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The NOAA Leadership Seminar: August 28-31, 2006

Presenter Biographies

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Presenters (listed in order of appearance)

Presentation Title Date/Time

3 Eduardo (Eddie) Ribas (WFMO)

Moderator for the NLS and Right Person, Right Place, Right Time: Meeting NOAA’s Workforce Needs

8/28 – 8/31 8/29 2:20pm-3:10pm

4 John (Jack) Dunnigan (NOS) NOAA’s Heritage: What Does it Mean to You?

8/28: 4:25pm-4:40pm

5 CAPT David MacFarland (NOS)

Celebrating NOAA’s Heritage 8/28: 4:40pm-5:25pm

6 Cheryl Oliver (NOS) Celebrating NOAA’s Heritage 8/28: 4:40pm-5:25pm

7 BGEN John (Jack) Kelly (DUS)

NOAA Leadership: Creating One NOAA

8/29: 8:10am-10:00am

8 Mary Glackin (PPI)

PPBES: Meeting Requirements, Maximizing Value

8/29: 10:20am-12:00pm

9 Bonnie Morehouse (PA&E)

PPBES: Meeting Requirements, Maximizing Value

8/29: 10:20am-12:00pm

10 Maureen Wylie (CFO) PPBES: Meeting Requirements, Maximizing Value

8/29: 10:20am-12:00pm

11 Frederick Toepfer (NWS) PPBES Case Study: NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Program

8/29: 1:00pm-2:00pm

12 LT COL Edith Disler Improving Written Communication Skills

8/30: 8:10am-10:10am

13 CAPT Jackson Niday Improving Written Communication Skills

8/30: 8:10am-10:10am

14 Bill Broglie (CAO) NOAA’s Mission Support Goal Team, Panel Discussion: Program Support

8/30: 11:05am-12:00pm

15 Mary Ellen Kicza (NESDIS) NOAA’s Mission Support Goal Team, Panel Discussion: Satellites

8/30: 11:05am-12:00pm

16 Mitchell Luxenberg (NOS) NOAA’s Mission Support Goal Team, Panel Discussion: Leadership

8/30: 11:05am-12:00pm

17 Elizabeth White (OMAO) NOAA’s Mission Support Goal Team, Panel Discussion: Fleet Services

8/30: 11:05am-12:00pm

18 Emily Menashes (NMFS) NOAA’s Ecosystem Goal Team 8/30: 1:00pm-1:35pm

19 Chet Koblinsky (OAR) NOAA’s Climate Goal Team 8/30: 1:35pm-2:10pm

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20 Dr. George Smith (NWS) NOAA’s Weather & Water Goal Team 8/30: 2:10pm-2:40pm

21 CAPT Steven Barnum (NOS) NOAA’s Commerce & Transportation Goal Team

8/30: 2:40pm-3:10pm

22 VADM Conrad Lautenbacher (US)

The Path to 2020 8/30: 3:30pm-5:30pm

23 Dr. Richard Spinrad (OAR) Realizing NOAA’s Potential: Promoting a Society Fully Invested in the Environment

8/31: 8:10am-9:00am

24 Tim McClung (US) NOAA’s Program Coordination Office: A Window Into Leadership

8/31: 9:00am-9:50am

25 Scott Smullen (OPCIA) NOAA Public Affairs: The Inconvenient Truth

8/31: 10:10am-11:00am

26 Eric Webster (LA) Know Your Audience 8/31: 11:00am-12:00pm

27 Ron Redmon Looking Forward 8/31: 1:00pm-3:00pm

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Eduardo (Eddie) Ribas

(WFMO) Moderator for the MLR 8/28 through 8/31

Eduardo (Eddie) Ribas

Director, NOAA’s Workforce Management Office Eduardo (Eddie) J. Ribas was named Director for Workforce Management at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in November 2004. In this position Mr. Ribas coordinates all areas of human resources operations, managing diversity, and strategic human capital management programs for over 12,500 employees at more than 375 locations in order to ensure NOAA has a diverse, highly skilled, motivated and effective workforce capable of accomplishing its’ mission. Under his leadership, NOAA developed the first ever Strategic Human Capital Management Plan and reduced cycle times in both SES and non-SES hiring. This is his second tour of duty with NOAA, as he previously served as the Human Resources Program and Policy Team Leader from 1998 to 1999. Before joining NOAA, he served as the Deputy Associate Director for the Human Capital Management Services at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Under his leadership, OPM was one of the first Federal agencies to achieve a “green” status for Human Capital under the President’s Management Agenda. He also re-engineered recruitment processes to reduce the hiring cycle time from 70 to 36 days. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Ribas served 4 years as the Director of Workforce Management and Human Resources Support for the National Institutes of Health where he was responsible for managing human resources programs in the areas of policy and program development, and lead efforts to create NIH as an employer of choice through its’ corporate recruitment programs. He also served at the U.S. Department of Agriculture where between 1989 and 1998 he held a variety of progressively responsible positions including Chief of the Rural Development Human Resources Operations Branch. Mr. Ribas is certified in Public Human Resource Management (IPMA-CP) by the International Personnel Management Association. He is fluent in Spanish, and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland. Mr. Ribas resides in Laytonsville, Maryland with his wife, Patti, and three young sons, Nicholas, Stephen, and Patrick. During his spare time he is involved in various civic associations and for the past 16 years has co-coached a 7/8th girls basketball team with his wife, Patti.

