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Our Society faces both significant challenges and exciting opportunities as we move forward together. As I write this in early July, science in the U.S. is under political pressure, with major budget cuts proposed for NOAA...
Our community is facing historic threats to our science, forecasts and technology, impacting both our federal colleagues and critical funding that fuels innovation across our sectors. AMS has taken important steps to have...
Building public trust in science requires more than good data, it demands connection. By bridging academic research, commercial innovation, and public policy, the AMS plays a powerful role in turning knowledge into...
I am running for AMS Council to make the AMS an organization that represents and supports the underserved weather community, ensuring that the AMS represents ALL of its members and those that should be members...
Uncertainty with the federal government budget has long challenged the AMS. Many may remember missing government colleagues and affiliates from a past AMS meeting due to a government shutdown, or, going...
Our Society is facing ever-changing headwinds. However, with crises comes opportunities and transformations. As a volunteer Society, *we* are AMS. When I hear AMS members say “AMS should…” my hope is to...
We’ve seen and experienced multiple weather disasters over this past year. As I write this, the number of fatalities from the Texas flash flooding is still being counted. Hurricane Helene and the Los Angeles-area fires caused...
There is no recent precedent for the volume and speed at which change is happening to traditional funding and support structures for our forecasting, research, innovation, and education efforts. Despite the multitude of challenges...
A recent AMS Soundings noted, “The pace of change for the Weather Enterprise in 2025 has been unprecedented and extreme.” That pace—and the growing pressure to sideline and denigrate science and scientific expertise...
*The Council selects a "Fifth Councilor" as per Article VII of the AMS Constitution in addition to those elected by the membership.