Andrea Bleistein
Summer 2007 WAS*IS
 Andrea's career in Meteorology began as an undergraduate student at Penn State University. While enrolled at Penn State, she interned with NWS Eastern Regional Headquarters in their Scientific Services Division and then became a SCEP at the State College WFO and MARFC, splitting her time as a weather and hydrologic forecaster. Upon graduation with her Bachelor's, Andrea accepted a position with NESDIS Satellite Operations and became a GOES satellite controller supporting 24/7 real-time operations. She then took an opportunity with the private sector as an Observation Systems Analyst with Itri Corporation and supported some projects with NESDIS/OSDPD by helping to coordinate efforts between U.S. and Canadian Ice Services as well as develop the requirements for an automated Volcanic Ash Advisory alert system for the Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center. Andrea was also a subcontractor for Lockheed Martin with Itri Corp. supporting the GOES-R Program Design Risk Reduction phase. Currently, Andrea works for the National Weather Service, Office of Science and Technology, supporting the Science Plans Branch. Out of a recent NRC report, “Completing the Forecast: Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty for Better Decisions Using Weather and Climate Forecasts", Andrea supports a Forecast Uncertainty team's efforts to improve NWS products and services. She is also working on a study of High Impact weather in the Sterling WFO County Warning Area (CWA).
Andrea's interest in WAS*IS stems from recognizing how the atmospheric and social science fields must work together to improve the lives of people. It is her hope that WAS*IS teach her how to work with these social science professionals and also learn what questions are needed to ask in order to help develop the best uncertainty products and services for the users. By including the social science, there is a greater probability that the meteorological community will develop higher quality, more useful and understandable products and services.
Andrea has been highly involved with AMS Annual Student Conference Planning Committees as a participant, speaker, co-chair, and organizer from 2003 through 2006. She is an alumna of the 2006 AMS Summer Policy Colloquium and she has also just recently been elected Vice-Chairperson of the DC-AMS Local Chapter for the 2007-2008 chapter year.
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