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Directorate Staff Roles

Name Job Titlesort descending Team Job Duties Extension
Glen Romine Senior Advisor NCAR Director’s Office
  • Directs the development and implementation of NCAR-wide scientific research and programs, which are deemed critical to achieving related goals and objectives in the NCAR Strategic Plan, NCAR Implementation Plan (IP) and the NCAR Program Operating Plan (POP), POPR, and ABR implementation.
  • Maintains strategic relationships and effective communications with, and is a spokesperson on behalf of NCAR to NCAR’s funding agencies, university communities, UCAR leadership and committees, and is one of NCAR's liaisons to the National Science Foundation
  • Provides leadership and oversight in coordinating the development and implementation of the following NCAR priorities:  the NCAR strategic plan,  NCAR MSI engagement,  the NCAR Plan for Strategic Partnerships; community “hubs” and the science and engineering strategic hiring initiative
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Simmi Sinha Senior Graphic Artist NCAR Director’s Office
  • Designs and updates highly visible and strategic materials to meet communications goals, align with the NCAR's strategic messages, and be brand compliant. These may include brochures, websites, PowerPoint presentations, social media assets, postcards, etc
  • Prioritizes design requests based on visibility and external exposure. Works to find alternate solutions for people with low-priority requests
  • Creates templates and provides guidance for freelancers and others at NCAR tasked with designing organizational materials
  • Reviews finished work from across NCAR for quality, accuracy, and stylistic consistency
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Tom Cordova Senior HR Partner NCAR Director’s Office
  • Partners with the NCAR Director to shape the future culture for the organization
  • Identifies, recommends and/or designs new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in the organization
  • Maintains compliance with federal and state regulations concerning employment
  • Provides advice and guidance on organizational structures and changes, managing implementation of agreed changes in partnership with NCAR management and HR SMEs
  • In support of NCAR, partners with the Talent Acquisition team, NCAR leadership and sponsors to understand staffing needs, recruiting strategies, retention risks, skills gaps
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Tricia O'Keefe Senior Partnership Business Development Lead NCAR Director’s Office
  • Identify and prioritize short- and long-term opportunities to develop new partnerships and promote innovative applications for NCAR research science and science services as guided by the NCAR Strategic Plan and best practices, along with leading a process to identify internal gaps, in coordination with the Strategic Partnership Team and the UCAR Office of Government Relations & External Engagement (UGR).
  • Identify and qualify high-impact funding opportunities, contribute to a system of capture, and engage in follow-up in coordination with relevant parties to increase the success rate of business development and collaborative proposal efforts, in coordination with UGR.
  • Work to increase professional and strategic relationships with UCAR programs, universities, federal agencies, other FFRDCs, the private sector, and international organizations.
  • Attend, engage and help organize events, meetings, conferences, seminars, workshops, and other methods to gather information, maintain market awareness, and position the organization for future funding opportunities.
  • In execution of the NCAR Strategic Plan, participate in organizational opportunity assessments through tracking of proposal opportunities, identifying development teams to explore opportunities, provide quality assurance for surveillance plans, develop work breakdown structures, employ risk analysis and mitigation strategies, and apply formal management approaches.
  • Coordinate with the UGR and SPT to develop and/or utilize tools to track and prioritize scientific and business development trends and engage with organizational leads to identify and pursue opportunities; curate annual development of a prioritized list of NCAR strategic gaps. 
  • Utilize and recommend program and project management processes and procedures and other cutting-edge applications and methodologies to aid with organizing and managing cross-lab NCAR projects and business processes that involve partnerships. 
  • Liaise with UCAR, NCAR and UCP to provide effective communication and leadership on cross entity collaborations. Ensure internal and external information distribution of NCAR science and science services with oversight of distribution methods and metrics.
  • Participate in senior level meetings internally and with partner organizations, reporting on the program and bringing issues and solutions forward.
  • Coordinate the NCAR Strategic Partnership Team, to include leading routine meetings, setting meeting agendas, coordination of bi-annual retreats, and management and coordination of following up on resulting decisions and actions emerging from these and similar activities. 
Geoff Cheeseman UCAR Director of Budget & Planning Budget and Planning
  • Directs Budget & Planning Office Functions
  • Annual Budget Review (ABR) Process 
  • Budget Liaison with NSF's NCAR Coordination Office
  • NCAR Planning, Budgeting, and Reporting Oversight
  • Program Operating Plan (POP) and Progress Report (POPPR)
  • Budget Policies and Procedures
  • NCAR Directorate Budgets 
  • Oversite of NSF Base Operating Budgets
  • NCAR Business Process Owner for CPM Financial Tools
  • Member of the NCAR Executive Committee & Directors' Committee 
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