Courtney Byrd Email & Phone Number

• ­Track, plan, and coordinate strategic collaborations between National Ocean Service (NOS) program activities and broader NOAA, and Interagency efforts and priorities.
• ­Plan and facilitate events (meetings, workshops, and conferences), including: identifying outcomes of presentations or sessions, framing the sessions, designing facilitation or engagement techniques, identifying and.
• ­Assist with the creation of work products, including: Agency, Interagency, and White House reports; internal communications documents; design of visuals; and creation of executive presentations and talking points
• ­Participate in weekly workgroup coordination meetings with the Senior Advisor and key staff from NOS headquarters to communicate and plan for upcoming meetings, presentations, speaking engagements, deliverables, etc.
• ­Prepare materials and support briefings for senior leadership on various topics such as interagency workgroups and bilateral agency collaborations.
• ­Facilitate the design, implementation, and evaluation of the strategy for Coastal Resilience Interagency Working Groups­

Maryland

Silver Spring, Maryland

• (Contract through the University of Maryland College Park)
• Organize and review NOAA CPO grant applications for completion during the Federal competition cycle
• Helped publicize the major accomplishments of the MAPP program for Congress and NOAA leadership through written communication products and by liaising with staff in CPO CommEd and OAR Communications/Public Affairs
• Developed framework for announcing CPO’s annual new fiscal awards in a timely and effective manner, which resulted in an FY19-FY21 announcement publicized through CPO, OAR, and through a NOAA wide Press Release.
• Provide analysis of scientific content and budgets for proposals
• Work with MAPP-funded PIs to translate and communicate their significant research findings to a broader audience via web stories, social media, ESRI story maps, and other means

Owings Mills, Maryland

• Create lesson plans while designing and implementing activities for students with differential learning needs
• Evaluate each student's progress and adjust strategies accordingly
• Ability to teach difficult math and science concepts without overwhelming students
• Keep abreast of developments and technological advances in the mathematical field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences

Silver Spring, Maryland

• Provide Help Desk Support and Network Operations support to the Weather Forecast Offices, NWS National Centers, and River Forecast Centers.
• Support includes correcting site processes and interface UNIX/LINUX system issues, wide area network (WAN) problems, and satellite broadcast problems
• Able to independently detect and troubleshoot UNIX/LINUX system failures, interact with forecast office personnel and third party vendors for site support, and accurately document all actions taken and provide customer.
• Work closely with the other IT staff to troubleshoot system failures.

Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Florida Area

• Meteorologist
• Interpret data, reports, maps, photographs, or charts to predict long- or short-range weather conditions, using computer models and knowledge of climate theory, physics, and mathematics.
• Complete routine tasks such as the analysis of meteorological data, interpretation of model data, issuing site-specific forecasts for a 24-hour period, determination of severe weather conditions and the issuance of.
• Create and produce daily weather videos for social media platforms and for specific clients
• Create and distribute promotional material, compose Facebook and Twitter posts and coordinate all social media platforms for MetLoop

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

• Responsible for teaching students lab and weather equipment
• Monitored the use of $250,000 worth of weather equipment
• Provided tours of the studio to University VIPs and both international and national prospective students
• Tutor meteorology, aviation, air traffic management and other students in meteorology, math, physics and communications
• Assist professors with projects and classroom help

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

• Responsible for teaching students lab and weather equipment
• Monitored the use of $250,000 worth of weather equipment
• Provided tours of the studio to University VIPs and both international and national prospective students

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

• Tutor meteorology, aviation, air traffic management and other students in meteorology, math, physics and communications
• Assist professors with projects and classroom help

Daytona Beach, Florida Area

• Organized the store by corporate standards
• Balanced the cash register at the end of the night and documentedall expenses to corporate
• Operated under pressure while maintaining professional interactionwith customers

Master Of Science (M.S.), Environmental Geoscience

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Operational Meteorology

Activities and Societies: Eaglecast, Avion Newspaper, AMS, Chi Epsilon PiMinor in Communications