Ocean Prediction Center Staff

(Please use the NOAA Staff Directory for Contact Information)

Office of the Director

A.J. Reiss

Director

Avichal Mehra, Ph.D.

Deputy Director

Isabel Butler Viruet, Ph.D.

Sea Grant Fellow

OPC Administration

Beverly Sobel

Financial Management Analyst

Clarissa Gibson

Project Manager

Jacqui Poindexter

Transportation Assistant

Ice Services Branch

The ice services unit is NOAA's contribution to the US National Ice Center.

Kevin Berberich

USNIC Deputy Director & ISB Branch Chief

Walter Clark

Snow and Ice Product Area Lead

Jonathan Edwards-Opperman

Lead Ice Specialist

Angela Bundy

Data Clerk

(Vacant)

Ice Analyst

(Vacant)

Imagery Order Desk and Team Lead

Ryan Sale

Observations Lead

Sierra Taylor

Snow and Ice Analyst

Lenetta Mallory

Snow and Ice Analyst

Carl Gerland

Snow and Ice Analyst

(Vacant)

NOAA Corps Transitions and Initiatives Officer

Laurence Connor, Ph.D.

NESDIS STAR, Acting Chief Scientist

Chris Jackson

NESDIS STAR

(Vacant)

Pathways Student Trainee

Ocean Forecast Branch

The ocean forecast unit creates the high seas forecasts, marine weather charts, and the offshore waters forecasts.

Darin Figurskey

Branch Chief

Michael Folmer, Ph.D.

Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM)

Timothy Collins

Lead Marine Forecaster

Timothy Holley

Lead Marine Forecaster

James Kells

Lead Marine Forecaster
Assistant Webmaster

David Mills

Lead Marine Forecaster

(Vacant)

Lead Marine Forecaster

David Cameron Anderson

Marine Forecaster

George Bancroft

Marine Forecaster

Jacob (Jake) Byrd

Marine Forecaster

Ryan Connelly

Marine Forecaster

Elizabeth Ehrbar

Marine Forecaster

D. Adam Futterman

Marine Forecaster

Marshall Huffman

Marine Forecaster

Lauren Hyde

Marine Forecaster

Casey Joseph

Marine Forecaster

Jason Krekeler

Marine Forecaster

Cody Poché

Marine Forecaster

Michael Rowland

Marine Forecaster

Todd Shaw

Marine Forecaster

(Vacant)

Marine Forecaster

(Vacant)

Marine Forecaster

Ocean Applications Branch

The applications unit develops and implements new software and techniques to support OPC.

On April 30, 2025, Joseph Sienkiewicz retired after 37 years of federal service with the Ocean Prediction Center, where he served as a forecaster, science officer, and most recently as chief of the Ocean Applications Branch. We wish him fair winds and following seas in his well-earned retirement.

(Vacant)

Branch Chief

Logan Dawson, Ph.D.

Science and Operations Officer (SOO)

Frances Achorn

Senior Developmental Meteorologist

Stephanie Stevenson, Ph.D.

Senior Developmental Physical Scientist

(Vacant)

Developmental Meteorologist

Patricia Quinteros

IT Specialist

LT Thomas Cervone-Richards, NOAA Corps

NOAA Corps Technical Operations Coordinator

Deanna Spindler, Ph.D.

Developmental Oceanographer

Todd Spindler, Ph.D.

Developmental Oceanographer

(Vacant)

Developmental Oceanographer

Synclaire Williamson

Developmental Meteorologist

Ricardo Martins Campos, Ph.D.

Developmental Meteorologist

Magdalena Wrobel

Pathways Student Trainee

Christopher Smith

Satellite Liaison