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John (Jack) H.

Dunnigan (NOS) NOAA’s Heritage: What Does it

Mean to You? 8/28: 4:25pm-4:40pm

John (Jack) H. Dunnigan Assistant Administrator, NOAA’s National Ocean Service

Mr. Dunnigan is NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Oceans and Coastal Services, responsible for the overall execution of activities in NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS). NOS is one of the Nation’s premier institutions in marine navigation, operational oceanography and geopositioning, and marine and coastal management and science. Mr. Dunnigan previously served as NOAA’s Ecosystem Goal Team Lead, responsible for planning, programming and overall coordination across NOAA of its nine ecosystem goal programs. He lead NOAA’s efforts to move forward in the utilization of ecosystem approaches to management of ocean and coastal resources. In addition to these responsibilities, Mr. Dunnigan served as Director of NOAA’s Office of Sustainable Fisheries, providing national coordination and oversight of the agency’s fisheries conservation and management policy and activities. In total Mr. Dunnigan has over 20 years of service within NOAA. Mr. Dunnigan served for 11 years as the Executive Director of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, building coalitions among member states to develop and implement mutual conservation programs for shared coastal and marine fishery resources. He has served in a leadership role on the staff of the NOAA Office of General Counsel and the New England Fishery Management Council.

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CAPT David

MacFarland (NOS) Celebrating NOAA’s Heritage 8/28: 4:40pm-5:25pm

Captain David MacFarland (NOAA-Ret.) Operations Manager, NOAA’s Center for Operational and Oceanographic Products and

Services (CO-OPS) and Lead, NOAA’s 200th Celebration Dave has worked with NOAA and it’s predecessor ESSA for the past 36 years, 33 years in the Commissioned Corps and 3 as a Federal employee as the Operations Manager for NOAA’s Center for Operational Products and Services (CO-OPS). CO-OPS operates a suite of nearly 1000 in situ oceanographic and meteorological instruments to support safe and efficient marine transportation. Prior to becoming the Operations Manager for CO-OPS, he served 33 years in NOAA’s Commissioned Corps the last 5 years as Director of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey responsible for the nautical charting and hydrographic surveying of our national waters in support of safe navigation. He served as NOAA’s representative on numerous Federal interagency committees addressing U.S. maritime issues. As the United States Hydrographer he was tasked by the Department of State to lead several national delegations at international meetings to address topics related to safety of navigation. In 2001 he was invited to address the General Assembly of the United Nations on issues pertaining to international marine transportation. Captain MacFarland has served aboard five NOAA survey vessels charting the waters of the West Coast, Alaska, East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Most recently he was the Commanding Officer of the NOAA Ship Mt. MITCHELL. Dave has been selected to lead NOAA’s celebration of it’s 200 years of science, service, and stewardship to the nation.

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Cheryl Oliver (NOS) Celebrating NOAA’s Heritage 8/28: 4:40pm-5:25pm

Cheryl Oliver Senior Program Advisor, NOAA’s Preserve America Initiative

Cheryl Oliver is a Senior Program Advisor with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). With over 20 years experience in NOAA, she has served as a federal liaison for numerous state coastal and research reserve programs and has been responsible for conducting programmatic evaluations, required by the CZMA, of state coastal and research reserve programs. Cheryl also served as the headquarters staff for the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary and was responsible for expedition logistics and liaison with The Mariners’ Museum, the facility that houses and exhibits artifacts recovered from the USS Monitor. Cheryl presently serves in the National Marine Sanctuary Program’s Communications Branch focusing on constituent building and maritime heritage partnerships. She is the staff lead for NOAA’s Preserve America Initiative – a program that promotes NOAA’s Heritage and cross cuts all of the missions of NOAA.

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BGEN John (Jack)

Kelly (DUS) NOAA Leadership: Creating

One NOAA 8/29: 8:10am-10:00am

BGEN John (Jack) Kelly, Jr. Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

Brigadier General (USAF retired) John (Jack) J. Kelly, Jr. serves as the Deputy Under Secretary (DUS) for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He is responsible for the day-to-day management of NOAA’s domestic and international operations. In addition, General Kelly is the United States principal representative with the World Meteorology Organization (WMO) and is responsible for U.S. interactions with the WMO. General Kelly has 39 years of experience in all facets of the weather field, including 21 years at the senior executive level in both government and private industry. He has broad experience in leading science-based service organizations, introducing change, and using and implementing technology and science. General Kelly served as senior advisor on weather services for the Department of Commerce and conducted a bottom-up review of the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) operation, plus NOAA and NWS management, planning, and budget policies and processes. He was NOAA’s assistant administrator for the Weather Service from 1998 to January 2004. In the private sector, General Kelly was director of Weather Systems for GTE Information Systems from 1994 to 1996. There he directed GTE’s weather and aviation services business line and was responsible for client satisfaction and interface, strategic planning, business development and sales, profit and loss, and program management. General Kelly retired from the Air Force in 1994 after serving for 31 years. His duties covered the entire spectrum of the weather field, from operational forecaster to chief scientist, to staff officer. He retired as director of Weather Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. General Kelly holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Seton Hall University and a master’s degree in public administration from Auburn University. He also completed leadership programs at the Air Force Command and Staff College and the Industrial College of Armed Forces. General Kelly is an American Meteorological Society Fellow and has received numerous U.S. and international awards.

