{"id":10082,"date":"2018-03-02T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=10082"},"modified":"2018-03-02T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T20:15:00","slug":"ams-honors-whitehead-as-emerging-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ams-honors-whitehead-as-emerging-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"AMS Honors Whitehead as Emerging Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contact:<\/em>
\nN.C. Sea Grant Contact: Jessica Whitehead, j_whitehead@ncsu.edu<\/a>, 919-515-1686<\/em>
\n AMS Contacts: Tom Champoux. 617-226-3956; Rachel Thomas-Medwid 617-226-3955<\/em><\/p>\n

High-resolution headshot of Jessica Whitehead available here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jessica Whitehead is a member of the American Meteorological Society\u2019s inaugural Early Career Leadership Academy<\/a> (ECLA). She is one of 34 scientists selected as diverse and competent emerging leaders in weather, water, and climate science.<\/p>\n

Whitehead is the coastal communities hazards adaptation specialist for North Carolina Sea Grant. She also is among leaders in the National Sea Grant network\u2019s focus on weather and climate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud of yet another national recognition of Jessica\u2019s leadership in multiple arenas,\u201d notes Susan N. White, North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s executive director. \u201cShe is extremely effective at connecting coastal communities with relevant research, and excels at building relationships across academic institutions, state and federal agencies, media partners, and other entities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whitehead is currently serving on the Independent Advisory Committee on Applied Climate Assessment. She previously served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Sustained National Climate Assessment, chartered from 2015 to 2017.<\/p>\n

“I’m looking forward to learning from my peers in the academy,\u201d Whitehead says. \u201cI hope to apply new skills to designing projects that improve coastal community resilience, and to helping NOAA Sea Grant establish its niche in the weather, water, and climate enterprise,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs one of the ECLA participants toward the end of my ‘early career’ phase, I also think I\u2019ll be able to share what I\u2019ve learned from working in rural communities as well as at the federal level,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

Donna Charlevoix, chair of ECLA Advisory Board, is excited to launch the academy. \u201cScience is one of the most international enterprises, where people from different disciplines, nationalities, and cultures work together toward a shared goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ECLA also includes Hunter Jones, a past Knauss Marine Policy Fellow<\/a> from Duke University, who is now a special projects manager within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office serving as a UCAR CPAESS Affiliate.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining North Carolina Sea Grant, Whitehead was the regional climate extension specialist for the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium<\/a>, North Carolina Sea Grant<\/a> and the Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments<\/a>, known as CISA.<\/p>\n

Whitehead holds a doctorate in geography and a Master of Science degree in meteorology from\u00a0Pennsylvania State University<\/a>. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the capacities of small drinking water utilities to adapt to climate change. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the College of Charleston<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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