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The AMS Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise Board on Enterprise Economic Development (BEED)

The AMS Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise Board on Enterprise Economic Development (BEED). Bill Mahoney (NCAR) Chair, Board on Enterprise Economic Development. Background & Activity Status January 2008. Mission.

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The AMS Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise Board on Enterprise Economic Development (BEED)

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  1. The AMS Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise Board on Enterprise Economic Development (BEED) Bill Mahoney (NCAR) Chair, Board on Enterprise Economic Development Background & Activity Status January 2008

  2. Mission To promote growth in the economic base of the weather and climate enterprise by outreach to user communities.

  3. History Prior to the formation of the Commission, the BEED was the AMS Economic Development Committee, which reported to the AMS Executive Committee.

  4. BEED Organization External Focus

  5. Board Members - 2007 Name Affiliation Term Expiration Chair, Bill Mahoney UCAR 2008 Future Chair, Pam Emch Northrop Grumman 1. Greg Wilson Baron Environmental Services 2008 2. Josh Foster NOAA 2008 3. Brenda Philips ECS/UMASS 2008 4. Jim O’Sullivan NOAA 2008 5. Bill Graham NASA 2009 6. Jan Dutton AWS 2009 7. John Zack MESO, Inc. 2009 8. Pam Emch Northrop 2009 9. Robert Plante Sasaki Institute (OU) 2010 10. Dorlisa Hommel Raytheon 2010 11. Richard Ohlemacher Northrop Grumman 2010 12. Monica Hale SAIC 2010 Ex Officio Members: Chair, AMS Surface Transportation and ITS – Paul Pisano (FHWA) Chair, Energy Committee – Jon Davis (Chesapeake Energy)

  6. Board Members - 2008 Name Affiliation Term Expiration 1. Chair, Pam Emch Northrop Grumman 2012 Post Chair, Bill Mahoney UCAR 2009 2. Bill Graham NASA 2009 3. Jan Dutton AWS 2009 4. John Zack MESO, Inc. 2009 5. Robert Plante Sasaki Institute (OU) 2010 6. Dorlisa Hommel Raytheon 2010 7. Richard Ohlemacher Northrop Grumman 2010 8. Monica Hale SAIC 2010 9. Holly Hartman University of Arizona 2011 10. John Henz HDR Engineering 2011 11. Eva Regnier Naval Postgraduate School 2011 12. Andrea Bleistein NWS Office of Science & Tech 2011 Ex Officio Members: Chair, AMS Surface Transportation and ITS – Paul Pisano (FHWA) Chair, Energy Committee – Jon Davis (Chesapeake Energy)

  7. Major Activities - 2007 • The BEED organizes the following major activities: • * Corporate Forum • * Users Forum • The Board also supports activities of its two committees • ITS/ST Committee • * National Surface Transportation Weather Symposium • * Joint meeting with the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s Weather Information & Applications Special Interest Group • * Short Course on Surface Transportation Weather • * Organized road weather session in IIPS • Energy Committee • * Assisted NCDC with two national telecons on climate normals • * Organized energy session for Sixth Users Forum

  8. BEED Website A new BEED website was developed in 2007. It will soon be integrated into the AMS website

  9. Corporate Forum Brings together several key members of the community, government agencies, and policy makers, to discuss ongoing programs, new initiatives, business opportunities, and policy issues. The primary goal of the Forum is to identify business opportunities. To increase the participation in the Forum, the name of the Forum was changed in 2007 to the Public-Private Partnership Forum Next PPP Forum: 22-23 April 2008 University of CA Washington Ctr.