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Mary Glackin (PPI) PPBES Process: Meeting

Requirement, Maximizing Value 8/29: 10:20am-12:00pm

Mary Glackin

Assistant Administrator, NOAA’s Office of Program Planning and Integration

Ms. Glackin is the Assistant Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Program Planning and Integration. In this role, she is responsible for strategic planning for a $3.9 billion agency dedicated to understanding and predicting changes in the Earth’s environment and conserving and managing coastal and marine resources. To ensure NOAA’s strategic planning is realized in day to day activities, Ms. Glackin is also responsible for the development and management of cross-cut programs including air quality, climate, ecosystems research and homeland security. She also leads NOAA-wide efforts to integrate social science and environmental policy analysis into decision making.

From 1999 until her current appointment, Ms. Glackin served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service of NOAA. In this capacity, she was responsible for the design, development, and operation of a series of civilian environmental satellite systems. This required processing and distribution of satellite products and services to domestic and foreign users, as well as data archive, assessment, and access services for atmospheric, oceanographic and geophysical data.

From 1993 to 1999, Ms. Glackin served as the Program Manager for the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) with the National Weather Service (NWS), NOAA. AWIPS is frequently called the “integrating element” of the NWS’s $4 billion modernization effort. It brought together in one system all of the key meteorological and hydrological data sets and provided the forecaster with communication, computation, and display capabilities. AWIPS was a recipient of the Smithsonian’s Information Technology Award and received the exclusive Best of What’s New Award by Popular Science Magazine.

Prior to this, Ms. Glackin worked as both a meteorologist and computer specialist in various positions within NOAA where she was responsible for introducing improvements into NWS operations by capitalizing on new technology systems and scientific models.

Ms. Glackin has a B.S. degree from the University of Maryland. She is the recipient of the Presidential Rank Award (2001), the NOAA Bronze Medal (2001), the Federal 100 Information Technology Manager Award (1999), the NOAA Administrator’s Award (1993), and the Department of Commerce Silver Medal Award (1991). She is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and a member of the National Weather Association.

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Bonnie Morehouse

(PA&E) PPBES Process: Meeting

Requirement, Maximizing Value 8/29: 10:20am-12:00pm

Bonnie Morehouse Director, NOAA’s Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation

Bonnie Morehouse is the Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Ms. Morehouse’s career with the government began as an engineering technician at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. She has had numerous positions with the United States Air Force and the United States Navy in this country, overseas and at the Pentagon.

Before coming to NOAA, Ms. Morehouse was the Director, Navy Programming Division on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. As the Navy “Programmer” she was responsible for the annual submission of the Navy’s $100B Program to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Prior to that she was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower.

Born in Minnesota and raised in Nebraska, Ms. Morehouse received an associate degree in Construction Management from the University of Nebraska, a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Management from Southern Illinois University and a Masters of Science degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. She is also a graduate of MIT’s Seminar XXI program.

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Maureen Wylie (CFO) PPBES Process: Meeting

Requirement, Maximizing Value 8/29: 10:20am-12:00pm

Maureen Wylie NOAA’s Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Wylie assumed her current position in February 2004. She serves as the principal financial manager for an organization whose appropriated resources approach nearly $4 billion and whose recorded capital asset value exceeds $5 billion. Ms. Wylie is the lead for Budget and Financial Execution in NOAA’s Planning Programming Budgeting and Execution System (PPBES). The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) also has the responsibility under the CFO Act to provide the leadership necessary for NOAA to obtain a yearly-unqualified opinion in the audit of its consolidated financial statements. Ms. Wylie previously served as the G8, Army National Guard (ARNG), responsible for resource management for the Army National Guard from October 2001. Ms. Wylie has also held a number of PPBES related positions as a Management or Program Analyst. She began government service in 1985 as an Army Presidential Management Intern in the Office of the Chief of Staff, Program Analysis and Evaluation Directorate. Her tenure included work on the FY 87-91, FY88-92, and FY 90-94 Army Programs. Developmental assignments during this period included stints at HQ, US European Command J-5, the Congressional Research Service, and the House Armed Services Committee Staff. Ms. Wylie graduated with honors from Rutgers University with a BA in Political Science in 1982, from Yale University with an MA in International Relations in 1984, and was a 1999 Distinguished Graduate from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, with an MS in National Resource Strategy. She is also a member of the 1997 class of the Defense Leadership and Management Program and a 2003 graduate of the Federal Executive Institute. Her awards include the 1994 Pace Award for her leadership in developing the Army Stationing Strategy. She also holds the Meritorious Civilian Service medal, four Superior Civilian Service Medals; two Commander’s Awards for Civilian Service, and the Army Achievement Medal. She was named the 1980 Harry S. Truman Scholar from New Jersey, a Rutgers University Scholar, and a Yale University Fellow. Ms. Wylie is married to Mr. Ross Campbell, a senior program analyst with the Government Accountability Office. Their son, Ian, is eleven years old.

