45th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference Keynotes

The NVU-Lyndon chapter of the American Meteorological Society is proud to present the keynote speakers for the 45th annual Northeastern Storm Conference:

FRIDAY NIGHT SPEAKER: NICK GREGORY

Nick Gregory joined FOX 5 in December 1986 and brings viewers the weather on FOX 5 News at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. Before joining FOX 5 News, Gregory served as the morning meteorologist for CNN in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to CNN, he served as meteorologist for WTLV-Channel 12 (ABC) in Jacksonville, Florida. Gregory has been honored with several awards over the course of his career. He has been on the American Meteorologist Society’s “Board of Broadcast Meteorology” and was Chairman of the Board in 1992. He has received the AMS Seal of Approval for Excellence in Television Weathercasting and both the “New York Post” and the “Daily News” have named him the most accurate weather forecaster in New York City. He participates in many charities and is also very involved in the community visiting schools all across the tri-state area. In recognition of this, Gregory has been awarded the New York City Comptroller’s Award for outstanding community service. A 1982 graduate of Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont, Gregory holds a bachelor’s degree in meteorology. He has been a licensed pilot for 36 years, as well as a flight instructor, an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner, and is the FOX 5 News aviation expert on any aviation story. He also flies missions for Angel Flight, a non-profit organization that provides free transportation for financially needy patients and families to and from their medical treatments. Gregory is married, has three children and resides in the New York area.

SATURDAY NIGHT KEYNOTE: MICHAEL LOWRY

Michael Lowry serves as a Strategic Planner and Emergency Management Specialist for FEMA Region IV of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He is responsible for long-term strategic direction and response planning.

Lowry has 15 years of experience in research, forecasting, communications, and emergency management. Prior to joining FEMA, he served as a subject matter expert on hurricanes and tropical meteorology, most recently as visiting scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Hurricane Center (NHC), through its
partnership with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).

Previously, Lowry served as on-air hurricane specialist and tropical program lead for The Weather Channel (TWC) from 2012-2016. While at TWC, he provided network coverage for hurricanes and nor’easters, including Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the Boston blizzard in 2013, and Hurricane Matthew in 2016, filing reports for NBC Nightly News, TODAY, MSNBC, and CNBC.

Lowry has also served as a lead scientist at the NHC in Miami, Fla., where he was responsible for the development of new tropical cyclone-related products, including new watches and warnings, for the National Weather Service (NWS). Other positions have included Senior Scientist at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in Alexandria, Va., and emergency manager and meteorologist for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, where he provided support for nine presidentially declared disasters, including seven hurricane disaster declarations in 2004 and 2005.

Lowry is the recipient of the 2013 National Hurricane Conference Outstanding Achievement Award in Meteorology. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in meteorology from Florida State University.

SUNDAY MORNING SPEAKER: DR. TAMITHA SKOV

Tamitha Skov holds B.S. degrees in physics and physical chemistry, as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geophysics and planetary physics from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). In 2004 she joined The Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles where she is currently a Research Scientist in the Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tamitha works primarily in the fields of solar and space physics research and in the testing of spacecraft materials in realistic space radiation environments. She is an instructor at The Aerospace Institute and has served as an audio forensics analyst and instructor for the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC), funded by the Department of Justice. Her forecasting work as the “Space Weather Woman” is widely known on social media such as You Tube, Twitter, and Facebook. Tamitha has been featured in Popular Science Magazine and on television shows for The Weather Channel and The History Channel. She makes regular appearances on TMRO.TV for Space News and TwiT TV for Ham Nation, doing space weather forecasts under her amateur radio callsign WX6SWW.

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