Executive Board Members
Dan Breed
PRESIDENT
Jonathan Jennings
PRESIDENT-ELECT
David Yorty
SECRETARY
Andrew Detwiler
PAST PRESIDENT
Tom DeFelice
EDITORTom DeFelice.
Laurie Capece
EXEC. SECRETARY/TREAS.Laurie Capece has held the position of Executive Secretary/Treasurer of the WMA since 2012. She has been the office manager for Northern American Weather Consultants for the past 10 years. Prior to the WMA, Laurie had over 8 years' experience as an Executive Director for nonprofit organizations, where she helped organize medical missions in several third world countries.
Trustees
Jonathon Jennings
GOVERNMENT SECTOR TRUSTEE(2019-2022)
Jonathan Jennings in the meteorologist for the West Texas Weather Modification Association out of San Angelo, Texas. Since joining the program in 2011, Jonathan has also contracted work with the Trans-Pecos Weather Modification Association and North American Weather Consultants. Jonathan has a B.S. degree in Earth Science/Meteorology from California University of Pennsylvania (2004) and became a licensed meteorologist in the State of Texas in late 2011. Jonathan is involved in several research and development projects and has helped in flare development and testing with the Texas Weather Modification Association. Over the last 5 years, he has also been highly involved in government relations between the Texas programs and state legislatures.
Daryl O'Dowd
PRIVATE SECTOR TRUSTEE(2023)
Daryl O'Dowd has been a private sector consultant in meteorology for more than 30 years. Working as a summer student with the Alberta Research Council hail suppression project in the 1980's, he later joined weather modification innovator Irving P. Krick to coordinate Alberta ground-generator seeding. At the same time he flew with the late Jim Heimbach and a Langer IN counter (Langer Banger) over industrial plants with that data forming the basis for his M.Sc. (University of Alberta 1995) and subsequent Journal of Weather Modification articles. He's contracted as radar meteorologist to both WMI and SOAR, working in Istanbul and Texas, and has had roles in seeding program design and evaluation for corporate and government clients, including the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District #1. He sits on the JWM editorial board and holds WMA accreditation as certified operator (CO) and Canadian (CMOS) accreditation as consulting meteorologist. He's based in Calgary, Alberta.
Fred Remer
UNIVERSITY SECTOR TRUSTEE(2019-2020)
Fred Remer is an associate professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of North Dakota’s John D. Odegard School for Aerospace Sciences. He has worked as a meteorologist on the Greek Hail Suppression Project (1987) and also as the chief meteorologist at Weather Modification Incorporated (1997-1999). He is a Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor and concentrates his efforts on pilot education and aviation weather research. He has flown as scientist and pilot aboard the University of North Dakota Cessna Citation II research aircraft in support of icing, thunderstorm and air chemistry projects. Prof. Remer was also the weekend meteorologist for KXJB-TV (Channel 4) Fargo from 1999 to 2000 and is a Certified Weather Modification Operator. Prof. Remer's areas of interest are aviation weather, broadcast meteorology and weather modification.
Committees
| AWARDS: |
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| Dan Breed (Chair) |
| Duncan Axisa |
| Pat Golden |
| Don Griffith |
| Darin Langerud |
| LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS: |
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| Darin Langerud (Chair) |
| Tom DeFelice |
| Jonathan Jennings |
| Tom Ryan |
| MEMBERSHIP: |
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| Laurie Capece (Chair) |
| Stephanie Beall |
| Dave Yorty |
| NOMINATING: |
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| Tom Ryan |
| Bruce Boe |
| Shaun Parkinson |
| Maury Roos |
| Mark Schneider |
| PUBLIC INFORMATION: |
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| George Bomar (Chair) |
| Joseph Golden |
| Tom Ryan |
| STANDARDS & ETHICS: |
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| Andrew Detwiler (Chair) |
| George Bomar |
| Dan Breed |
| Thomas DeFelice |
| Mark Solak |
Ad Hoc Committees
| INTERNATIONAL: |
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| Farren Hiscutt (Chair) |
| Frank Kasparek |
| ASCE/WMA STEERING: |
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| Jonathan Jennings (Chair) |
| Don Griffith |
| Paul Kucera |
| Darin Langerud |
| WEBSITE: |
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| Stephanie Beall (Chair) |
| Duncan Axisa |
| Erin Fischer |
| Don Griffith |
| Kelli Schroeder |
| WMA ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT: |
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| Derek Blestrud (Chair) |
| Bruce Boe |
| Pat Golden |
| Frank McDonough |
Boards
| EDITORIAL: |
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| Tom DeFelice (Editor) (Editor, JWM), Chair |
| Richard Stone (2021-2026) |
| Daryl O'Dowd (2021-2022) |
| Jonathan Jennings (2022-2027) |
| Bob Cyzs (2022-2028) |
| CERTIFICATION: |
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| Mark Schneider (Chair) |
| Don Griffith |
| Darin Langerud |
Executive Board & Committees Archive
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