| 2010-2011 Officers
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Chairperson: Andrea Bleistein |
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Andrea Bleistein is a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor's in Meteorology. She is a full member of the American Meteorological Society and has been highly involved with the AMS as a participant, speaker, co-chair, and organizer of the Annual Student Conference Planning Committees from 2003 through 2006. She is also an alumna of the 2006 AMS Summer Policy Colloquium and the 2007 Weather and Society Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) workshop. Andrea is also a member of the AMS Board on Enterprise Economic Development (BEED) and Chair of the Local Chapter Affairs Committee (LCAC) for 2010.
Andrea has worked for NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) as a weather and river forecaster in the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) and for NOAA's National Environmental Satellite Data Information Service (NESDIS) as a satellite controller. She has also spent time working in the private sector as a consultant for NOAA within the National Ice Center and the Satellite Analysis Branch of NESDIS and Lockheed Martin's GOES-R Program Design Risk Reduction team. Andrea then moved to NWS Headquarters supporting the Office of the Assistant Administrator. In this role, she supported both the Director and Deputy Director in their activities with the NWS Corporate Board, NOAA Executives, internal and external partners and the environmental community the NWS serves. In March 2010, Andrea began a Project Manager position with NOAA External Affairs to assist with reaching out effectively to external audiences and to coordinate External Affairs projects with regards to National Weather Service and Satellite Services interests and NOAA as a whole.
Andrea is also pursuing a Master's Degree through Virginia Tech in Science Technology Studies focusing on policy and sociology.
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Vice Chairperson: Position Open for Volunteers! |
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Treasurer: Position Open for Volunteers! |
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Corresponding Secretary: Position Open for Volunteers! |
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Recording Secretary: Position Open for Volunteers! |
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Outreach Officer: Kevin Shaw |
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Kevin Shaw has a B.S. in Geography from the University of Wisconsin. He has been a nautical cartographer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and an active weather observer for over 35 years, including as a member of the Baltimore Washington Climate Review. More recently Kevin became a SKYWARN observer for the National Weather Service in Sterling, VA. Kevin has also been the coordinator of the Maryland/Delaware Atlantic Coast Observer Network (MD/DE ACON) since the fall of 1986, which includes over 40 observers throughout the region.
Kevin has been married for over 30 years and has two grown daughters and three dogs. He has been an active member of DC-AMS for over 20 years and is looking forward to supporting the outreach initiatives of the local chapter. |
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