Amber Liggett is a communications analyst for Groundswell Consulting Group working as a Federal contractor at The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office. She is also a science writer and public speaker for weather, climate, emergency preparedness and disaster sciences. Amber obtained her B.S. in Meteorology and M.S. in Emergency Management from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. She strives to work in both fields throughout her career. Formerly, Amber was concurrently the Pennsylvania Department of Health Public Information Officer working in public health emergency preparedness and response communications, and a freelance broadcast meteorologist at the Harrisburg, PA ABC affiliate (WHTM-TV). 

Amber also incorporates Arts into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (S.T.E.A.M.) through her award-winning business Amber’s Amazing Animal Balloons which has been a proud Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador since 2017. She demonstrates how balloons are an important tool for measuring weather elements while creating weather-themed balloon art and sculptures.