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Frederick Toepfer

(NWS) PPBES Case Study: NOAA’s

Environmental Modeling Program

8/29: 1:00pm-2:00pm

Frederick Toepfer

Deputy Director, Environmental Modeling Center, National Centers for Environmental Prediction and Program Manager, NOAA Environmental Modeling

Mr. Toepfer is currently the Deputy Director, Environmental Modeling Center in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Program Manager. Prior to his current position, he held senior staff position and management positions in the NWS Office of Science and Technology, the NWS Office of the CIO, and the NWS Office of Systems Development. Prior to this, he worked for more than a decade in NOAA’s large systems acquisition programs. He was Deputy Program Manager for the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) and Deputy Program Manager for the NWS and Deputy Director of the NEXRAD Joint System Program Office. He was a part of the NEXRAD acquisition from its initial System Definition Phase through Full-Scale Development and Limited Production and Deployment, first as a support contractor and later on as Testing Manager before becoming the Deputy Program Manager. He has been a NOAA employee since 1988. Prior to working for NOAA, he was a Member of the Technical Staff of the MITRE Corporation supporting a varied cross-section of Government Clients, including NOAA, the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Labor, and the Federal Aviation Administration in a variety of environmental and weather and climate related activities. He is a graduate of the University of Miami (undergraduate) and the Colorado State University in Atmospheric Science, where he was actively involved in cloud and turbulence modeling. He also has had significant professional education, primarily in the discipline of Program Management and System Architecture. He served honorably in the United States Air Force from 1967 to 1974.

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CAPT Jackson Niday Improving Written

Communication Skills 8/30: 8:10am-10:10am

Captain Jackson A. Niday, II

United States Air Force Captain Jack Niday is Director of the Professional Writing Program sponsored by the Department of English and Fine Arts at the United States Air Force Academy. He holds a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Texas at Austin and is an associate professor in the Department of English and Fine Arts at The United States Air Force Academy. Jack is beginning his eleventh year as a teacher at the Academy. During his tenure at the Academy, Jack has instructed courses ranging from “Basic Composition” and “Writing for the Web” to classes such as “Shakespeare” and “The Gothic novel.” He has served as Director of the Forensics Team, as well as director for numerous courses. As the most experienced active-duty member of the USAFA Professional Writing Team, Jack has instructed over 4,000 federal employees in the principles of effective communication. All that experience brings him to one firm conviction: writing is hard work, but the basic principles in the Professional Writing course can help us all write more efficiently and effectively.

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LT COL Edith A. Disler Improving Written

Communication Skills 8/30: 8:10am-10:10am

Lieutenant Colonel Edith A. Disler

United States Air Force An AFROTC Distinguished Graduate from the University of Michigan, Lt Col Disler has served as a Titan II Missile Combat Crewmember at Little Rock AFB, as an Assistant Professor of English at the Air Force Academy, as Executive Assistant to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, as Speechwriter to the Secretary of the Air Force and to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and as a Conventional Arms Control Inspector with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. She is a graduate of the College of Naval Command and Staff and Air War College. She holds a BA in English from the University of Michigan, an MA in Technical and Expository Writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, an MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College and a PhD in Linguistics with a concentration in Sociolinguistics from Georgetown University. She has regularly presented papers at professional conferences, most recently papers focusing on gender and language in the military context. She has published numerous book reviews and a chapter on military metaphor in the book Unpeaceful Metaphors (Abdul Karim Bangura, Editor, Writers Club Press 2002). She is also chief bottle washer, diaper changer and boo-boo kisser to her toddler twins Zoe and Zack.

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Bill Broglie (CAO) NOAA’s Mission Support Goal

Team, Panel Discussion: Program Support

8/30: 11:05am-12:00pm

Bill Broglie

NOAA’s Chief Administrative Officer and Program Support Sub-Goal Lead

Mr. Broglie joined NOAA in August 2003 and is responsible for the overall leadership and NOAA-wide management of a wide-range of administrative services programs, including the following: - Facilities management–including real property (construction, maintenance, facility

condition assessments), logistics and personal property programs; - Environmental compliance, and health and safety; - Civil rights; - Executive secretariat; - Deemed exports and - Freedom of Information Act, competitive sourcing and OIG/GAO audit liaison.

