AMS Board on Societal Impacts - Members

Members of the AMS Board on Societal Impacts

Member	Areas of Interest
Mark Shafer University of Oklahoma Term: 2009 - 2012 (Chair) Email Mark	Scientific communication Climate services Public policy / public administration Hazard Management (particularly drought)
Kevin Barjenbruch NOAA/National Weather Service - Weather Forecast Office, Salt Lake City, UT Term: 2007 - 2013 801-524-5113 Email Kevin	Weather Analysis and Forecasting Severe Storms Social Verification Impacts of Extreme Weather Events Weather Preparedness Outreach
Melissa Tuttle Carr Independent Consultant Term: 2007 - 2012 Email Melissa	Development and dissemination of meteorological data and products Effective communication of weather information Cross-sector partnerships within the weather enterprise
Julie Demuth National Center for Atmospheric Research Term: 2007 - 2011 Email Julie	Communicating weather forecast uncertainty information Risk communication Use of weather information in decision-making
Sheldon Drobot National Center for Atmospheric Research Term: 2007 - 2013 Email Sheldon	Surface transportation and weather Intelligent transportation systems Decision-support systems
Tanja Fransen National Weather Service Term: 2007 - 2013 Email Tanja	Forecast operations Extreme weather events Fire weather Community outreach Mitigation strategies
Eve Gruntfest University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Term: 2007 - 2013 (emeritus chair) Email Eve	Integrating Social Science into Meteorology WAS * IS (Weather and Society * Integrated Studies) Short-fuse weather warnings
Mary Hayden National Center for Atmospheric Research University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Term: 2007 - 2012 Email Mary at UCCS Email Mary at NCAR	Climate and Health Community participatory research Human-environmental interaction
Manda Lynch Monash University Term: 2008 - 2011	TBA
Genevieve Maricle U.S. Agency for International Development Term: 2009 - 2012	TBA
Burrell Montz East Carolina University Term: 2007 - 2012 252-328-6086 Email Burrell	Perceptions of and responses to warnings Disaster mitigation Vulnerability analysis Decision-making under uncertainty
Stu Ostro The Weather Channel Term: 2008 - 2011	Informing and educating the public Weather forecasting Climate change Disaster preparedness and mitigation
Jason Samenow EPA and washingtonpost.com Term: 2010 - 2013 Email Jason	Climate change analysis Weather forecasting Communication on weather & climate
Lee Tryhorn Cornell University Term: 2008 - 2011 Email Lee	Climate change impacts and adaptations Extreme weather events Linkages between science and policy