WMA Executive Board and Committees

- OFFICERS -

President: Duncan Axisa
President-elect: Todd Flanagan
Secretary: Gary Riley
Exec. Sec./Treas.: Hilda Duckering
Past President: Don Griffith
Editor of JWM: Andy Detwiler

- TRUSTEES -

Government: John Andrew (2007-2010)
Private Sector: Dan Risch (2009-2012)
University: Terry Deshler (2008-2011)


- COMMITTEES -

AWARDS:
Don Griffith (Chair)
Duncan Axisa
William Woodley
Steve Chai
George Bomar
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS:
Joseph Golden (Chair)
Tom DeFelice
Darin Langerud
John Leedom
Joe Busto

MEMBERSHIP:
Hilda Duckering (Chair)
Todd Flanagan
Dave Yorty
Dave Newsom
John Leedom
George Farazoulis

NOMINATING:
Bruce Boe (Chair)
Maury Roos
Randy Jenson
Jane Wyman
Tommy Shearrer

PUBLIC INFORMATION:
Tom DeFelice (Chair)
George Bomar
Joseph Golden
Stephanie Beall
Tara Jensen
Bruce Boe

STANDARDS AND ETHICS:
Byron Marler (Chair)
George Bomar
Thomas DeFelice
Mark Solak
Conrad Keyes, Jr.
Gary Riley

- AD HOC COMMITTEES -

FUNDS APPROPRIATION:
Byron Marler (Chair)
Duncan Axisa
Thomas DeFelice
Hilda Duckering

SCHOLARSHIP:
Todd Flanagan (Chair)
Duncan Axisa
Stephanie Beall
Archie Ruiz
Darin Langerud

WMA INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE:
George Farazoulis, Chair -- Europe
Darrel Baumgardner, Chair -- Latin America
 

- BOARDS -

EDITORIAL:
Andy Detwiler (Editor)
Terry Krauss (2002-2007)
Jean Dessens (2002-2007)
Richard H. Stone (2003-2008)
Steve Chai (2005-2010)
William Woodley (2005-2010)

CERTIFICATION:
Darin Langerud (Chair)
Terry Krauss
Mark Solak

Workshops

The WMA organizes a series of workshops on the various topics related to weather modification.  The workshops and their titles to date are:

Precipitation enhancement

Reno, NV

April 2002
Hail Suppression Rapid City, SD April 2003
Evaluation methods Fresno, CA April 2004
Fundamentals Operational Weather Modification Programs Rockville, MD April 2005

Fundamentals of Precipitation Enhancement & Weather Damage
Mitigation Technologies

Athens, Greece Sept 2005

Fundamentals Operational Weather Mod Activities &
Economic Benefits (Operations view)

San Antonio, TX April 2006
Evaluation Methods II: Operational Precipitation Enhancement Programs San Francisco, CA April 2007
Hurricane Modification & Precipitation Enhancement/Global Warming Westminster, CO April 2008
Hail Suppression Concepts: Identifying Critical Issues and Future Work Mendoza, Argentina September 2008
Potential Environmental Impacts of Cloud Seeding Agents Anaheim, CA April 2009

Additional details for the next workshop will be posted on this site as they are established. The steering committee for these workshops is controlled by the MOU, contains people from both organizations, including the North American Interstate Weather Modification Council when possible.

WMA Executive Board and Committee Archives:

2007-2008 2006-2007 2005-2006