COMET Sponsors

MetEd and the COMET® Program are a part of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's (UCAR's) Community Programs (UCP) and are sponsored by

• NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS)
  with additional funding by:
• European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
• Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC)
• NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
• NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

To learn more about us, please visit the COMET website.

Project Contributors

Project Lead

• Tsvet Ross-Lazarov, UCAR/COMET

Instructional Design

• Tsvet Ross-Lazarov, UCAR/COMET
• Tracy Martinez, UCAR/COMET

Project Scientist

• Amy Stevermer, UCAR/COMET

Science Advisors

• Ray Wolf, NOAA/NWS
• Barb Mayes Boustead, NOAA/NWS
• Jenna Meyers, NOAA/NWS

Program Oversight

• Amy Stevermer, UCAR/COMET
• Tsvet Ross-Lazarov, UCAR/COMET

Graphics/Animations

• Steve Deyo, UCAR/COMET

Multimedia Authoring/Interface Design

• Tsvet Ross-Lazarov, UCAR/COMET
• Gary Pacheco, UCAR/COMET

COMET Staff, July 2022

Director's Office

• Dr. Elizabeth Mulvihill Page, Director
• Dr. Wendy Gram, Deputy Director
• Dr. Paul Kucera, Assistant Director International Programs

Business Administration

• Lorrie Alberta, Administrator
• Beth Boddie, Administrative Assistant
• Tara Torres, Program Coordinator

IT Services

• Bob Bubon, Systems Administrator
• Joey Rener, Software Engineer
• Malte Winkler, Software Engineer

Instructional Services

• Dr. Alan Bol, Instructional Designer/Scientist
• Keliann LaConte, Instructional Designer
• Tracy Martinez, Instructional Designer
• Sarah Ross-Lazarov, Instructional Designer
• Tsvetomir Ross-Lazarov, Instructional Designer

International Programs

• Kathryn Payne, Project Manager
• David Russi, Translations Coordinator
• Martin Steinson, Project Manager

Production and Media Services

• Steve Deyo, Graphic and 3D Designer
• Dolores Kiessling, Software Engineer
• Gary Pacheco, Web Designer and Developer
• Tyler Winstead, Web Developer

Science Group

• Patrick Dills, Meteorologist
• Bryan Guarente, Instructional Designer/Meteorologist
• Adam Hirsch, Meteorologist
• James Russell, Meteorologist
• Lee-ann Simpson, Meteorologist
• Andrea Smith, Meteorologist
• Brianna Smith, Meteorologist
• Amy Stevermer, Scientist/Instructional Designer
• Vanessa Vincente, Meteorologist

NOAA/National Weather Service - Forecast Decision Training Division

• Kevin Scharfenberg, Division Chief
• Jason Jordan, Instructor
• Brian Motta, Satellite Training
• Dr. Robert Rozumalski, SOO Science and Training Resource (SOO/STRC) Coordinator
• Ross Van Til, Meteorologist
• Shannon White, AWIPS Training