Dr. Russell Schneider
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Dr. Russell Schneider was named Director of the NOAA-NWS Storm Prediction Center in August 2010 and led the Center through the historic 2011 tornado season. The Storm Prediction Center is responsible for protection of life and property through official 24x7 nationwide forecasts and warnings for hazardous mesoscale weather phenomena including tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and wildfires. Russ began his NWS career in 1992.
Dr. Schneider’s responsibilities span all facets of NOAA-NWS Storm Prediction Center (SPC) programs, from critical operational weather forecasting, to integration the latest science and technology into SPC operations. He provides strategic direction for both the Operations and Science Support Branches, and assists National Weather Service Leadership in establishing and executing strategic plans for NOAA nationwide severe weather services. Dr. Schneider was the first Science Support Branch Chief at the Storm Prediction Center and served in this role from 1997-2010. Russ earned B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Atmospheric Science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Russ was awarded a Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for his contributions to US weather services in 2007, and the American Meteorological Society Kenneth C. Spengler Award for his efforts to bring diverse communities together within the collaborative environment of the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed in 2011. Dr. Schneider was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society in 2012. Along with nine other NWS colleagues, Dr. Schneider was recognized by President Barack Obama for severe weather forecasts and warnings prior to the 20 May 2013 Moore, Oklahoma tornado in a departure ceremony at Tinker Air Force Base next to Air Force One. |
Danielle Breezy
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Danielle Breezy has been the Chief Meteorologist at News 2 since 2016. She earned her degree in Atmospheric Science at Cornell University and has her CBM seal which is the highest seal she can earn. In 2021, she received the American Meteorological Society's June Bacon-Bercey Broadcaster of the Year Award for her life-saving coverage of the March 2020 Tornado Outbreak. She was also named the top 40 under 40 in 2020 by the Nashville Business Journal. In her free time, she loves visiting schools and giving back to the community. You can also catch her from time to time filling in at the network on Good Morning America and World News Tonight!
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Greg Carbin
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Greg Carbin has served as the Chief of Forecast Operations for NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Prediction Center (WPC), in College Park, Maryland, where he oversees 34 meteorologists with responsibilities for issuing rainfall, snowfall, and medium range weather forecasts for the nation since 2016. Greg previously served as the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at NOAA’s NWS Storm Prediction Center (SPC), in Norman, Oklahoma, from 2007 to 2016. Greg began his weather career in 1986, working in the private sector at FleetWeather, before starting with the NWS, in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1993. After more than 30 years with the NWS, Greg will be retiring later this year, moving from Maryland to Vermont, and starting a new chapter of homesteading and weather watching in the Green Mountains.
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Bryan Busby
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Bryan Busby Is widely regarded as one of the best and most creative professionals in his field. He was 1 of only 10 weathercasters selected to be showcased by the Weather Channel's "America's Forecasters" series A nine-time Emmy Award winner with 20 nominations, he has been serving the Kansas City area with weather reports since 1985, but in1998 he was one of three finalists to become the Chief Meteorologist at ABC’s Good Morning America. Bryan has put KMBC-TV on the "weather map" with innovative programs like "Guaranteed Weather," "EarthStation," "Weather-To-Go," "Bryan Goes to School," and "Instant Weather Network,” a weather display system which earned him U.S. Patent No. 5,943,630. Bryan was appointed to the National Chapter of the American Meteorological Society's Board of Broadcast Meteorologists and named Chairman for that committee from 1997-1998. In 2021, Busby was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Weather Association. In 2023, Bryan was named an American Meteorological Society Fellow – An honor he will retain for life as recognition of his contributions to the science.
National Chapter of American Meteorological Society’s Award for Broadcast Meteorology (2010). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle Inductee (2015). Bryan's interest in weather began in Cleveland, Ohio, when he was a child. As he studied weather, he realized that television was for him. In high school, he broadcast weather reports for two Cleveland-based radio stations. After this beginning in radio, Bryan earned his degree in meteorology from St. Louis University. |
