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Mary Glackin, an AMS Member, and a Fellow of the AMS, is the Future Commissioner (2012–2014) of the AMS Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise. Ms. Glackin is retired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where from 2007 to 2012 she was Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for NOAA Operations in Washington D.C. As such, she was responsible for the day-to-day management of operations for oceanic and atmospheric services, research, and coastal and marine stewardship. Ms. Glackin served as the acting Assistant Administrator for Weather Services and Director of the National Weather Service in 2007. Before that, she was the Assistant Administrator for NOAA's Office of Program Planning and Integration. Between 1999 and 2002, she served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service of NOAA. From 1993 to 1999, she was National Weather Service Program Manager for the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System. Previously, Ms. Glackin was both a meteorologist and computer specialist in various positions within NOAA where she was responsible for introducing improvements into NWS operations by capitalizing on new technology systems and scientific models. She has twice received the Presidential Rank Award (2001 and 2009). She has also received the Charles Brooks Award for Outstanding Services to the American Meteorological Society, the NOAA Bronze Medal (2001), the Federal 100 Information Technology Manager Award (1999), the NOAA Administrator's Award (1993), and the Department of Commerce Silver Medal (1991). She is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, as well as a member of the National Weather Association and of the American Geophysical Union. Ms. Glackin has a BS degree from the University of Maryland.