Mr. Broglie began his career with the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA; currently the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services) in March 1977. His responsibilities ranged from overall management of a multi-million dollar research & demonstration budget and grant/contract program integral to the successful conduct of the Agency’s research and demonstration program, to directing CMS’s information technology (IT) investment management program,. He was responsible for overseeing the operations of the Medicare managed care program, including oversight of contracts accounting for over 2.5 million Medicare enrollees and more than $8 billion in annual disbursements. Mr. Broglie served as Director of Human Resources, and Director of the Office of Financial and Human Resources, and was responsible for the Agency’s financial management, procurement, human resources, and administrative services programs. Since joining NOAA, Mr. Broglie has been instrumental in reengineering NOAA’s financial and administrative support operations, including completing the Agency’s transition to a functional management model for these services, and providing executive leadership to the NOAA-wide business process reengineering initiative designed to improve and streamline these functions. Mr. Broglie led the development of the Agency’s first long-range facility modernization plan, and has been instrumental in strengthening NOAA’s corporate management and planning processes. He also serves as the Program-Support Sub-Goal lead under NOAA’s planning, programming, budget, and execution systems (PPBES); and chairs the Agency’s Safety Council.

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Mary Ellen Kicza

(NESDIS) NOAA’s Mission Support Goal

Team, Panel Discussion: Satellites

8/30: 11:05am-12:00pm

Mary Ellen Kicza

Deputy Assistant Administrator, NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service

Mary Ellen Kicza is the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services. Ms. Kicza most recently served as the Associate Deputy Administrator for Systems Integration at NASA. As a senior leader within NASA, she was responsible for assuring that mission and mission support elements were effectively aligned and integrated to execute NASA’s vision and mission. Over the course of her career, Ms. Kicza has served with distinction in a variety of technical, managerial and leadership posts in which she has been involved in the development, launch and support of satellite systems as well as multi-faceted research and development programs. In these roles, she has acquired extensive experience, not only in executing scientific and engineering programs but also in strategic planning, budget formulation, and workforce and facilities planning. In addition, she has significant experience in building and maintaining effective relationships with the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Defense Department, Congress, the aerospace industry and a diverse research community. Ms. Kicza’s accomplishments have won her two SES Meritorious Service Awards, NASA’s Distinguished Service and Scientific Achievement Medals, and numerous other awards. Ms. Kicza began her career as an engineer at McClellan Air Force Base in California, developing and testing software for Air Force satellite communications systems. In 1982, Ms. Kicza joined NASA’s Kennedy Space Center where she served as a lead engineer, participating in the preparation of Atlas Centaur and Shuttle Centaur launch vehicles in support of NASA, DoD and NOAA satellites. Since that time, Ms. Kicza has served as a program manager, as Deputy Director of the Solar System Exploration Division, Assistant Associate Administrator for Space Science, Associate Center Director for Goddard Space Flight Center, and Associate Administrator for Biological/Physical Research. In these roles, Ms. Kicza led and managed large, complex ground-based and space flight programs, many of which are international in scope, in support of U.S. space and earth science programs. As the Associate Center Director at Goddard, she managed a diverse scientific and engineering community of approximately 3,100 civil servants and 6,000 contractors. Ms. Kicza received her Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from California State University, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Florida Institute of Technology.

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Mitchell Luxenberg (NOS)

NOAA’s Mission Support Goal Team, Panel Discussion:

Leadership

8/30: 11:05am-12:00pm

Mitchell Luxenberg

Deputy CFO/CAO, NOAA’s National Ocean Service Mitch arrived in NOAA in 2002 to assume position of chief of NOS’s Policy, Planning and Analysis Division. In this position, Mitch was responsible for leading the budget formulation, legislative analysis, and program planning functions for NOS. In November 2004 Mitch was appointed acting CFO/CAO for NOS, a role in which he served until May 2006. Since that time, Mitch has served NOS as its Deputy CFO/CAO. Mitch has served as Program Manager for the Line Office Headquarters Program and as Team Lead for the Leadership Subgoal for the past two years. Prior to coming to NOAA, Mitch worked in Commerce’s International Trade Administration for 15 years, where he held management positions in the finance, budget, and program planning areas.

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Elizabeth White

(NMAO) NOAA’s Mission Support Goal

Team, Panel Discussion: Fleet Services

8/30: 11:05am-12:00pm

Elizabeth White

Chief of Program Services and Outsourcing Division, NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and Fleet Services Sub-Goal Lead

