Current Strategic Advisory Committee Membership

Current members of the NSF Unidata Strategic Advisory Committee.

Note: The date in brackets indicates the year in which a committee member's appointment expires.

Kevin Goebbert, Chair, [2026] 
Valparaiso University 
Department of Geography and Meteorology 
Kallay-Christopher Hall 201 F 
1809 Chapel Drive 
Valparaiso, IN 46383 
Tel: 219-464-5517 
E-mail: kevin.goebbert@valpo.edu

Eric Bruning, [2025] 
Texas Tech University 
Department of Geosciences 
1209 Media and Communication Building 
Mail Stop 1053, Texas Tech University 
Lubbock, TX 79409-1053 
Tel: (806) 834-3120 
E-mail: eric.bruning@ttu.edu

Sen Chiao, [2025] 
Howard University 
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies 
1840 Seventh Street, NW Room 305 
Washington, DC 20001 
Tel: 202-865-8678 
E-mail: sen.chiao@howard.edu 

Redina Finch, [2028] 
Western Illinois University 
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Geographic Information Sciences 
Tillman Hall 410C 
Macomb, IL 61455 
Tel: 309-298-1764 
E-mail: rl-finch@wiu.edu

Aaron Kennedy, [2028]
University of North Dakota
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Clifford Hall Room 400
Grand Forks ND 58202-9006
Tel: 701-777-5269
E-mail: aaron.kennedy@UND.edu

Todd Murphy, [2028]
University Louisiana Monroe 
Department of Atmospheric Science
Hanna 324
Monroe, LA 71209
Tel: 318-342-3428 
E-mail: murphy@ulm.edu

Craig Ramseyer, [2028]
Virginia Tech 
Department of Geography
215 Wallace Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Tel: 540-231-3206
E-mail: ramseyer@vt.edu

Keah Schuenemann, [2028]
Metropolitan State University of Denver 
Department of Meteorology
Science Building - 2018
Denver, CO 80217
Tel: 303-615-0780
E-mail: kschuene@msudenver.edu

James Potemra, [2026]
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
1680 East-West Road, POST 815B
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: 808-956-2737
E-mail: jimp@hawaii.edu

Giuseppe Torri, [2026]
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
2525 Correa Road, HIG 350
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: 808-956-2564 
E-mail: gtorri@hawaii.edu

Kim Wood, [2025] 
The University of Arizona 
Department of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences 
J. W. Harshbarger Building, Room 220 
1133 E. James E. Rogers Way 
Tucson, AZ 85721-0011 
E-mail: kimwood@arizona.edu

Users Committee Representatives

Casey Davenport, [2026] 
University of North Carolina, Charlotte 
Department of Geography & Earth Sciences 
McEniry 239 
9201 University City Blvd 
Charlotte, NC 28223 
Tel: 704-687-5984 
E-mail: Casey.Davenport@uncc.edu

Alexander Davies, [2026] 
United States Naval Academy 
Oceanography Department 
572C Holloway Road 
Annapolis, MD 21402 
Tel: 410-293-6565 
E-mail: adavies@usna.edu

NOAA Representatives

Scott Jacobs 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
National Weather Service/Office of Central Processing, Room 12350 
1325 East West Highway 
Silver Spring, MD 20910 
Tel: 301-427-9413 
E-mail: scott.jacobs@noaa.gov

NASA Representatives

Justin L. Rice
Earth Science Data and Information System Project Office 
8800 Greenbelt Road
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
Tel: 301.614.5027
Email: justin.l.rice@nasa.gov

USGS Representatives

David Blodgett 
USGS Integrated Modeling and Prediction Division Geo-Intelligence Branch 
8505 Research Way 
Middleton, WI 53562 
Tel: 608-821-3899 
Email: dblodgett@usgs.gov

UCAR/NSF NCAR Representatives

Doug Schuster 
UCAR/NCAR 
Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) 
P.O. Box 3000 
Boulder, Colorado 80307-3000 
Tel: 303-497-1216 
E-mail: schuster@ucar.edu

UCP and NSF Unidata Representatives

Christine Wiedinmyer 
Director, UCAR Community Programs 
P.O. Box 3000 
Boulder, Colorado 80307-3000 
Tel: 303-497-1414 
E-mail: christinew@ucar.edu 
 

Mohan Ramamurthy 
Director, Unidata Program Center 
P.O. Box 3000 
Boulder, Colorado 80307-3000 
Tel: 303-497 8661 
Fax: 303-497-8690 
E-mail: mohan@ucar.edu