May 3-4, 2010

• SUMMARY REPORT - EXPLORATORY MINI-WORKSHOP - FCM-R28-2010

• Agenda

• Administrative Information and Welcome by Mr. Samuel P. Williamson - Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

• Welcome by Dr. Brenda Phillips, Ph.D. - Professor, Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events - Fire and Emergency Management Program
  Department of Political Science - Oklahoma State University

• Mr. X. William (Bill) Proenza (interview) - Director, National Weather Service Southern Region - Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atm. Administration
  • References:
    • Sutter, D., and Simmons, K., 2005: WSR-88D radar, tornado warnings, and tornado casualties. Weather and Forecasting, 20(3), 301-310. PDF version available at: http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/WAF857.1
    • McLuckie, B.F., 1974: Warning-A Call to Action: Warning and Disaster Response- A Sociological Background. NWS Southern Region Headquarters (pdf - 18.4MB)

• Mr. Walter S. Dickerson - President, Diversified Emergency Management Associates, LLC
  Former Director, Mobile County Emergency Management Agency

• Mr. Daniel Catlett - Program Manager, Nat. Hurricane Program
  Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Ms. Joan Pope - Program Director for Civil Works Engineering Research & Development Center - Department of Defense - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Mr. Brian McCallum - Assistant Director, Georgia Water Science Ctr - Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey

• Mr. Paul Hewett - Deputy Director, Center for Integrated Emergency Preparedness
  Argonne National Laboratory - Department of Energy

• Ms. Jocelyn Mitchell- Office of Nuclear Security & Incident Response - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  Ms. Sara Mroz - Office of Nuclear Security & Incident Response - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Ms. Debra Payton (unavailable) - Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) - Emergency Response Division (ERD) - Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atm. Administration

• Mr. Paul Pisano - Team Leader, Road Weather Management - Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration

• Lt Col Thomas C. Moore - Directorate of Weather - Department of Defense - U.S. Air Force

• Mr. William “Kim” Curry - Deputy Technical Director (CNO N84) - Department of Defense - U.S. Navy

• David Caldwell - Director NWS Office of Climate, Weather and Water
  Jennifer M. Sprague- NWS Social Science Focal Point
  Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atm. Administration

• Ms. Brenda Philips - Director, Industry, Government and End User Partnerships
  University of Massachusetts - Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the
  Atmosphere (CASA)