2025 Councilor Candidates
Academic Sector
- John Lanicci
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John Lanicci is a Professor of Meteorology and Academic Director, Coastal Weather Research Center, in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama (USA), Mobile, Alabama. He joined USA in 2017 after spending 10½ years on the faculty at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida. John’s teaching experience includes undergraduate and graduate...
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- Russ Schumacher
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Russ Schumacher is professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, and serves as the Colorado State Climatologist and Director of the Colorado Climate Center. He received his B.S. in meteorology and humanities from Valparaiso University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in atmospheric science from Colorado State University. Working closely...
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Government Sector
- Stephanie Herring
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Stephanie C. Herring is currently serving as Special Advisor to the NOAA Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observations and Predictions where her portfolio focuses on climate services, and NOAA’s transition to cloud services for HPC and AI/ML. She is also head of the Geophysical Science and Development Branch at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information in...
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Private Sector
- Stephen Bennett
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Stephen (Steve) Bennett, J.D., has spent over 25 years connecting climate change and extreme weather to financial applications. As the Chief Scientist and co-founder of Demex, he leads efforts to deploy innovative reinsurance programs for severe convective storms (SCS). Steve's career spans meteorology, law, and finance, with experience at The Weather Channel, Scripps Institution...
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- Danielle Breezy
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Danielle Breezy works as the Chief Meteorologist at WKRN-TV, the ABC affiliate in Nashville, TN, a position she has held since 2016. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Atmospheric Science from Cornell University along with her CBM Seal in 2009. Her career stops include WBOC-TV in Salisbury, KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City, KDAF-TV in Dallas, and WCVB-TV in Boston before her time in...
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- Jenny Frankel-Reed
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Jenny Frankel-Reed is a Senior Officer in climate adaptation with the Agricultural Development team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In this role, she develops strategic partnerships and grants to accelerate climate resilience in smallholder agriculture around the world. Focus areas include delivering weather and climate analytics for agricultural risk management, increasing private finance for...
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