Mary Glackin
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Mary M. Glackin is an American scientist. She served as the 2020 president of the American Meteorological Society (AMS).{{Cite web|url=https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/about-ams/ams-organization-and-administration/past-presidents-directory/|title=Past Presidents' Directory|website=American Meteorological Society|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}
Career
Glackin was previously senior vice president for science and forecast operations at The Weather Company,{{Cite web |date=2020-03-10 |title=Board Members |url=http://dels.nas.edu/global/basc/Board-Members |access-date=2025-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310215401/http://dels.nas.edu/global/basc/Board-Members |archive-date=10 March 2020 }} an IBM Business. She retired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 2012 as the deputy under secretary for operations,{{Cite web|url=https://www.livingontherealworld.org/mary-glackin-retires-from-noaa/|title=Mary Glackin retires from NOAA | Living on the Real World|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-05}} after working in various roles in the organization for 34 years,{{Cite news|last=Glackin|first=Mary|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/15/trump-administration-politics-have-no-place-weather-forecasting-have-damaged-trust/|title=Trump administration politics have no place in weather forecasting and have damaged trust|date=September 15, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 5, 2019}} including with the National Weather Service,{{Cite web |title=Mary Glackin - National Weather Service Heritage - Virtual Lab |url=https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heritage/-/mary-glackin |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=vlab.noaa.gov}} where she served as acting director of the agency in 2007,{{Cite web |date=2007-07-14 |title=Communications Office - Biography, Mary Glackin |url=http://www.weather.gov/com/presentations/glackin.htm |access-date=2025-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714153041/http://www.weather.gov/com/presentations/glackin.htm |archive-date=14 July 2007 }} and the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
Education
Glackin has a B.S. from the University of Maryland (1984) with a major in computer science with a concentration in atmospheric science.{{Cite book |url=https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/26734/chapter/8 |title=Engaging Socially Vulnerable Communities and Communicating About Climate Change–Related Risks and Hazards |language=en |chapter=Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate}}
Awards
Glackin is a Fellow of AMS and a recipient of the Charles Franklin Brooks Award for Outstanding Service to the Society (2004). She has twice received the U.S. Presidential Rank Award and the Department of Commerce Silver and Bronze Medals. She is a fellow National Academy of Public Administration.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Mary Glackin |url=https://napawash.org/fellow/27785 |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=National Academy of Public Administration |language=en}}
See also
- Stephanie Herring – spent the early part of her NOAA career working for Glackin
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