Mike joined the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office as Director in January 2011. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring all scientific and programmatic coordination activities are completed as guided by the U.S. CLIVAR Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) and supported by the Inter-Agency Group (IAG) of program managers. He engages agency managers and fosters interagency dialogue through monthly IAG meetings, which he chairs. He supports the SSC and its Panels in the development of a new U.S. CLIVAR Science Plan to identify priority research questions and challenges for the decade ahead.
Over the past two decades, Mike has worked to implement climate and global change research programs, having served as program manager in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Global Programs and Climate Program Office, managing the Pan American Climate Studies and CLIVAR Pacific programs, and launching the Climate Prediction Program for the Americas. More recently, prior to joining the U.S. CLIVAR Office, he has served as interim program director at the National Science Foundation, Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Division, assisting in the management of the Climate Research Investment solicitation for Decadal and Regional Prediction Using Earth System Models.
