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Sunny Wescott
Chief Meteorologist
Infrastructure Security Division (ISD), Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS)


CISA’s Chief Meteorologist, Sunny Wescott, is a Federal Emergency Response Official specializing in national extreme weather hazards and climatological studies for impacts to public and private sector key resources. During her time in the US Air Force as a Lead Meteorologist, Ms. Wescott trained on continental and oceanic weather as the Top Forecaster for her support region and is considered a subject matter expert for multiple climatological events such as drought, subsidence, wildfires, tropical cyclones, and winter storms. Her previous roles within CISA focused on working with emergency response operations for telecommunications and critical infrastructure which integrated her background of mission support forecasting from her military experience. Ms. Wescott graduated top of her class for her degrees in Homeland Security Management, Public Safety Administration, and Atmospheric Sciences with her current role in the Infrastructure Security Division, Assistant Chief of Staff office, performing Extreme Weather Outreach by providing focused reports and exercises for regions and critical infrastructure operators before, during, and after disasters.

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