SAME Resilience COI Webinar: Weather Extremes - Impacts to Sites, Security, Society, and Supply Chains

Paul Tschirky, PhD, P.Eng, BC.CE leads APTIM’s resilience practice, bringing full-service resilient solutions to clients and communities across the U.S. and helping them adapt to environmental and climate-driven risks.

Sunny Wescott is a Federal Emergency Response Official Chief Meteorologist with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) specializing in national extreme weather hazards and climatological studies for impacts to public and private sector key resources. Within her new role as a Chief Meteorologist in FEMA, Ms. Wescott will focus on Response and Recovery through direct support to the National Hurricane Program. She previously served CISA providing expertise in extreme weather events impacting emergency response operations for telecommunications, supply chain, and critical infrastructure. Ms. Wescott provided focused reports for regions and critical infrastructure operators before, during, and after disasters. During her time in the US Air Force as a Lead Meteorologist, Ms. Wescott trained on continental and oceanic weather as the Top Forecaster for her support region and is considered a subject matter expert for multiple events such as drought, subsidence, wildfires, tropical cyclones, and winter storms. Ms. Wescott graduated top of her class for her degrees in Homeland Security Management, Public Safety Administration, and Atmospheric Sciences.