One of the biggest challenges facing the American Meteorological Society is how we connect to our younger members. We only have one AMS Broadcast Conference per year. While many younger meteorologists may be AMS members or working towards earning their seal of approval or even already be seal holders, they often are not able to attend the conference because it is too expensive for them, or they are filling in for meteorologists with more seniority that are attending the conference. I know we have worked on discounted rates, but are there more ways we could help these members? I would work to set up regional meetings or workshops that more meteorologists could attend. I would also look to do more Zoom workshops or meetings to keep younger meteorologists engaged and give them other opportunities to network with other meteorologists.  
 
In addition, I would love to provide more ways to have meteorologists from all areas aka research, broadcast, private sector, and operational all engage together. In Nashville, we do a SWAD Day which is Severe Weather Awareness Day which incorporates television meteorologists, national weather service meteorologists, emergency managers, and weather enthusiasts. It is always a wonderful day with a lot of valuable information shared, plus there is the networking aspect. I would love to set up these types of meetings in person or virtually. Connections are so important in our industry, and I want to get as many meteorologists together as possible. 

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 Nashville. Danielle also has filled in multiple times on Good Morning America and World News Tonight for the ABC Network. 

Some of Danielle’s notable coverage of multiple tornadoes include the infamous outbreak of March 2020, which earned her an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2021. Then, in 2022, she was also awarded the American Meteorology Society’s June Bacon-Bercey Award for Broadcast Meteorology “for exceptional life-saving coverage and sustained efforts to educate the community about severe weather safety.” 

In 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Danielle submitted abstracts and presented her severe weather coverage at the AMS Broadcast Conferences. She served on the Board of Broadcast from 2019-2021 and was elected to Chair of the Board of Broadcast in 2022. She also served as the co-chair for the 50th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology in 2023 introducing Ginger Zee as the keynote speaker.

In 2022, she received the Mission Award from the American Red Cross for her philanthropic work with the organization. In 2023, Cornell University College of Agricultural and Life Sciences awarded Danielle with the honorable Young Achievement Award. In 2024, she was recognized as one of the “Women of Influence'' by the Nashville Business Journal. In her spare time, she partners with countless charities, visits schools, and inspires young students through education. In addition, each summer, she mentors meteorology interns from various colleges around the country.