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Ken Graham worked his way up from a Meteorologist Intern to NOAA’s National Weather Service Director. In this webinar, he share his career path and the most memorable experiences that influenced his life. He will then share his new priorities for NOAA's National Weather Service and how the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise can contribute.
Ken Graham is NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Weather Services and the Director of the National Weather Service (NWS). He has served as the NWS Director since June 2022. As NWS Director, Mr. Graham is responsible for the overall leadership of the NWS and ensuring the day-to-day civilian weather operations for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters, and ocean areas. His strategic areas of focus include transforming the way Americans receive, understand, and act upon NWS information; ensuring NWS decision support services are equitably delivered across all communities, and advancing partnerships across the weather enterprise to reduce the impacts of extreme weather, water, and climate events.
Ken Graham worked his way up from a Meteorologist Intern to NOAA’s National Weather Service Director. In this webinar, he share his career path and the most memorable experiences that influenced his life. He will then share his new priorities for NOAA's National Weather Service and how the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise can contribute.
Ken Graham is NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Weather Services and the Director of the National Weather Service (NWS). He has served as the NWS Director since June 2022. As NWS Director, Mr. Graham is responsible for the overall leadership of the NWS and ensuring the day-to-day civilian weather operations for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters, and ocean areas. His strategic areas of focus include transforming the way Americans receive, understand, and act upon NWS information; ensuring NWS decision support services are equitably delivered across all communities, and advancing partnerships across the weather enterprise to reduce the impacts of extreme weather, water, and climate events.
