NOAA OAR Climate Program Office Organization

*Affiliates

Director’s Office

Dr. R. Wayne Higgins
CPO Director

Biography
P: (301) 734-1263
E: wayne.higgins@noaa.gov

Regina Cain

Executive Assistant
P: (301) 734-1263
E: regina.cain@noaa.gov

Benjamin DeAngelo
Deputy Director

P: 301-734-1093
E: ben.deangelo@noaa.gov

Chief of Staff

Neil K. Christerson
Chief of Staff

P: 301.734.1211
E: neil.christerson@noaa.gov

Innovation, Integration & Transition

Dr. Paul Hirschberg
Director

P: (301) 734-1250
E: paul.hirschberg@noaa.gov

National Integrated Drought
Information System (NIDIS)

Genoveva Deheza (IPA)
Executive Director

P: (303) 497-3431
E: veva.deheza@noaa.gov

NIDIS Team

Kat Bevington (CIRES)
P: (303) 497-6275
E: kathryn.bevington@noaa.gov

Sandy McClellan (CNT)
Budget Analyst
P: (303) 497-3013
E: sandy.mcclellan@noaa.gov

Dr. Meredith Muth
Regional Drought Information Manager
P: (301) 734-1217
E: meredith.f.muth@noaa.gov

Elizabeth Ossowski (CIRES)
Program Coordinator
P: (303) 497-4298
E: elizabeth.ossowski@noaa.gov

Britt Parker (CIRES)
P: (240) 533-0767
E: britt.parker@noaa.gov

Amanda Sheffield, PhD
Regional Drought Coordinator
P: (858) 822-2147
E: amanda.sheffield@noaa.gov

Christina Stone (CIRES)
P: (303) 497-6227
E: christina.stone@noaa.gov

Elizabeth Weight (CIRES)
Regional Drought Coordinator
P: (303) 497-6752
E: elizabeth.weight@noaa.gov

Molly Woloszyn (CIRES)
Regional Drought Information Coordinator
P: (217) 244-7612
E: molly.woloszyn@noaa.gov

National Integrated Heat Health
Information System (NIHHIS)

Juli Trtanj
Climate and Heat Health Lead

P: (301) 734-1214
E: juli.trtanj@noaa.gov

NIHHIS Team

Hunter Jones (UCAR)
Special Projects Manager
P: (301) 734-1215
E: hunter.jones@noaa.gov

Administrative Services
Division (ASD)

Orlando Epps
Chief

P: (301) 734-1268
F: (301) 713-0517
E: orlando.epps@noaa.gov

Grants Management

Diane Brown
Grants Manager
P: (301) 734-1206
F: (301) 713-0517
E: diane.brown@noaa.gov

Stewart Carrera
Program Specialist
P: (301) 734-1209
F: (301) 713-0517
E: stewart.carrera@noaa.gov

Kendra Hammond
Program Specialist
P: (301) 734-1223
F: (301) 734-1223
E: Kendra.Hammond@noaa.gov

Kathleen Palermo*
Grants Admin Support Specialist, CollabraLink Technologies, Inc
P: (301) 734-1052
E: kathleen.palermo@noaa.gov

Debbie Galo*
Program Specialist
P: (301) 734-1234
E: debbie.galo@noaa.gov

Budget Formulation and Execution

Claudia Perez*
Program Support, Riverside Technology, Inc.
P: 301-427-2461
E: claudia.perez@noaa.gov

Victoria Marin*
Financial Analyst
P: 301-734-1228
E: victoria.marin@noaa.gov

Tiffany Hancock*
P: (301) 734-1203
E: tiffany.hancock@noaa.gov

Administrative Services

Barbara Eubanks
HR Administrator, CPO
P: (301) 734-1232
E: barbara.eubanks@noaa.gov

Cassandra Blizzard*
Travel Specialist, Exceed Corporation/MindFinders Inc.
P: (301) 734-1260
F: (301) 713-0517
E: cassandra.blizzard@noaa.gov

