanes (CARCAH)
John Pavone – Chief
Warren Von Werne
Steve Feuer
FEMA/Department of Homeland Security
Matthew Green
Library and Information Services
Gloria Aversano
Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project (HFIP)
David Zelinsky
Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT)
Jose Salazar
UCAR Visiting Scientist
Rick Danielson, PhD
Students
Karina Castillo (NOAA Contract)
Nelsie Ramos
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