I am a Mesoscale/Outlook Forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma.  Originally from Hutsonville, Illinois (southwest of Terre Haute, Indiana),
I'm a graduate of Valparaiso University in northwest Indiana, where I received my B.S. degree with a double major of meteorology and communications/broadcasting.   
I've been a National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist since 1999, working in NWS forecast offices at La Crosse, Wisconsin and Hastings, Nebraska prior to arriving at the SPC
in 2003.  During college, I worked on-air for WSDM/WAXI Radio in Terre Haute, Indiana and had internships with the NWS office in Indianapolis and
WGN-TV in Chicago. Aside from storm chasing as opportunity permits, my interests include baseball (2006 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals!), playing
softball, politics, and being an active member of the Oklahoma City First Friends Church.