Raymond J. Ban

Experience

2000-present, Executive Vice President, Meteorology Science and Strategy,
The Weather Channel, Inc.

1996-2000, Senior Vice President, Meteorological Affairs,
The Weather Channel, Inc.

1988-1996, Vice President, Operations
The Weather Channel, Inc.

1985-1988, Director, On Camera Meteorologists,
The Weather Channel, Inc.

1982-1985, On Camera Meteorologist
The Weather Channel, Inc.

1973-1982, Senior Meteorologist,
 Accu-Weather, Inc.

Education

1973 B.S. in meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, meteorology

Synergistic Activities
Currently Mr. Ban leads the Meteorology Science and Strategy group, which is responsible for the meteorological quality and integrity of all TWC’s products and services, and for growing TWC’s relationships with the weather community across the entire weather and climate enterprise including government relations.

Mr. Ban has been an active member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) for over 30 years and was named a Fellow of the AMS in 1997. He holds both the Television Seal of Approval and Radio Seal of Approval from the Society. He recently completed six years in serving as Commissioner on Professional Affairs for the AMS and currently is serving as an AMS Councilor and as a member of the Steering Committee of the Weather and Climate Enterprise Commission.

In 1996, Mr. Ban was named a Centennial Fellow of Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. In 1998, he was named an Alumni Fellow of Penn State University, which recognizes the university’s most outstanding alumni each year.

Mr. Ban served on the Board of Atmospheric Science and Climate of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) from 2001 – 2004 and has recently completed chairing an NAS Committee on effective communication of uncertainty in weather forecasts.  He has also served as a member of the Inter-Governmental Working Group of the United States Weather Research Program and as President of the Alumni Board of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State University.

Additionally, Mr. Ban is currently a member of the advisory board to the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Societal Impacts Program and serves on The Board of Visitors of The College of Geosciences at the University of Oklahoma.  He is Co-Chair of The Weather Coalition, an advocacy group that brings together industry, academia and scientific and professional associations to advance U.S. weather observation, prediction and warning capabilities.

Mr. Ban is also currently serving on the Board of Directors of the National Environmental Education Foundation and on the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee to the Federal Communications Commission.