Elizabeth White is currently Chief of Program Services and Outsourcing Division in NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (NMAO) in Silver Spring, Maryland. She participates in the agency’s Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System (PPBES) process as the Fleet Services Sub Goal Lead and Program Manager for the four Programs within the Sub Goal; Marine Operations and Maintenance, Aircraft Services, Fleet Replacement and Aircraft Replacement. These programs comprise $228M of NOAA’s budget. In her current position Ms. White oversees the planning and programming efforts for platform modernization, allocation, and scheduling of NOAA’s fleet of ships and aircraft and interacts with NOAA Line Offices, Mission Goals, and Mission Goal Programs on all matters regarding the fleet and their requirements for charter platform services. Ms. White retired with the rank of commander from the NOAA commissioned corps in May, 2000. Ms. White was a NOAA Corps Officer for over twenty-two years. Her last commissioned assignment before joining NMAO’s Program Services Division, was Research Platform Resources Manager for the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. In this position, Commander White interfaced with OAR program elements including the Earth Systems Research Laboratories, the National Sea Grant College Program, and the National Undersea Research Program (NURP) to identify platform requirements, coordinate scheduling with research platform providers such as the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS), private contractors and other agencies, and managed an annual budget of approximately $15 million. She also served as an advisor to the Assistant Administrator on related issues. Ms. White began her career as a Deck Officer on NOAA Ship DISCOVERER in Seattle in 1978, continuing her first sea assignment as Navigation Officer, Assistant Operations Officer and Senior Watch Officer on NOAA Ship RESEARCHER (renamed MALCOLM BALDRIGE) in Miami in 1980 and NOAA Ship SURVEYOR in 1982. She completed her third sea tour on MALCOLM BALDRIGE as Operations Officer in 1992 and Executive Officer on FERREL in 1994. During these assignments, she coordinated at-sea operations for many of the major oceanographic, geologic and atmospheric programs of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, including the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP), the Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Study (EPOCS), the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), the Sub-Tropical Atlantic Climate Study (STACS), Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA), Radiatively Important Trace Species (RITS-CO2), the VENTS program off the Pacific Northwest Coast, and the National Ocean Service Status and Trends program along the East and Gulf Coasts. Ms. White received her B.S. in Oceanographic Technology from Florida Institute of Technology, Jensen Beach Campus, in 1977. She is married to Captain George E. White, also of the NOAA Corps.

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Emily Menashes

(NMFS) NOAA’s Ecosystem Goal Team 8/30: 1:00pm-1:35pm

Emily Menashes

Deputy Ecosystem Goal Lead Emily Menashes is NOAA’s Ecosystem Goal Deputy Lead. Her previous position was as the Chief of the Regulatory Services Division within the Office of Sustainable Fisheries of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Ms. Menashes earned a B.A. in Biology and Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College and an M.S. in Marine Resource Management, focusing on fishery biology and resource economics, from Oregon State University. She started with NOAA as a Sea Grant Fellow in NMFS’ Office of Science and Technology, working on fishery economics policy issues. Following her fellowship, Ms. Menashes worked for NMFS’ Office of Protected Resources, first on marine mammal/commercial fishery bycatch issues, and later on protected species science planning and coordination. Ms. Menashes is a graduate of NOAA’s Leadership Competencies Development Program.

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Chet Koblinsky (OAR) NOAA’s Climate Goal Team 8/30: 1:35pm-2:10pm

Chet Koblinsky

Director, Climate Program Office, NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

As Director of NOAA’s Climate Program Office, Chet Koblinsky manages NOAA’s Climate Competitive Research Program and leads NOAA’s climate mission goal team, which oversees the development of all of NOAA’s climate activities across its various offices. Chet joined NOAA in 2003 after a 25-year career as a research scientist and manager, primarily at NASA and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He has published over 90 scientific papers and technical reports and has lead the development of research satellite missions. He is a recipient of NASA’s Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. Chet grew up in New England where his father was a harbormaster and NOAA weather radio was on in his home every day.

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Dr. George Smith

(NWS) NOAA’s Weather & Water Goal

Team 8/30: 2:10pm-2:40pm

Dr. George Smith

Weather and Water Goal Lead Dr. George Smith is NOAA’s Weather and Water Goal Lead. His previous role was as Chief of the Hydrology Laboratory in the Office of Hydrologic Development in the NOAA’s National Weather Service, and the Senior Hydrologist for NOAA’s Hydrology Program. He is a native of New Jersey, and a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., Civil Engineering). Dr. Smith has broad experience in hydrologic science, technology, and operations. During his career he has worked in a wide range of positions in local and Federal government, and academia. Dr. Smith earned an M.E. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering Sciences from the University of Florida. As a research hydrologist at NOAA’s National Weather Service, he developed and published concepts essential to producing real time, interactive and accurate hydrologic forecasts hours, days, weeks or even months into the future. During Dr. Smith’s career with NOAA, he managed the integration of hydrologic scientific software into the Advanced Weather Interactive Prediction System, the high-speed computer and communication system that allows forecasters to quickly access and compile weather data gathered by radars, satellites, and automated surface observing systems, all in one workstation. He also oversaw the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service program, which combines the use of remote sensing, data automation and advanced computer modeling to analyze river data and create graphical displays of flood probability forecasts, including flood-forecast maps, pinpointing areas where flooding may occur. Dr. Smith has served as the hydrologic contact point for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). He has made technical presentations of the National Weather Service River Forecast System to the WMO and the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute; the Great Midwest Floods of 1993 to the Swedish Meteorological Society; and presented portions of the Bilateral Symposium and Workshop on Forecasting and Hydrologic Information in Shanghai, China. Dr. Smith has also made numerous presentations on the importance of, and NOAA’s commitment to, hydrologic science, resources and planning to organization, local governments, the National Research Council, and academia throughout the Nation. Dr. Smith has published over 40 scientific articles. Dr. Smith’s exemplary work was recognized by the Department of Commerce when he received the Department’s Silver Medal for Meritorious Service for “Revolutionizing River Forecasting and Flood Warning by Development and Implementation of the NWS Interactive Forecast System”. Dr. Smith lives in Moneta, Virginia with his wife Margaret, four horses and three cats.

