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Committees

• Professional Staff Advisory Council, elected in 2022. Vice chair 2024-25, historian 2023-24.

Professional Memberships

• American Association of State Climatologists, member since 2005.
• National Association of County Agricultural Agents, member since 2012.
• American Meteorological Society, member since 2002. Currently serving on Board for Representation, Accessibility, Inclusion and Diversity. Past positions held include chair and conference chair for Committee on Applied Climatology and conference chair for Board on Atmospheric Biogeosciences.
• South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Association of Agricultural Extension Professionals, member since 2012. President 2021-23. Vice president 2019-21. Finance chair for national meeting in 2015. 

• Point of contact for state and university climatology outreach and extension.
• Coordinate and lead SDSU Extension projects on weather, climate and agriculture.
• Liaison with South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Mesonet group, state fire meteorologist, university personnel, state and federal agencies on weather, climate, natural hazards and emergency management.

Some projects include: North Central Climate Collaborative, Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Climate Change Resilience, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã liaison for U.S. Department of Agriculture Northern Plains Climate Hub, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Drought Task Force, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Agriculture pesticide education, U.S. Drought Monitor coordination, pesticide spray tool. 

• January 2017-present, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã state climatologist, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Extension, Aberdeen.
• July 2016-January 2017, acting South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã state climatologist, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Extension, Aberdeen.
• December 2011-July 2016, Extension climate field specialist, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Extension, Aberdeen.
• November 2003-December 2011, assistant research climatologist, Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada.