EPP/MSI alumni at NOAA

Meet some the 94 EPP/MSI alumni who work at NOAA today! Our alumni work across NOAA's mission of science, service and stewardship, and several of them hold leadership positions. Explore the educational paths of alumni and read about the impact EPP/MSI had on their NOAA professional journey by clicking on the alumni below.

If you are alumnus interested in being included on this page, please email the EPP/MSI program.

EPP/MSI alumni at NOAA

Hydrologist

National Weather Service, Analyze, Forecast, and Support Office

Larry Alade, Ph.D.

Supervisory Research Fishery Biologist

Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Population Dynamics Branch

Carlos stands in front of a NOAA backdrop that includes images of a NOAA vessel, buoy, earth as seen from space, and a sea turtle.

Carlos Anselmi-Molina

Lead Meteorologist

National Weather Service, San Juan, Puerto Rico Weather Forecast Office

Dennis Apeti, Ph.D.

Program Manager

National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Service

Exhibits Manager and Education Specialist

National Ocean Service

Policy and Partnerships Lead

Weather Program Office

Vankita Brown is NOAA's Senior Advisory for Equity.

Vankita Brown, Ph.D.

Senior Advisor for Equity

Office of the Under Secretary

Fish Biologist

NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources

DaNa Carlis, Ph.D.

Director

National Severe Storms Laboratory

Ian Colon-Pagan

Meteorologist

National Weather Service, San Juan Weather Forecast Office.

Erik Davenport, Ph.D.

Ecologist

National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Service

Chante Davis, Ph.D.

Natural Resource Management Specialist

NOAA Fisheries, Sustainable Fisheries Division

LaTreese Denson, Ph.D.

Stock Assessment Analyst

Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Sustainable Fisheries Division

Michelle is smiling, leaning over a touch tank and holding an urchin in her palm for a child to look at.

Michelle Duncan, Ph.D.

Fisheries Education Specialist

Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries, Assessment, Technology, and Engineering Support Division

A portrait photo of Michael Edwards

Michael Edwards, Ph.D.

Acting Deputy Program Manager, National Mussel Watch Program

National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Janae Elkins

Meteorologist

Weather Forecast Office in Jackson, Mississippi

James Freed poses in his formal NOAA Corps uniform.

Lieutenant

NOAA Corps

Devynn sits on a boat with her head turned to the side, looking off into the distance. She is wearing a life vest, rubber field pants, and other cold weather clothes.

NOAA Corps Officer

Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, NOAA Corps

Trika Gerard, Ph.D.

Chief of Staff

NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center

Andrea Gomez, Ph.D.

Communications Specialist and Public Affairs Officer

NOAA Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Regional Office

Lonnie Gonsalves, Ph.D.

Division Chief

National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Erianna Hammond

Fisheries Management Specialist

NOAA Fisheries, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

EPP/MSI Graduate Student Ammar Hanif conducts research with oyster larvae.

Ammar Hanif, Ph.D.

Environmental Scientist

National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Aisha Haynes, Ph.D.

Physical Scientist, GIS and Emergency Response Specialist

National Weather Service Operations Center, Office of the Chief Operating Office

Lead Physical Scientist

National Ocean Service, Office of the Coast Survey

Dominic poses next to a wall with stenciled text that reads "clean and safe science."

Dominic Hondolero

Physical Scientist

National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Coordinator

NOAA Fisheries, West Coast Region

Brittany King, Ph.D.

Environmental Scientist (Environmental Justice Specialist)

National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Nicole Kurkowski

Portfolio Coordinator and Research to Operations Team Lead

National Weather Service, Office of Science and Technology Integration

Dominique Lazarre, Ph.D.

Fish Biologist

NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Regional Office

Christopher Luckett

Senior Aviation Forecaster

National Weather Service, National Centers for Environmental Prediction

Supervisory Physical Scientist

National Ocean Service, Marine Debris Program

Kevin stands on a vessel at sea. He is wearing waders and thick rubber gloves, and he is holding a large crab that looks to be a few feet long.

Fishery Biologist

NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center

John Moore was recognized as a Modern Day Technology Leader at the annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Global Competitiveness Conference.

Policy Advisor to NOAA's Deputy Undersecretary for Operations

NOAA Headquarters, Office of the Deputy Undersecretary

Victoria Moreno

Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Administrator of Programs and Administration

NOAA Research

EPP/MSI Alumna LaToya Myles, Ph.D.

LaToya Myles, Ph.D.

Deputy Director and Supervisory Physical Scientist

Air Resources Laboratory

National Weather Service Executive Officer

National Weather Service, Office of the Assistant Administrator

Chelsea poses next to a plane in a formal NOAA Corps uniform.

Chelsea Parrish

Pilot, DHC-6 (Twin Otter)

NOAA Corps

Miya hugs a large dog and they both look at the camera, smiling.

Lead Physical Scientist

National Ocean Service, Office of Coast Survey

Nelsie Ramos, Ph.D.

Meteorologist

National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center

Environmental Scientist

National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Service

Isha Renta López

Management and Program Analyst / Science Council Lead

NOAA Research, Office of Science Support

Amber stands at the wheel of a vessel at sea wearing cold weather field clothes and smiling at the camera.

Fishery Policy Analyst

NOAA Fisheries, West Coast Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division

Keren poses in front of a sunset over the water

Keren Rosado-Vázquez, Ph.D.

Surface Analyst Forecaster

National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center

Cara holds up a small shark that looks to be about a foot long and smiles. She is standing next to a fishing pole on an overcast day.

Cara Schweitzer, Ph.D.

Fishery Management Specialist

NOAA Fisheries, Office of Habitat Conservation

Cassandra Shivers-Williams, Ph.D., is a Peter Lamb Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies.

Cassandra Shivers-Williams, Ph.D.

Social Science Deputy Program Manager

NOAA Research, Weather Program Office

Kayelyn Simmons, Ph.D.

Oceanographer

NOAA Research, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories

Andrea poses aboard a NOAA vessel and wears a hardhat and work vest.

Andrea Stoneman

Senior Survey Technician

NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson

Brittany Struck

Natural Resource Management Specialist

NOAA Fisheries, West Coast Region.

Marian Westley, Ph.D.

Director

National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services

Natasha White, Ph.D.

Program Manager

Office of Education, Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions

Jonathan Wynn Smith, Ph.D.

Physical Scientist

NOAA Research, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Martin Yapur, Director of NOAA NESDIS Technology Planning and Integration for Observations Division and NOAA EPP/MSI alumni

Division Director

NOAA Satellites, Office of System Architecture and Advanced Planning

Alisa Young, Ph.D.

Weather and Climate Program Lead

NOAA Research, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory