Erica Grow Cei is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and science communication specialist. Her career as a broadcast meteorologist took her to WNBC in New York City, WUSA in Washington DC, and WPVI in Philadelphia. Now, Erica works behind the scenes as a Public Relations Specialist for NOAA’s National Weather Service. Before joining NOAA, Erica was the Broadcaster Manager for the AccuWeather Network, and in 2021, she published a study with the American Meteorological Society's Policy Program, "Options for Enhancing the Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador Initiative".Erica is very active with the American Meteorological Society. She is the AMS’s Commissioner on Professional Affairs, overseeing all of AMS’s Certification Programs and other professional development committees for the Society. She also served on the AMS Council from 2019-2022, wrote the AMS Statement on Incorporating Science into On-Air Weathercasts, oversaw the development of the Statement on Media Expectations During Severe Weather. and has served as a panelist, moderator, or presenter at more than a dozen AMS conferences and symposia. In 2019, Erica was a delegate to the World Meteorological Organization’s World Congress (Cg-18), and her work with the WMO continues today. Erica received the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation in 2012. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Penn State University, and she was named a 125th Anniversary Fellow of her Alma Mater’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences in 2021.
Listed skills include Meteorology, Broadcast, Weather, Television, and 34 others.