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NOAA Boulder Directors Council

The NOAA Boulder Directors Council (NBDC) represents the multiple NOAA line and staff offices housed within the David Skaggs Research Center (DSRC).

Our Organization

NOAA Boulder Directors Council (NBDC)

The NOAA Boulder Directors Council (NBDC) represents the multiple NOAA line and staff offices housed within the David Skaggs Research Center (DSRC). The NBDC is comprised of eleven voting members, representing each of the NOAA line and staff offices in the DSRC, and is chaired by the Director of the OAR Boulder Laboratories Executive Council (OBEC). The Executive Director of NOAA Boulder Laboratories and the General Services Administration (GSA) Building Facilities Manager serve as non-voting, ex-officio members of the Council.

Our Members

David Fahey, Director

Jennifer Stark, Meteorologist-in-Charge

Vanda Grubišić, Director

Jennifer Mahoney, Director

Robert Sears, Director

Eric Kihn, Director for Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics

Derek van Westrum, Gravity Program Manager

Robert Webb, Director

Clinton Wallace, Director ​

Facilities Operations Division

Bruce Gibbs, Branch Chief

Kristi Leinen, Senior Property Manager

Chad Hepp, Director

Non-Voting Members

Subsidiary Organizations​

The following committees and groups support activities and functions of interest to the staff of the NBDC organizations.