Max Mayfield, [Bill Proenza]'s predecessor and the center's former director, said there was a "disconnect between Proenza and the staff." He said Proenza constantly misstated their views on hurricane programs. Proenza started his career with the NOAA National Weather Service at its NHC and with NOAA's hurricane hunters in the mid '60s and went on to serve in a number of field, headquarters and leader-ship capacities across the nation. He has been director of the NOAA National Weather Service Southern Region since 1998. The Florida State University graduate is a long-standing member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Weather Association (NWA), and has held appointments in both professional agencies. In 2001, the AMS recognized him with its prestigious Francis W...
MIAMI -- When there is tension at the National Hurricane Center, it's usually because a powerful storm is bearing down on Miami, New Orleans or another U.S. city. But the turmoil these days is focused on demands from many staffers that the center's new director be ousted. Bill Proenza said in an interview Friday that he has no intention of resigning but will step down if his bosses feel it is best for the center and the public. About half the center's employees say Proenza has undermined the public's confidence in them by exaggerating the forecasting problems they would face if an aging weather satellite failed.
Bill Proenza was the National Hurricane Center director who never dealt with a hurricane -- at least one created by Mother Nature. His half-year tenure, from January to July 2007, was instead dominated by a storm of his own making. Proenza managed in that short time to publicly embarrass his bosses, alienate his staff and get himself fired. Much of the hurricane staff complained to his superiors that he was a poor leader. Politics is part of the job for any leader, even when dealing with bosses and employees. Politics is the art of persuasion and influence. A leader who is interested in seeing his vision actually become reality must learn that art. Proenza did not, and he watched his ideas wash away, along with his job at the hurricane center.
Before the first big storm of the 2007 season has even been born at sea, a key forecasting center's director has been blown from his post. Just six months into his term, Bill Proenza, chief of the National Weather Service's National Hurricane Center, was put on leave. The action came after 23 staffers signed a statement in early July seeking Proenza's ouster because his statements were eroding confidence in center forecasts and he had poisoned the atmosphere. Before his ouster, Proenza had been given a letter from the acting head of NWS, Mary Glackin, saying his comments about the Quikscat satellite may have caused some confusion about NOAA's ability to accurately predict tropical storms. The hurricane center's deputy director, Ed Rappaport, is now interim chief replacing Proenza.
MIAMI - The director of the National Hurricane Center went on leave Monday, government officials said, four days after many of the center's employees called for his removal because of his comments about an aging weather satellite. More than 20 of Bill Proenza's nearly 50 staff members signed a statement last week urging federal officials to dismiss him. They said Proenza had undermined public confidence in the center by exaggerating the forecasting problems scientists would face if the satellite failed.
Many who signed the memo calling for [Bill Proenza]'s release said that Proenza "had hurt office morale and public confidence." Among those who signed was Proenza's secretary, Evangelina Maruly. As of last week, Proenza still had his job and said his supervisors reassured him that he was in no danger of losing it. Bill was the natural choice for this position," said Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), director of the NOAA National Weather Service. "His passion and enthusiasm to expand the nation's hurricane program, combined with his extensive experience in leadership and operational roles, will serve the nation well." The NHC is located in South Florida. It is responsible for forecasting tropical storms and hurricanes along the East and Gulf Coasts and the eastern Paci...
NEW ORLEANS - Mounting a challenge to Congress and his superiors in Washington, the new director of the National Hurricane Center warned Wednesday that forecasters and researchers are being bled of funding and other resources at a dangerous time. Bill Proenza, who took over the post early this year, said inflation has eroded the center's budget, sharp cuts have damaged an important research program and a crucial satellite is running on borrowed time, with no replacement in sight.
MIAMI (AP) - The director of the National Hurricane Center went on leave Monday, government officials said, four days after many of the center's employees called for his removal because of his comments about an aging weather satellite. More than 20 of Bill Proenza's nearly 50 staff members signed a statement last week urging federal officials to dismiss him. They said Proenza had undermined public confidence in the center by exaggerating the forecasting problems scientists would face if the satellite failed.
WITH the start of the 2007 hurricane season only days away, the new director of the National Hurricane Center last week continued his urgent pleas for funding to bolster the center's prediction capabilities. Director Bill Proenza's highly publicized pleas for help may rankle some of the bosses at NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration), but the importance of his message - saving lives - justifies the directness of his appeal. Indeed, Proenza and NOAA share that goal. They need only agree on whether NOAA is doing enough to achieve it. A NOAA spokesman said Monday that saving lives is the agency's top priority, and that the agency has increased hurricane-research funding in recent years.
MIAMI (AP) - When there is tension at the National Hurricane Center, it's usually because a powerful storm is bearing down on Miami, New Orleans or another U.S. city. But the turmoil these days is focused on demands from many staffers that the center's new director be ousted. Bill Proenza said in an interview Friday that he has no intention of resigning but will step down if his bosses feel it is best for the center and the public. About half the center's employees say Proenza has undermined the public's confidence in them by exaggerating the forecasting problems they would face if an aging weather satellite failed.
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