  10. 2008 PPP Forum22-23 April 2008 • Participants to include: • Federal Government Agencies • - NOAA • NASA • DHS • DOE • Congressional Appropriations Staff • Congressional Authorization Staff • 2008 Special Topics • Responding to Emerging Climate Change Policies • Establishing Community Priorities – Defining, Prioritizing, and Advocating Effectively BAMS Advertisement

  11. Users Forum Brings together industry users and the weather and climate enterprise. Speakers asked to focus on industry needs for weather and climate information, recent successes and failures in the use of products, and other aspects of products and services as they relate to the end user and decision maker. BAMS Advertisement

  12. Sixth Users Forum22 January 2008 • Focus: * Emergency Management & Rescue Operations • * Offshore Energy Industries • Participants will include: • Session A – Emergency Management • Jennifer Sutter – Harris County Office of Homeland Security • Thomas Lee Smith – Building Consultant to FEMA • Brandon Bolinski – Southeast Region Hurricane Manager, FEMA • Windell Curole – GM, Lafourche Levee District • Session B – Offshore Energy • Brent Dorsey – Director of Environmental Programs, Entergy • Cortis Cooper – Chevron • Mike Beeman, FEMA, Region II, DHS • Gary Crewa – Spatial Energy • Ron Hughes – Global Industries • Jeff Zimmerman – McDermott Industries

  13. ITS & Surface Transportation Weather Committee 2008 • Name Affiliation Term Expiration • 1. Chair, Paul Pisano FHWA 2009 • 2. Brooke Pearson Vaisala 2009 • 3. Renee McPherson Oklahoma State University 2009 • 4. Robert Hallowell MIT Lincoln Lab 2009 • 5. Jim O’Sullivan NOAA 2009 • 6. Kevin Petty NCAR 2009 • 7. Pat Welsch University of North Florida 2009 • 8. Ralph Patterson Utah DOT 2009 • 9. Denise Stephenson-Hawk UCAR 2010 • 10. Jim Block Meteorlogix 2011 • 11. Steve Conger Iteris 2011 • 12. Kathy Osborne Meridian Environmental Technologies 2011 • Ex Officio Members: • Chair, Weather Information & Applications Special Interest Group, Intelligent Transportation Society of America – Art Handman (Ret. Hartford Transit Authority) • Chair, TRB Task Force on Surface Transportation Weather (Dr. Wilf Nixon, U of IA) • Federal Coordinator (OFCM) or designee

  14. ITS & Surface Transportation Weather Committee • 2007 Activities: • Co-sponsored 3rd National Surface Transportation Weather Symposium (June ’07, Washington, D.C.) • Developing BAMS volume focused on surface transportation weather • Developed AMS Short Course on Surface Transportation Weather • Developed web site (not live yet) • Organized surface transportation weather session in IIPS • 2008 Planned Activities: • Co-Sponsor Surface Transportation Weather Conference (16-18 June 2008, Indianapolis) • Co-Sponsor TRB Snow & Ice Control Technology Conference (18-20 June 2008, Indianapolis) • Support ITS World Congress, November, New York City • Organize surface transportation weather session in IIPS • Continue to identify opportunities to engage the weather and climate community and the transportation sector

  15. Energy Committee - 2008 Name Affiliation Term Expiration 1. Chair, Jon Davis Chesapeake Energy 2009 2. Josh Dar Chesapeake Energy (prev. RMS) 2009 3. Dave Changnon Northern IL University 2009 4. Adam Stevens Velite Capital (prev. Citigroup) 2009 5. Marc Swartz NREL 2009 6. Patrick Walsh TVA 2009 7. Ken Reeves AccuWeather 2009 8. Robert Mulloy Shell 2009 9. Beth Stump Chevron 2010 10. Kathleen Moore Integrated Environmental Data, LLC 2010 11. Cathy Findley WindLogics, Inc. 2010 12. Rick Petty DOE 2010 Several terms were extended one year to give the charter members a full 3-year term.

  16. Energy Committee • 2007 Activities: • Co-sponsored NCDC webcasts on revisions to climate normals • Organized the energy component of the Sixth Users Forum • Developed a committee web site (http://www.ametsoc.org/committeepges/energy/index.html) • 2008 Planned Activities: • Support NCDC climate normals user outreach activities • Organize energy session at ther 2009 Annual Meeting (Symposium on the Urban Environment) • Continue to identify opportunities to engage the weather and climate community and the energy sector

  17. BEED Plans - 2008 • Transition Chair to Pam Emch • 2) Identify and establish new committee • Human Health or • Water resources • 3) Support development of community priorities statements and industry participation in AMS activities • 4) Submit proposal for AMS to be an “Invited Organization” at the 2009 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston • 5) Organize PPP Forum and Seventh Users Forum • 6) Support BEED Committees

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