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NOAA NAMES ZDENKA WILLIS AS HEAD OF NEW IOOS PROGRAMSeaports Press Review
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NOAA NAMES ZDENKA WILLIS AS HEAD OF NEW IOOS PROGRAMTuesday, April 3, 2007
(Washington, DC) - The National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration recently named Zdenka S. Willis asdirector of the agency's new Integrated Ocean Observing System program.Willis, former director of the National Oceanographic Data Center in NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, will be charged with overseeing the NOAA contribution to the nation's Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) program.
The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System is a coordinated network of people and technology that work together to generate and disseminate continuous data on our coastal waters, Great Lakes, and oceans.IOOS is the United State's ocean contribution to the Global EarthObservation System of Systems (GEOSS), which is an international project designed to continuously and comprehensively monitor the Earth and make those observations globally accessible.
"IOOS is a critical mission for NOAA and we are delighted to put a capable and experienced person like Zdenka Willis at the helm," said retired Navy Vice Adm.
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Willis, a retired Navy captain with a distinguished background in meteorology and oceanography, brings a wealth of experience to her position.She served in a number of prominent senior leadership positions including naval deputy to NOAA, deputy navigator of the navy,director of the secretary of defense strategic policy forum, director of the National Ice Center, and service as chief of staff of the directorate of operations at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.Willis joined NOAA in December 2005.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department, is celebrating 200 years of science and service to the nation.From the establishment of the Survey of the Coast in 1807 by ThomasJefferson to the formation of the Weather Bureau and the Commission of Fish and Fisheries in the 1870s, much of America's scientific heritage is rooted in NOAA.