Executive Board

The Executive Board meets regularly to provide advice and recommendations to the Director of CIWRO regarding appointments, procedures, and policies and to periodically review the accomplishments and progress of the technical and scientific programs and projects of CIWRO.

The board is made up of representatives from the University of Oklahoma, CIWRO consortium members, and the NOAA units located in Norman, Oklahoma. The Executive Board's advice is not binding on the Director.

The Executive Board Positions are as follows:

Director of CIWRO, Chair
Three Members designated by the OU Provost with concurrence of the Directors of:
- CIWRO
- OU School of Meteorology
- The Dean of the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences
Two Members designated by the Director of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) with the concurrence of the Directors of:
- CIWRO
- National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
Two Members designated by the NWS Director with the concurrence of the Directors of:
- CIWRO
- Storm Prediction Center (SPC)
- Radar Operations Center (ROC)
- Warning Decision Training Division (WDTD)
- Norman NWS Forecast Office (NWSFO)
- National Weather Service Training Center (NWSTC)
Two Members elected by the CIWRO Council of Fellows from their membership
Four Members, designated one representative from each consortium partner
Director of the School of Meteorology, ex officio
Director of the NSSL, ex officio
Director of the SPC, ex officio
Director of the ROC, ex officio
Director of the WDTD, ex officio
Director of the Norman NWSFO, ex officio
Director of the NWSTC, ex officio
Director of ARL, ex officio
Dean, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, ex officio

Current executive board members

Dr. Greg McFarquhar: Director, CIWRO, Chair of the Executive Board
Dr. Renee McPherson: Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Sustainability and Director, South Central Climate Science Center (Provost-designated)
Dr. Robert Palmer: Associate Vice President for Research, Director, ARRC, Tommy C. Craighead Chair, School of Meteorology (Provost-designated)
Dr. Carol Silva: Professor, Political Science and Director, Center for Risk and Crisis Management (Provost- designated)
Dr. Pamela Heinselman: Acting Deputy Director for Science, NSSL (OAR-designated)
Mr. Kurt Hondl: Associate Director for Administration, NSSL (OAR-designated)
Dr. Patrick Marsh: Chief, Science Support Branch, SPC (NWS-Designate)
Mr. Donald Rinderknecht: Radar Operations Center Applications Branch (NWS-Designate)
Dr. Boonleng Cheong: Research Scientist, ARRC, OU (Elected from CIWRO Council of Fellows)
Dr. Ming Xue: Director, CAPS, Professor and Weathernews Chair, OU (Elected from CIWRO Council of Fellows)
Dr. Terri Adams-Fuller: Professor, Howard University (Consortium Partner Designee)
Dr. Paul Markowski: Professor, The Penn State University (Consortium Partner Designee)
Dr. Christopher Thorncroft: Professor, University of Albany (Consortium Partner Designee)
Dr. Christopher Weiss: Professor, Texas Tech University (Consortium Partner Designee)
Dr. Cameron Homeyer: McCasland Chair Professor of Meteorology and Director, School of Meteorology, OU (ex-officio)
Dr. DaNa Carlis: Director, NSSL (ex officio)
Dr. Russ Schneider: Director, SPC (ex officio)
Mr. Terry Clark: Director, ROC (ex-officio)
Mr. Ed Mahoney: Director, WDTD (ex-officio)
Mr. Mark Fox: Meteorologist-in-Charge, Norman WFO (ex-officio)
Mr. John Ogren: Chief Learning Officer, NWS (ex officio)
Dr. Latoya Myles: Deputy Director, Air Resource Labratory (ex officio)
Dr. Petra Klein: Interim Dean, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences (ex officio)