WMA Executive Board and Committees

- OFFICERS -

President: Tommy Shearrer
President-elect: Don Griffith
Secretary: Duncan Axisa
Exec. Sec./Treas.: Hilda Duckering
Past President: Byron Marler
Editor of JWM: Andy Detwiler

- TRUSTEES -

Private Sector: Hans Ahlness (2006-2009)
Government: George Bomar (2004-2007)
University: Vidal Salazar (2005-2008)


- COMMITTEES -

AWARDS:
Don Griffith (Chair)
Duncan Axisa
William Woodley
Steve Chai
Aaron Gilstad
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS:
Joseph Golden (Chair)
Tom DeFelice
Darin Langerud
Mike Mathis
John Leedom
MEMBERSHIP:
Hilda Duckering (Chair)
Todd Flanagan
Dave Yorty
Dave Newsom
John Leedom

NOMINATING:
Maurice Roos (Chair)
Randy Jenson
Jane Lee
Alex Nazarov
Tommy Shearrer
PUBLIC INFORMATION:
Tom DeFelice (Chair)
George Bomar
Joseph Golden
Joe Busto
Tara Jensen
Bruce Boe

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

- BOARDS -
EDITORIAL:
Andy Detwiler (Editor)
William Woodley (Chair -2000-2005)
Terry Krauss (2002-2007)
Jean Dessens (2002-2007)
Richard H. Stone (2003-2008)
James R. Miller, Jr. (2003-2009)
Steve Chai (2005-2010)
CERTIFICATION:
Darin Langerud (Chair)
Terry Krauss
James Heimbach

Workshop Steering Committee

This year's committee includes:

  • Mr. George Bomar (Chair)
  • Dr. James A. Heimbach, Jr.
  • Dr. Conrad G. Keyes, Jr.
  • Dr. Thomas DeFelice
  • Mr. Don Griffith

Workshops: The WMA co-sponsors a series of workshops on the various types of weather modification, through a memorandum of understanding with the Environmental Water Resources Institite (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The workshops and their title to date are:

Precipitation enhancement Reno, NV April 2002
Hail Suppression Rapid City, SD April 2003
Evaluation methods Fresno, CA April 2004
Fundamentals Operational Wx Mod Programs Rockville, MD April 2005

Fund'ls Precip Enhancement & Wx Damage
Mitigation Technologies

Athens, Greece Sept 2005

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

San Antonio, Tx April 2006

Additional details for this year's 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:

2005-2006