Weather Band Jamposium 2024

Melissa Griffin currently serves as the Assistant State Climatologist at the South Carolina State Climatology Office. Melissa received a degree in meteorology from Florida State University and has worked in the weather and climate enterprise for the past two decades. Melissa is also involved in various weather-related outreach and education initiatives, including the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network.

Douglas Hilderbrand, with 20 years in the National Weather Service, leads programs promoting weather readiness and resilience. As Chair of the AMS Weather Band Committee and through various roles, he's driven collaboration, drafted AMS Statements, and worked to reduce lightning-related deaths.

Ted has a lifelong interest in weather, especially severe local storms and mesoscale convective systems.  He served as a Skywarn volunteer coordinator in north Texas for 6 years and as a CoCoRaHS volunteer observer for the past 14 years in 3 different states.  During his time as a Skywarn volunteer in north Texas, he worked with meteorologists from the National Weather Service office and co-authored two case studies about convective wind events that were published in online journals.  He was also a member of the AMS local chapter in north Texas and has been an associate member of the AMS since 2002. His career interests include atmospheric corrosion and the development of corrosion resistant coatings.

Marisa Ferger has worked with the Weather Communications Group at Penn State University for two decades, where she produces and forecasts for the show Weather World and teaches courses in weather communications. Hailing from a small coastal town in NY, she credits Hurricane Gloria with fostering her interest in the weather.

Genene Fisher is a Program Scientist in the NASA Heliophysics Space Weather Program. Throughout her career, Genene has worked with government, industry, academia, and international organizations to improve space weather science and services to build the resilience of our Nation to space weather impacts. She is a former Commissioner of the AMS Scientific and Technological Activities Commission (STAC).

Steve Glazier is an AMS Certified broadcast meteorologist at WeatherNation, located in Denver, Colorado. There, he leads a team of more than a dozen meteorologists in communicating the daily national and regional weather headlines. Steve has been interested in weather since he was just seven years old, when he would collect the weather information for his father's race car to see how it affected the vehicle. Steve has been a broadcast meteorologist for 16 years, working in Colorado, Florida, and Vermont. He has his Bachelor's of Science in Meteorology from Lyndon State College in Vermont.