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CAPT Steven Barnum

(NOS) NOAA’s Commerce &

Transportation Goal Team 8/30: 2:40pm-3:10pm

Captain Steven Barnum

Commerce and Transportation Goal Lead Captain Steven Barnum is currently the goal lead for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) mission goal “Commerce & Transportation.” This mission goal supports United States commerce with information for safe, efficient, and environmentally sound transportation. NOAA has clear mandates to support water, air, and surface transportation with navigational information and accurate and timely weather forecasts. This information is crucial to sustaining and improving the Nation’s economy. Captain Barnum began his career with NOAA in 1980 when he was commissioned as an Ensign in the NOAA Corps. He has specialized in Coast Survey mission objectives for the most part, including over 8 years of hydrographic field operations aboard five NOAA ships. His ship assignments include Commanding Officer of the NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON; Commanding Officer of the NOAA Ship WHITING, which conducted numerous Homeland Security surveys for the U.S. Navy in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks; Executive Officer of the NOAA Ship WHITING, Operations Officer of the NOAA Ship DAVIDSON and Operations Officer of the NOAA Ships RUDE and HECK. His shore assignments include Chief of the Navigation Services Division; Navigation Manager for the northeast United States; Executive Director, NOAA Marine and Aircraft Operations; Chief, Electronic Engineering Branch; and Chief of the Computer Support Branch for NOAA Commissioned Personnel where he oversaw the development and integration of an Oracle based personnel system with image archiving. Captain Barnum was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University; a B.S. in computer Science from University of Maryland; and an M.S. in Software Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Captain Barnum has received numerous awards including two United States Department of Commerce Silver Medal’s, NOAA Corps Commendation Medal, United States Coast Guard Achievement Medal, and several NOAA Sustained Superior Achievement Medals.

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VADM Conrad

Lautenbacher (US) The Path to 2020 8/30: 3:30pm-5:30pm

Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., is serving as the Under Secretary (US) of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. He was appointed December 19, 2001. Along with this title comes the added distinction of serving as the eighth administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He holds an MS and Ph.D. from Harvard University in applied mathematics. Lautenbacher oversees the day-to-day functions of NOAA, as well as laying out its strategic and operational future. The agency manages an annual budget of $4 billion. The agency includes, and is comprised of the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Services; National Marine Fisheries Service; National Ocean Service; National Weather Services; Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; Marine and Aviation Operations; and the NOAA Corps, the nation’s seventh uniformed service. As the NOAA administrator, Lautenbacher directed an internal review and reorganization of the NOAA corporate structure to meet the environmental challenges of the 21st century. He spearheaded the first-ever Earth Observation Summit, which hosted ministerial-level representation from several dozen of the world’s nations in Washington in July 2003. As the U.S. co-chair, he led follow-on working sessions in Italy in the Fall of 2003 and in South Africa in the Winter of 2004. The effort culminated at the Second Earth Observing Summit held in Tokyo in April 2004 where 47 nations formalized the plans for international cooperation on the construction and maintenance of a global Earth observing system. He also headed numerous delegations at international governmental summits and conferences around the world, including the U.S. delegation to 2002 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ocean Ministerial Meeting in Korea, and 2002 and 2003 meetings of the World Meteorological Organization and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission in Switzerland and France; as well as leading the Commerce delegation to the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa. Before joining NOAA, Lautenbacher formed his own management consultant business, and worked principally for Technology, Strategies & Alliances Inc. He was President and CEO of the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE). This not-for-profit organization has a membership of 76 institutions of higher learning and a mission to increase basic knowledge and public support across the spectrum of ocean sciences. Lautenbacher is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (Class of ’64), and has won accolades for his performance in a broad range of operational, command and staff positions both ashore and afloat. He retired after 40 years of service in the Navy. His military career was marked by skilled fiscal management and significant improvements in operations through performance-based evaluations of processes.

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Dr. Richard Spinrad

(OAR) Realizing NOAA’s Potential: Promoting a Society Fully

Invested in the Environment

8/31: 8:10am-9:00am

Dr. Richard Spinrad

Assistant Administrator, NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Dr. Spinrad is the Assistant Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR). He is a native of New York City, and a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University (B.A.), Dr. Spinrad has broad experience in marine science, technology, operations and policy. During his career he has worked in a wide range of positions in government, academia, industry and non-governmental organizations. Spinrad earned an M.S. in physical oceanography and a Ph.D. in marine geology from Oregon State University. As a research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences he developed and published concepts critical to our understanding of the relationship between water clarity and marine biological productivity. Spinrad served as President of Sea Tech, Incorporated during that company’s development of several now-standard oceanographic sensors. He went on to manage oceanographic research at the Office of Naval Research (including serving as the Navy’s first manager of its ocean optics program), eventually becoming the Division Director for all of the Navy’s basic and applied research in ocean, atmosphere and space modeling and prediction. In 1994 Dr. Spinrad became the Executive Director of the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) where he led the development of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl for High School Students, and he co-authored, with Admiral James D. Watkins, “Oceans 2000: Bridging the Millennia”, which served as the guiding document for the establishment of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP). In 1999 Spinrad became the Technical Director to the Oceanographer of the Navy. In this position he provided leadership and guidance for the development of the U.S. Navy’s oceanographic and meteorological operational support to Naval forces. Currently, Spinrad serves as the United States permanent representative to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, and co-chairs the White House Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology. Rick Spinrad is the President-Elect of The Oceanography Society, and served as Editor in Chief of Oceanography magazine; he has served on numerous professional committees of organizations including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Meteorological Society. Spinrad also served on the faculties of the U.S. Naval Academy and George Mason University. He has spent over 300 days at sea conducting research, and has published more than 50 scientific articles. Spinrad is the editor of a textbook on ocean optics and several special issues of marine science journals. In 2003 Spinrad was awarded the Department of Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the highest civilian award that can be given by the Navy Department, and he has received a Presidential Rank Award. Dr. Spinrad lives in Falls Church, Virginia with his wife Alanna and two beagles.

