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alt="WRN logo" src="/images/people/wrn_logo_2017.png" style="float: right; width: 300px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></a> <p><span style="font-size:14px;">NOAA's Weather-Ready Nation is about building community resilience in the face of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather and water events. Through operational initiatives, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) is transforming its operations to help America respond</span>.</p> <p>NWS can't do it alone. Building a Weather-Ready Nation requires all of us to work together. The People of Weather-Ready Nation is an interview series that profiles the people responsible for building a Weather-Ready Nation.</p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="div-full"> <div class="div-half"> <p><strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/mark-ray"><img alt="Mark Ray, Director of Public Works/City Engineer for the City of Crystal, MN. " src="/images/people/MarkRay_sm.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px; margin-bottom: 10px;" />Mark Ray</a></strong><br /> Mark Ray, Director of Public Works/City Engineer for the City of Crystal, MN.<br /> <br />  </p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/leslie-chapman-henderson"><img alt="Leslie Chapman-Henderson " src="/images/people/191408Lesliesm.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px; margin-bottom: 10px;" /></a><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/leslie-chapman-henderson">Leslie Chapman-Henderson</a></strong><br /> The president and chief executive officer of the nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), the country’s leading consumer advocate for strengthening homes and safeguarding families from natural and manmade disasters.<br />  </p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/anastasios-koutsogiannis"><img alt="Anastasios Koutsogiannis" src="/images/people/anastasios_koutsogiannis_sm.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /></a><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/anastasios-koutsogiannis">Anastasios Koutsogiannis</a></strong><br /> Content Manager for GenieBelt</p> <p><br />  </p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/brad-leggett"><img alt="Rachel Johnson" src="/images/people/brad_leggett_sm.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /></a><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/brad-leggett">Brad Leggett</a></strong><br /> General Manager and Morning Show host for Real Country 97.3 in Blair Nebraska</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/jumper-jeff"><img alt="Rachel Johnson" src="/images/people/jeff_jumper_sm.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /></a></strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/jumper-jeff" target="_parent"><strong>Jeff Jumper</strong></a><br /> State Meteorologist for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency<br />  </p> <p><br /> <strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/walters-debra"><img alt="Rachel Johnson" src="/images/people/debra_walters_sml.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /></a></strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/walters-debra"><strong>Debra A. Walters</strong></a><br /> Director of the Code Red Emergency Response Team</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/perlman-andrew"><img alt="Rachel Johnson" src="/images/people/Andrew_perlman_50.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /></a></strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/perlman-andrew"><strong>Andrew J. Perlman </strong></a><br /> Chair, Board of Directors EARS, Inc</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/lammers-michelle"><img alt="Rachel Johnson" src="/images/people/michelle_lammers_50.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /></a></strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/lammers-michelle"><strong>Michelle Lammers</strong></a><br /> Raytheon</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/johnson-rachel"><img alt="Rachel Johnson" src="/images/people/rachel_johnson_50.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /></a></strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/johnson-rachel"><strong>Rachel Johnson</strong></a><br /> National Safe Boating Council</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/harris-garry"><strong><img alt="Garry Harris" src="/images/people/garry_harris.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" />Garry Harris</strong></a><br /> Center for Sustainable Communities–Atlanta</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/thompson-sarah"><strong><img alt="Sarah Thompson" src="/images/people/sarah_thompson_50.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /></strong></a><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/thompson-sarah"><strong>Sarah Thompson</strong></a><br /> Save the Children</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/hull-spencer"><strong><img alt="Spencer Hull" src="/images/people/spencer_hull_50.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" />Spencer Hull</strong></a><br /> Atlantic Boat Basin, Inc.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="div-half"> <p><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/colston-lloyd"><strong><img alt="Lloyd Colston" src="/images/people/colston50.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" />Lloyd Colston</strong></a><br /> City of Altus, OK</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/salna-erik"><strong><img alt="Erik Salna" src="/images/people/salna-erik-072820-sm.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /></strong></a><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/salna-erik"><strong>Erik Salna</strong></a><br /> International Hurricane Research Center</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/tortorello-marguerite"><strong><img alt="Heather Wade" src="/images/people/tortorello50px.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" />Marguerite Tortorello</strong></a><br /> Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI)</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/wade-heather"><strong><img alt="Heather Wade" src="/images/people/140731_heather_wade_th_small.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /></strong></a><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/wade-heather"><strong>Heather Wade</strong></a><br /> Coastal Planning Specialist</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/clark-adam"><strong><img alt="Adam Clark" src="/images/people/140529_adam_clark_th_sml.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /></strong></a><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/clark-adam"><strong>Adam Clark</strong></a><br /> Research Scientist</p> <p><br />  </p> <p><a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/brooks-harold"><img alt="Harold Brooks" src="/images/people/140519_harold_brooks_th.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px;" /><strong>Harold Brooks</strong></a><br /> Senior Research Scientist</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/people/johnson-logan"><strong><img alt="Logan Johnson" src="/images/people/140514_logan_johnson_th.png" style="border-width: 1px; 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