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TAC Membership

The NEXRAD Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is chartered by the NEXRAD Program Management Committee. The TAC is composed of a Chair; an Executive Secretary; four members each from the Departments of Commerce, Defense, and Transportation; and, two at-large members. The Chair's term is two years (renewable); the Executive Secretary's position is fixed by the charter; agency members serve indefinite terms at the pleasure of their Departments; and, the at-large members are appointed by the Chair. See the charter on the Reference page for more information.

Corrections to Lt. Col. Scott Saul Last updated March 2008


Chair
Dr. John T. Snow
Dean, College of Geosciences
The University of Oklahoma
Sarkeys Energy Center, Suite 710
100 East Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019
(405) 325-3101, Fax (405) 325-3148
email: jsnow@ou.edu
Appointed: December 2001
Executive
Secretary
Lt. Col. Scott Saul
NEXRAD Radar Operations Center
(405) 325-2120
email: Scott.H.Saul@noaa.gov
Appointed: February 2007

Members

Department of Commerce
Douglas Forsyth
NSSL, R/E/NS
(405) 366-0462, Fax (405) 366-0472
email: forsyth@nssl.noaa.gov
Appointed: March 1992
David Sharp
Science and Operations Officer (NWS)
(321) 255-0212
email: David.Sharp@noaa.gov
Appointed: March 2007
Robert Saffle
W/OSD5
(301) 713-1975, x107, Fax (301) 713-0333
email: Robert.Saffle@noaa.gov
Appointed: March 1992
Mark Walton
NWS Forecast Office
(616) 949-0643, Fax (616) 949-1708
email: Mark.Walton@noaa.gov
Appointed: March 1992

Department of Defense

Dr. James Metcalf
Air Force Research Laboratory/VSB
(781) 377-2972
Fax: (781) 377-5688
email: James.Metcalf@hanscom.af.mil
Appointed: March 2004
Todd McNamara
45WS/DOR
email: Todd.McNamara@patrick.af.mil
Appointed:

Department of Transportation

Dennis Roofe
FAA/ROC Liason
(405) 573-3444, Cell: (405) 820-9650
Fax: (405) 573-3480
email: Dennis.R.Roofe@noaa.gov
     or Dennis.Roofe@faa.gov
Appointed: June 1995
Todd Pattison
FAA/AJW-14A ITWS Lead Engineer
email: Todd.Pattison@faa.gov
Appointed: March 2007
Jim Evans
Lincoln Laboratory
30 Acacia Avenue
Berkeley CA 94708-1202
(781) 981-7950 (Secretary)
email: jime@ll.mit.edu
Appointed: June 2000
Bill Bumgarner
FAA/ATO-T Terminal Weather
BAE Systems
(202) 385-8834, Fax: (202) 493-4787
email: bill.bumgarner@faa.gov
Appointed: July 2002

At-large

Mr. Jim Wilson
NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder CO 80307
(303) 497-8818, Fax (303) 497-2044
email: jwilson@ucar.edu
Appointed: March 1992
Dr. Paul Smith
SD School of Mines & Technology
501 E. St Joseph Street
Rapid City SD 57701-3995
(605) 394-2291, Fax (605) 394-6061
email: psmith@ias.sdsmt.edu
Appointed: March 1996