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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
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 ForecasterAssistant 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
Synclaire Williamson
Developmental Meteorologist
Ricardo Martins Campos, Ph.D.
Developmental Meteorologist
Magdalena Wrobel
Pathways Student Trainee
Christopher Smith
Satellite Liaison
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