Communication, Education and
Engagement Division (CEE)

David Herring
Division Chief

Biography
P: (301) 734-1207
F: (301) 713-0518
E: david.herring@noaa.gov

Communication

Hunter Allen *
Data Visualization and GIS Specialist, Collabralink Technologies Inc
P: 404-213-0380
E: hunter.allen@noaa.gov

Elizabeth Bridgwater
Hollings Scholar/Summer Intern
P: 301-734-1238
E: elizabeth.bridgwater
@noaa.gov

LuAnn Dahlman *
Science Writer & Editor, CEE, Collabralink Technologies Inc.
P: 480-984-8860
E: luann.dahlman@noaa.gov

John Coggin*
Communications Specialist, CEE, CollabraLink Technologies, Inc.
P: 301-734-1254
E: john.coggin@noaa.gov

Tom DiLiberto *
Meteorologist, CEE, CollabraLink Technologies, Inc.
P: 301-734-1210
E: tom.diliberto@noaa.gov

Richard A Glupker *
Web Administrator/Developer, CEE, Collabralink Technologies, Inc.
P: 240-731-6492
E: richard.a.rivera@
noaa.gov

Carlyn Iverson *
Data Visualizer/Production Artist, CEE, CollabraLink Technologies, Inc.
P: 612-910-9218
E: carlyn.iverson@noaa.gov

Mary Lindsey *
Data Visualization Coordinator, CEE, Collabralink Technologies Inc.
P:301-734-1241
E: mary.lindsey@noaa.gov

Rebecca Lindsey *
Science Writer & Editor, CEE, Collabralink Technologies Inc.
P: 304-574-0628
E: rebecca.lindsey@
noaa.gov

Martha Topolnitski
Summer Intern
P: 240-429-0699
E: martha.topolnitski@
noaa.gov

Education

Frank Niepold
Climate Education Coordinator/Senior Climate Education Program Manager, CEE
P: 240-429-0699
F: 301 713-0518
E: frank.niepold@noaa.gov

Engagement

Edward Gardiner *
Engagement Specialist, Collabralink Technologies Inc.
P: 828-271-4915
E: ned.gardiner@noaa.gov

Earth System Science and
Modeling Division (ESSM)

Dr. Jin Huang
Chief, Earth System Science and Modeling Division

P: 301-734-1185
E: jin.huang@noaa.gov

Modeling, Analysis, Predictions & Projections

Dr. Annarita Mariotti
MAPP Program Director
P: 301-734-1237
E: annarita.mariotti@noaa.gov

Dr. Daniel Barrie
MAPP Program Manager
P: 301-734-1256
E: daniel.barrie@noaa.gov

Amara Huddleston*
MAPP Communications & Program Analyst
P: 301-734-1218
E: amara.huddleston@noaa.gov

Courtney Byrd*
MAPP Program Assistant
P: 301-734-1257
E: courtney.byrd@noaa.gov

Assessments

Dr. Daniel Barrie
MAPP Program Manager
P: 301-734-1256
E: daniel.barrie@noaa.gov

Alison Stevens*
MAPP Program Specialist
P: 301-734-1218
E: alison.stevens@noaa.gov

Climate Variability and Predictability

Dr. Sandy Lucas
CVP Program Manager
P: 301-734-1253
E: sandy.lucas@noaa.gov

Atmospheric Chemistry Carbon Cycle and Climate (AC4)

Dr. Ken Mooney
Program Manager, Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, & Climate (AC4)
P: (301) 734-1242
F: (301) 713-0517
E: kenneth.mooney@noaa.gov

Dr. Monika Kopacz (UCAR)
Program manager, Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle and Climate (AC4)
P: (301) 734-1208
E: monika.kopacz@noaa.gov

Climate Observations and Monitoring (COM)

Virginia Selz
Program Manager, Climate Observations and Monitoring Program
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
P: 301-734-1265
E: virginia.selz@noaa.gov