NOAA Communications & External Affairs
Welcome to the webpage for NOAA Communications & External Affairs. Our office manages media relations, stakeholder relations and social media engagement for NOAA Headquarters.
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- Access our fact sheets on NOAA science and services
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Contact us
| NOAA Headquarters | |
Interviews with NOAA leadership, policy issues, budget and legislation. Constituent affairs, stakeholder relationships, business/industry liaison, exhibits. |
Ciaran Clayton, Director |
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| NOAA National Environmental Satellite and Information Service | |
| Satellite images, satellite operations, environmental data, historical weather and climate data | John Leslie, 301-713-0214 |
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| NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service | |
| Fisheries management, habitat protection, protected species | Connie Barclay, 301-427-8029 |
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| Alaska Region (Juneau, Alaska) | Julie Speegle, 907-586-7032 |
| Northeast Fisheries (Gloucester, Mass.) | Maggie Mooney-Seus, 978-281-9175 |
| Northwest Fisheries (Seattle) | Brian Gorman, 206-526-6613 |
| Southeast Fisheries (St. Petersburg, Fla.) | Kim Amendola, 727-551-5707 Allison Garrett, 727-551-5707 |
| Southwest Fisheries (Long Beach, Calif.) | Jim Milbury, 562-980-4006 |
| Pacific Islands Region (Honolulu) | Wende Goo, 808-721-4098 |
| Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement (Silver Spring, Md.) | John Thibodeau, 301-427-8234 |
| NOAA National Ocean Service | |
| Coral reefs, coastal resource management, estuarine research reserves, harmful algal blooms, hazardous spill response and restoration, marine protected areas, marine sanctuaries, nautical charts, ocean observing systems, and tides and water levels. | Ben Sherman, 301-713-3066 Keeley Belva, 301-713-3066 |
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| NOAA National Weather Service | |
| Weather Service Public Affairs Severe weather, NOAA Weather Radio, Weather Safety Regional weather contacts |
Chris Vaccaro, 301-713-0622 ext. 150 Susan Buchanan, 301-713-0622 ext. 121 Maureen O'Leary, 301-713-0622 ext 128 |
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| Storm Prediction Center, Norman, Okla., Severe storms, tornadoes, fire weather outlooks, storm chasing |
Keli Pirtle, 405-325-6933 |
| National Hurricane Center Tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific |
Dennis Feltgen, 305-229-4404 |
| NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction Includes NOAA Climate Prediction Center Seasonal outlooks, drought, climate prediction, El Niño and La Niña |
301-713-0622 |
| Space Weather Prediction Center Solar and geomagnetic storms, solar cycles, auroras |
301-713-0622 |
| NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research | |
| Climate, weather, polar, ocean, and coastal research, tsunamis, ocean acidification, global monitoring and observation. | John Ewald, 301-734-1123 |
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| Office of Ocean Exploration NOAA's center for new activities to explore and better understand the oceans. |
Fred Gorell, 301-734-1021 |
| Earth System Research Laboratory Atmospheric science, climate change, ozone depletion, weather, air quality |
John Ewald, 301-734-1123 |
| NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations | |
| Research ships and aircraft, NOAA Corps | David Hall, 301-713-7671 |
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