Nicole Grams (BS Meteorology, ‘11) is an Account Manager at Esri, where she has been responsible for the NOAA portfolio since 2022. In this role, she gets to advise and support the many critical geospatial processes that drive the NOAA mission every day. Prior to Esri, Nicole worked in varied GIS positions in both government and private industry, spanning insurance to emergency management to precision agriculture. While at OHIO, Nicole interned as a SCEP student at the Charleston, WV NWS office and as a Hollings Scholar at the National Hurricane Center’s Storm Surge Unit. It was there that she became interested in geospatial research, ultimately completing an MS in Geoinformatics at the University of Oklahoma and launching her multi-discipline career from there.
Nicole was a founding member of the Spring Symposium as well as OHIO’s club sport Synchronized Skating Team. In her free time, she still skates competitively on a Masters team in the Washington, DC area.
Kevin Thiel is a 2018 alumnus of Ohio University, majoring in Meteorology (B.S.). Today he is a Research Meteorologist at the University of Oklahoma, serving as the Satellite Liaison for the NWS Storm Prediction Center and NOAA’s Hazardous Weather Testbed. Kevin received his Meteorology M.S. in 2020 from the University of Oklahoma and is expecting to finish his Meteorology PhD in 2025. By organizing donation drives for the Scalia Laboratory for Atmospheric Analysis, he has stayed connected to the Ohio University Meteorology program and his desire to give back to a program that gave him so much. Kevin is excited to serve on the Isaac Foundation Board by supporting students in the natural sciences in new and exciting ways!
Charlotte Connolly earned her Bachelor of Arts in Geography from the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University in 2020. She is currently pursuing a PhD candidate at Colorado State University, where she focuses on training machine learning models to investigate future climate scenarios. In addition to her research, Charlotte is dedicated to science communication and actively participates in outreach initiatives.
Ryan Fogt (Board Treasurer) is a professor of meteorology at Ohio University, and the current director of the Scalia Laboratory for Atmospheric Analysis. His research investigates Antarctic climate variations since the beginning of the 20th century using observations, models, and reconstructions. He started at Ohio University in 2009, and was a colleague of Dr. Isaac before he retired from the university. In his free time, Ryan enjoys playing music, going on walks, runs, or hikes all around the world, and spending time with his family.
Adam Roser (Board Secretary) is a 2017 Ohio University graduate who obtained his Bachelor’s degrees in Meteorology and French. Adam is currently a Lead Meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in San Diego, California and has worked there since 2018. He continues to be involved in various outreach and education events, whether it is giving weather talks to classrooms and professional organizations, or providing weather information at community events. While obtaining his Master’s in Emergency Management from Millersville University in person and online while working for the NWS, he uses his background in this area every day such as communicating with the EM community on winter storms, wildfires and heat hazards. Adam has been deployed to various counties across Southern California, as well as at the State in Sacramento, to provide decision makers with key weather updates to keep communities safe and informed.
Megan Jones (Board Vice President) is a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Bismarck, North Dakota. After growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio, she received her B.S. in Meteorology from Ohio University in 2016, and then her M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from Ohio State University in 2018. She moved directly from Columbus, Ohio, to Bismarck in September of 2018, and has been with NWS Bismarck ever since. Megan is the local Climate Services Lead at the office, handling climate-related decision support services, and also helps with graphics, messaging, and outreach. She periodically deploys to the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services, providing direct partner support and key weather updates to state and local decision makers.
Ryan Phillips (Board President) is a meteorologist for NBC, serving all of South Florida and the Florida Keys at WTVJ. He studied under Dr. Ronald Isaac in the late 1990s, graduating in 2000. With Dr. Isaac’s support, he was propelled into television and is NOW marking his 25th year of service. Additionally, Phillips is a part-time meteorology and communications instructor for the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL.
