Chris is one of only a handful of meteorologists in the country to have achieved both the American Meteorological Society's consulting and broadcast certifications. He spent 18 years in broadcast meteorology before switching to a full-time role as a scientist in climate and risk communication. He was one of the first on-air meteorologists to connect the dots between climate and extreme weather. Chris has also received an interdiscliplinary master's degree in Emergency Management with a focus on climate mitigation and adaptation. As both an atmospheric scientist and a communications professional, Chris has a unique ability to take complex subject matter and turn it into content that is easy to understand by a wider audience. Currently, he is a senior climate scientist at Woods Hole Group.

Mr. Goldhammer’s career in emergency operations began in 1969 when he became a volunteer member of the Ithaca, NY Fire Department while attending Cornell University to work on his degree in Meteorology. In 1974, he went to work for Hillsborough County Emergency Medical Services (EMS). He worked with the department in many capacities until his retirement as Assistant Chief of Operations in March 1997.

In November 1994, Bob received his certification as an emergency manager (CEM) from the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). Bob received his BS degree in Business Management from the University of South Florida in 1995.

In March 1997, Bob moved to Des Moines, IA to become the emergency management coordinator for Polk County, IA. In July 1999, Bob received his Certified Business Continuity Professional certification from the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII). In July 2002, Bob received his Masters in Teachers in Geosciences from Mississippi State University.

Mr. Goldhammer left his position with Polk County in March 2003 to pursue a variety of opportunities related to emergency preparedness. He is currently a member of the instructor cadre for the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center.

Bob served as an IAEM regional president for approximately 10 years. He currently represents the organization on the National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Ready Nation program. He is currently a member of the FEMA National Reservist Program; his primary duties are with the Hurricane Liaison Team. He was the co-chair of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Emergency Management Committee from its inception to January 2017.

Bob and his wife Nancy live in Des Moines, IA.

Dr. Monica Gowan is an internationally recognized leader and SME in natural hazards, climate change impacts, and disaster resilience and a Geological Society of America Fellow. She currently works in the critical IT infrastructure sector and trains professionals for NDPTC in the science and impacts of natural hazards and climate change; preparedness, recovery, and adaptation planning; and solutions for mitigating risk and building resilience. Monica’s expert insights draw on her integrative understanding of earth science (BA, Gustavus Adolphus College; MS, Western Washington University) and health science (PhD, University of Canterbury), complemented by her field experience with earthquake, flood, glacier climate change, landslide and coastal erosion, rain-on-snow, and post-wildfire hazards. She is also skilled in EM exercising from full-scale earthquake scenarios to tsunami evacuation focus groups, volcanic mudflow warning experiments, pandemic planning tabletops, and complex medical emergency simulations. Her career began in local government in Minnesota, serving in environmental resource management and later in environmental health. As a consultant in Washington and Oregon, she led natural hazards assessments and mitigation planning projects and was a civil litigation expert witness. Monica also was a Geology Lecturer at Central Washington University and Western Washington University. As lead researcher in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, University of Canterbury and GNS Science, New Zealand, she investigated the role of health-related quality of life in earthquake and tsunami preparedness and evacuation planning. Monica brings vibrant passion and respect for our dynamic planet to the NDPTC classroom and sustained dedication to helping communities navigate risk and strengthen resilience.

Charles ‘Chip’ Guard is sole proprietor of a meteorological consulting company called Tropical Weather Sciences. Since his retirement from the National Weather Service in December 2019, he has been the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Science Representative and Mapping and Modeling Subcommittee Member for the Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. As such, he has provided many tsunami studies and made many recommendations and evaluations of modeling initiatives for the jurisdictions. He has provided numerous tsunami presentations to a multitude of audiences, including presentations for the NDPTC. Chip is also a noted expert in the field of tropical weather and climate. He has written several peer reviewed journal articles and technical reports concerning tropical cyclones and the climate of the tropical Pacific. Prior to joining the National Weather Service, he spent seven years as a research associate at the University of Guam and 24 years in the Air Force as a meteorologist and a Commander. His final Air Force assignment was as the Director of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, while it was still located on Guam. Chip is married to the former Mary Lujan of Sinajana, Guam. They have two daughters that reside in Honolulu.

Mallory Guy is currently a broadcast meteorologist for News 13 in Orlando in addition to being an instructor for the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center. In the past ten years, she has been able to forecast the weather for multiple climates. This includes snow, ice, heat waves, severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes from the mountains of Tennessee to the coast of South Carolina and Florida. She most recently covered Hurricane Matthew, which battered the east coast of Florida before moving north and dumping several inches of rain over the Carolinas.

Mallory has a Bachelors of Science in Meteorology from North Carolina State University and is currently obtaining a Masters of Science in Emergency Management from Millersville University. She’s an active member of the American Meteorological Society and holds the Certification for Broadcast Meteorologists.

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