Adam graduated in 2017 with a B.S. in Meteorology and a B.A. in French. He was an active member of OUCAMS all throughout his college career and had the pleasure of being an Events Coordinator for the club during his senior year. Adam spent the summer of 2016 as a Student Volunteer at NWS Charleston, WV, where he created and headed a COOP site for the university. He was also selected as an Intern Meteorologist with the North Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board and a Student Volunteer at the NWS office in Bismarck in the Summer of 2017. Adam will complete his Masters in Emergency Management at the end of 2020 from Millersville University, and spent the first year of the program as a Graduate Assistant on campus.
Currently Adam is a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in San Diego, California. His interests at work include media relations, social media, as well as outreach and education initiatives. During his free time, Adam enjoys traveling, learning about different languages and cultures, and relaxing with friends and family.
Hi! I’m Randi Rico, meteorologist for WLWT in Cincinnati. I am a proud Bobcat: class of 2003. I’ve also taken post-grad coursework through Mississippi State and Wright State to earn my AMS/NWA seals. When I was at OU I forecasted for Scalia Lab, did weather and sports on WOUB, and played outfield on the Ohio Bobcats softball team. My first job after graduation was as morning forecaster for WCBI in Columbus, Mississippi. Hurricane Ivan hit while I was there, giving me my first experience covering tropical systems. I then headed home to Ohio, working at WDTN in Dayton for 2.5 years before settling down in Cincinnati. I’ve been at WLWT in Cincy since 2007. I do the early mornings, but somehow waking up at 2AM now is much easier than it was back in my Athens days waking up for early classes and weights!
I’m not the only one in my family who called Athens home: my sister set records on the swim team, my sister-in-law was a cheerleader, and my husband John was a wrestler. John and I live in Cincinnati with our two kids: Austin and Quinn.
@RandiRicoWLWT
Christopher “Chip” Redmond was born and raised in Norton, Ohio. He is a 2011 graduate from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology and Minors in Physics and Computer Science. He also graduated with a Master of Science in Atmospheric Science from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 2013 where he studied upward lightning through photogrammetry. Currently (2020), he works at Kansas State University as an Assistant Meteorologist within the Agronomy Department. There, he manages the Kansas Mesonet and Office of the State Climatologist (Weather Data Library). Chip oversee’s day-to-day operations including Mesonet growth, quality control, product development, climate reports/products, and provides data for weather-driven policy within the state. In addition, Chip also provides predictive service products for the Kansas Forest Service, is a wildland firefighter, a volunteer firefighter and an Incident Meteorologist with a Rocky Mountain Area Type 2 Incident Management Team.
Living in Kansas, Chip often pursues lightning and enjoys spending time around nature’s fury – documenting dozens of tornadoes. He enjoys the open roads of the Central Plains and visiting lesser-known parts of the American countryside. You can follow his adventures on twitter at: @wx_chip . He also enjoys spending time with his family and dirt track racing.
Ryan Phillips is the evening meteorologist at NBC6 in Miami, Florida, where he has been forecasting for South and Southwest Florida since 2003. Before joining NBC6, he worked for ABC affiliates in Fort Myers, Florida, and Kearney, Nebraska. Phillips has been a National Weather Association Seal holder since 2002 and also holds the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) designation from the American Meteorological Society. For the past decade, he has served as a part-time lecturer at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He is the founder and host of the Phillips Family Undergraduate Meteorology Scholarship through the National Weather Association Foundation. In addition, Phillips serves as board president of the Isaac Foundation for the national Sciences, based at Ohio University in Athens.
Biography Christina graduated from Ohio University in 2002 with a B.S. in Meteorology and minors in Math and Physics. Following her time at OU, she attended Texas A&M University in College Station, TX and completed a M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences in 2005. She then went on to get her PhD in Environmental Sciences from Wright State University in 2010. Christina currently works as an Environmental Scientist at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Brayden Murdock graduated Ohio University in December of 2014 with a Bachelors of Science in meteorology. During his time in Athens, Brayden served as an officer for OUCAMS for two years, and in Geography Club for three years. Like many meteorology majors, Brayden got his start in forecasting at Scalia Lab. Brayden provided several forecast for the lab from the summer of 2012 until 2014. After developing an interest in broadcast meteorology, he joined the crew at WOUB-TV in 2013. Brayden continued to appear on the live shows for WOUB until the day he graduated. Currently, you can find Brayden bright and early on the morning and midday shows for KNOP in North Platte Nebraska as well as KNEP in Scottsbluff Nebraska.
Anjelica Moreno graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology and a certificate in Environmental Studies. Throughout her time at OU, she was an active participant in OUCAMS from the very beginning. She served as Treasurer her junior year, and Secretary her senior year. Throughout her senior year, she worked on a project called “Positive Degree Days Correlating to Glacier Loss in Glacier National Park.” She worked under Dr. Scott Reinemann for this project and also worked closely with someone from USGS. She was inspired to start this project when she went on a study abroad trip with Harold Perkins to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park the summer before her senior year. She will be continuing on to graduate school at The Ohio State University and will focus on Environmental Science and Air Pollution. She also had two internships at the Ohio EPA Division of Air Pollution Control, and is considering going back for a career.
Eva is a 2005 graduate of Ohio University, receiving her B.S. in Geography-Meteorology. After leaving Athens, she served as a weather observer at Hopkins International Airport (Cleveland) and then Port Columbus Airport while attending Ohio State for graduate school. She received her M.A. in Atmospheric Science in 2007. Since graduate school, she has been employed with Gamesa Energy USA. Eva is a wind resource engineer, spending her time researching wind farm sites and designing layouts for wind farms.
Dan is a 2009 graduate of the Ohio University meteorology program. He grew up in Athens County and actually served as an intern at the Scalia Lab as a senior in high school. While at Ohio University, Dan was a member of the US Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps and commissioned in 2009 as an Air Force Weather Officer. Dan served 10 years on active duty including: two deployments to the Middle East, a two-year assignment to South Korea, and stateside assignments to Shaw AFB, SC, and the Pentagon.
Dan is currently a reservist with the US Air Force and works as a Senior Strategy Consultant in the Intelligence Community, specializing in Geo-spatial Intelligence and technological advancements. Dan and his wife reside in Washington, D.C., however, they make frequent trips back to Athens to visit friends and family.
Joe grew up in Mentor, Ohio and was always fascinated by the weather. He decided to pursue a career in Meteorology and chose Ohio University to follow those dreams. He ended up graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Ohio University in June 2006 and took his first job as a Marine Forecaster for Wilkins Weather Technologies based in Houston, Texas. His job entailed Marine forecasting, which specialized in wind/wave reports, tropical cyclone (formation and tracking), as well as cargo ship oceanic crossings.
As of 2012, Joe changed career paths and took a job in the Aviation field at Rockwell Collins ARINCDirect (in Houston, Texas), where he is currently a Senior International Flight Operations Coordinator. His duties include arranging flight services for corporate and private aviation across the globe. Joe loves his current job and still forecasts on the side as a hobby. More importantly, he is a proud Alumni of the Ohio University Meteorology Club!
