Jonathan Drum

John graduated from Ohio University in 1993 with a Bachelor’s in Geography/Meteorology. He served as a TA and forecaster within Scalia Lab, and as a weather anchor for ACTV-7 within the School of Journalism. In 1996, John completed a Masters in Sports Administration from OU and currently serves as the Director of Ballpark Operations for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Baseball Club. He still makes good use of his meteorology background as the MLB contact during inclement weather at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. He is the only OU Meteorology graduate to have a World Series ring.John lives in Tustin, CA with his wife, Mandi.

Bernie Domann

Bernie Domann graduated in 1988 with a Bachelors Degree in Aviation and Meteorology. Since graduating, he worked at Weather Forecast Inc. in Cleveland from 1993 until 1998, until being hired as Weather Forecaster for the grounds crew of the Cleveland Indians for several years. Then during 2011, Bernie was one of two Meteorologists for a small weather company, Active Weather LLC. Bernie helped Kings Island operate during the warmer months, even when thunderstorms were in the forecast. Bernie later passed way from Crest syndrome in November 2015, at age 51.

Grant Denman

I spent three years at OU, and my first year was spent at the regional branch in Zanesville. During my time at OU I worked at WOUB-TV doing the weather. I did training the spring semester of my junior year and went on-air during the fall semester of my senior year. My plans after graduation are consisting of applying for broadcast meteorology jobs anywhere in the eastern half of the country.

Jeremy Crookston

In High School, Jeremy started his own meteorology company called Neoweather, LLC and chose Ohio University to pursue a meteorology degree. After 5 years he received his Bachelor of Science in Meteorology and Bachelor of Business in Corporate Finance. The highlight of his college education were late night study sessions (ahead of calculus and physics exams) with peers and performing the Senator Ernest F. Hollings internship. Today, Jeremy is working for a big data startup in Silicon Valley and spends his weekends hiking.

Lt. Colonel John P. Coulter

Lieutenant Colonel John P. Coulter (retired) is the Senior Aerospace Science Instructor for an AFJROTC unit located near Bailey, North Carolina. Lt. Col. Coulter was commissioned through the OTS program at Lackland AFB, 3 July 1985. He graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pre-Meteorology in 1983. His career has been a diverse blend of weather service, executive officer, budget, and acquisition jobs. He was the squadron commander of 28 Operational Weather Squadron at Shaw AFB before becoming the Detachment Commander at AFROTC Detachment 650.

MS ’93 International Relations, Troy State University
’85 Meteorology Certificate, Creighton University
BS ’83 Pre-Meteorology Ohio University
’89 Squadron Officer School
’97 Air Command and Staff College
06′ Air War College

2003-2005 28 Operational Weather Squadron Commander, C15W4, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
2001-2003 USAFE Operational Weather Squadron DO, B15W3, Sembach Air Base Germany
1999-2001 Weather Systems PEM, 15W4, Director of Weather, Pentagon, Washington D.C.

Savannah Collins

Savannah Collins is a junior majoring in Meteorology and minoring in Business. She transferred from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in Spring 2007, where she majored in Geography and minored in Dance. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity and the Meteorology Club at OU, and has also been a member of the American Meteorological Society since 2007. After receiving her undergraduate, she wishes to go on to graduate school and eventually be employed by NOAA studying tornadoes and severe weather. Outside of school, she enjoys ballet and jazz dance, traveling, concerts, and being with her friends and family in Tennessee.

Joseph Calderone

Joe is originally from Long Island, NY, and graduated with a BS in Atmospheric Science from the University at Albany in 1996, with minors in Math and Geography. He then came to Ohio University as a graduate student, serving as Scalia Lab’s Associate Director in 1997 and 1998 and graduating with an MA in Geography in 1998. Joe completed a thesis titled “Using Storm Track Climatology to Develop Synoptic Scenarios for the States of the Ohio Valley”.

After graduating from OU, Joe worked for Weather or Not in Shawnee, KS from 1998-1999, and Surface Weather Systems in St. Louis, MO from 1999-2002. In November 2002, Joe became a Meteorological Intern at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Charleston, SC and was promoted to General Forecaster in June 2003, running the Climate and Aviation programs. He was then promoted to Senior Forecaster at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Chanhassen, MN in May 2011, where he runs the Aviation program.

Michael Burr

Mike is originally from Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Ohio University in 2008 with a B.S. in meteorology with minors in physics and mathematics. While at OU he was a staff forecaster for Scalia Lab in addition to working at the Center for Air Quality where he created daily PM2.5 forecasts for Northeast Ohio.

He currently pursuing his Masters degree at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., and is studying 3-dimesional air quality models and their applications in source apportionment of fine particulate matter.

Rani Burns

Three weeks after graduation I received a job at a news station in Medford, Oregon to be weekend meteorologist and reporter for KTVL-TV. I will be out here for three years and my hope is to be a morning meteorologist at my next station.

Bryan Bunton

Bryan J. Bunton is an environmental specialist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Field Services and Compliance Bureau in Des Moines, Iowa. Bryan received a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology from Ohio University in 1997 under the direction and tutelage of Dr. Ron Isaac. During his tenure at Ohio, Bryan pioneered the use of creativity on the Scalia Lab weather forecasting hotline with phrases like “it was cloudy as a physics lecture” and “ice ice baby, you cold, you cold.” From there, Bryan went on to obtain a Master’s of Science degree in atmospheric sciences from North Carolina State University in 1999. In his current position in Des Moines, Bryan provides business and industry assistance in maintaining compliance with Iowa’s air quality and animal feeding operations rules and regulations, and ensures that the air is safe to breathe for those citizens and livestock who are proud to call Iowa home.