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Tim McClung (US) NOAA’s Program Coordination

Office: A Window Into Leadership

8/31: 9:00am-9:50am

Tim McClung

Executive Director to the NOAA Chief of Staff

It was a cold February day in 1973, when the seven year old looked skyward and pointed to the clouds. “It is going to snow,” he said, and begrudging the family knew. Hopes of a future doctor were dashed, and visions of a lawyer vanished. He would become a weatherman. A man with a great task – to forecast the unforecastable, to rationalize the irrational. His professional reward – saving lives and protecting property. Who claimed he would not do the work of a doctor or lawyer? As a Nittony Lion graduate of Penn State University, Tim McClung has forecasted weather in Oregon, Indiana, Utah, and California. In September 2005, Tim accepted the position of Executive Director to the NOAA Chief of Staff. In his new role, Tim is responsible for coordinating broad, atmospheric and oceanic issues between multiple line office within NOAA and with external bureaus in multiple Federal agencies.

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Eric Webster (LA) Know Your Audience 8/31: 11:00am-12:00pm

Eric Webster

Director, NOAA’s Office of Legislative Affairs Eric Webster has served as Director, Office of Legislative Affairs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since his appointment by President Bush in September, 2005. In his position, Mr. Webster serves as the agency’s chief legislative officer. NOAA, a part of the US Department of Commerce, provides weather forecasts, fisheries management, climate and ocean research, safe navigation, and costal services with a direct impact on the lives of our citizens. The agency, which has 12,500 employees and a $4 billion budget, consists of the National Weather Service, NOAA Corps, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Ocean Service, and a satellite division. Additionally, Mr. Webster specializes in weather satellite issues.

Prior to joining NOAA, Mr. Webster served as staff director of the House Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards. The Subcommittee has legislative jurisdiction and oversight responsibility for science at the Environmental Protection Agency, surface transportation research at the Department of Transportation, and, within the Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Technology Administration, and the National Technical Information Service.

Mr. Webster began his career on Capitol Hill as legislative assistant in the office of Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) from 1993 to 1997, specializing in defense, transportation and agriculture issues. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Webster was the legislative director for Congressman Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), overseeing the Congressman’s entire legislative agenda. He also focused on implementing Mr. Gilchrest’s agenda during his tenure as Chairman of the Coast Guard and Maritime Subcommittee.

Mr. Webster graduated with a B.A. in European History from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY in 1991, and received his M.A. in European Studies from Washington University in St. Louis in1993. He also graduated from the Senior Managers in Government Executive Program at The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2001.

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Ron Redmon Looking Forward 8/31: 1:00pm-3:00pm

Ron Redmon

The Redmon Group Ron is an executive coach and leadership development consultant whose passion is to help create healthy organizations where people can accomplish extraordinary results. Over the past ten years, Ron has worked with clients in all sectors – a sampling includes the U.S. Departments of Education, Health & Human Services, and Labor, NASA, Harvard University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Ford Foundation, the Council for Excellence in Government, and Westinghouse. Ron serves on the adjunct faculty of the Federal Executive Institute where for the past ten years he has taught a variety of courses in its residential program as well as designed and led customized leadership development programs for a wide variety of government agencies. One of those customized programs is NOAA’s Leadership Competencies Development Program, which, in addition to helping create it with NOAA, Ron also executed for its first four classes. Ron’s experience in the federal government included a variety of senior leadership positions in a wide range of mission and organizational settings. His last role was as chief operating officer of the Federal Quality Institute, an internal consulting resource for political and senior career officials. In this role, he also served as one of four career executives who staffed the President’s Management Council. Ron=s career also involved service on Capitol Hill and at The White House under two presidents. His education includes a B.S. from the College of William & Mary, an M.A. from the American University, and further graduate studies at Syracuse and Johns Hopkins universities. He studied organizational dynamics at the prestigious Gestalt Institute of Cleveland; is qualified to use and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as well as most of the instruments of the Center for Creative Leadership. Ron completed a distinguished military career of over 20 years of active and reserve time in the U. S. Air Force as an intelligence specialist then as a health services administrator, retiring as a colonel. He is a member of the Association for Psychological Type, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the International Coach Federation, the Society for Organizational Learning, and is a principal of the Council for Excellence in Government.