Perspectives from Early Career Professionals

The AMS Board for Early Career Professionals wants to highlight members of the Weather, Water, and Climate enterprise who exemplifies the AMS Mission just a few years into their career. Our "Perspectives from Early Career Professionals" segment aims to highlight early-career achievements in multiple sectors of meteorology.

Below is an archive of the people we have interviewed before, from multiple sectors of the Weather, Water, and Climate enterprise. If you know someone who deserves to be highlighted by the board, please contact us at [email protected]

December 2020 - Kyle Nelson, a meteorologist, public safety educator, and emergency management professional

November 2020 - Ariana Elena Castillo, Ph.D. Student at Harvard University, Part-time graduate research assistant at NASA Langley Research Center

October 2020 - Amber Liggett, Public Information Officer for the Pennsylvania Department of Health, freelance meteorologist

September 2020 - Manda Chasteen, Ph.D. candidate at the School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma

August 2020 - Nick Underwood, Aerospace Engineer/Hurricane Hunter with the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center

July 2020 - Cheryl Nelson, Broadcast Meteorologist and Founder & Owner of Prepare with Cher, LLC.

July 2020 - Justin Pullin, Lead Forecaster, National Weather Service Seattle, WA

June 2020 - Jennifer Correa, the weekend morning meteorologist at WFOR, CBS4 Miami and the weeknight meteorologist, on Mondays through Wednesdays, at CW44 Tampa

April 2020 - Chris Vagasky, a Meteorologist and the Soundings Solutions Manager for Vaisala Inc.

March 2020 - Melissa Sizemore, Emergency Manager for Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency

August 2019 - Melissa Griffin, SC State Climatology Office, Columbia, SC

July 2019 - Tom Bedard, AccuWeather, State College, PA