Friday Keynote – Tevin Wooten
Meteorologist Tevin Wooten joined NBC10 Boston in June 2022 and can be seen anchoring weather segments at 4:30, 5 and 6 a.m. on NBC10 Boston. He holds the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal of approval from the American Meteorological Society, and is an Emmy award winning weather reporter and meteorologist. Prior to joining NBC10 Boston, Wooten spent four years as an on camera meteorologist with The Weather Channel television network in Atlanta. During his time with the network, Tevin forecasted in studio but also from the frontlines covering major weather events such as hurricanes Florence, Michael, Laura and Delta; numerous winter storms including here in New England; and reported in the aftermath of countless tornadoes across the country. Tevin is an advocate for bringing diversity to the STEM discipline and providing communities of color with access and awareness to broadcast meteorology. Wooten is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Association of Black Journalists. He currently serves as a member of the Culture & Inclusion Cabinet with the AMS. Most recently, Wooten was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the media category. The prestigious list highlights 600 of the brightest young entrepreneurs, leaders “destined to change the world” and make a meaningful impact on society. Tevin has worked as a journalist and weather anchor in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and has spent time as an EV30 design intern with engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He holds degrees in broadcast journalism from the University of Arkansas and meteorology from the Florida State University with a mathematics minor.
Saturday Keynote – Dr. David Novak
Dr. David Novak is the Director of the Weather Prediction Center. In this capacity he is responsible for the overall provision of forecasts of rain storms, winter storms, and extreme temperature events over the United States up to 7 days in advance. WPC is at the meteorological heart of the weather enterprise and is interwoven into the U.S. readiness framework for extreme weather. The Center is also a catalyst for collaboration among the National Weather Service forecast offices, driving consistent messaging for partners. Throughout his academic and professional career, David has championed collaborative research, bringing operational needs to the attention of the research community and integrating promising research into operations to enable enhanced partner support.
Sunday Keynote – Robin Tanamachi
Dr. Robin Tanamachi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University. Her interests include radar meteorology, severe thunderstorm dynamics and kinematics, and atmospheric science education research. She has participated in numerous severe weather-focused field programs including VORTEX2 and VORTEX-Southeast (as a PI). Dr. Tanamachi is a member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and serves on the AMS Board on Higher Education. She is currently collaborating with UCAR COMET and Purdue Envision Center to create a Radar Meteorology course for COMET’s MetEd web site. Dr. Tanamachi is married to Dr. Daniel Dawson, also an Associate Professor at Purdue EAPS; they have two children. In her spare time, Dr. Tanamachi enjoys cycling, painting, storm chasing, and amateur radio (call sign WX0RT).