Carven Scott has been named director of the NOAA National Weather Service’s Alaska Region in Anchorage. He started his new assignment May 15.
Beginning in December 2007, Scott served as chief of the environmental and scientific services division at the regional headquarters, successfully recasting and developing the division and enabling the Alaska Region to meet current, emerging and evolving mission requirements, according to a news release. In December 2015, he was selected as acting director of the region.
Scott has been a National Weather Service employee for over 35 years. He served as science and operations officer at the weather forecast office in Anchorage from 1993-2007. He led the NOAA-Environment and Climate Change Canada Bi-lateral Marine Services Project for more than three years and served as the chair of the National Weather Service Operational Advisory Team.
He has received numerous awards throughout his career, including a Department of Commerce Gold Medal in January 2015 for his work on synthetic aperture radar for ocean applications leading to operational implementation of the first automated SAR product in NOAA.
In addition to his civil service with the NWS, Scott served in the military for more than 30 years, retiring as a captain in March 2014. During his last tour he served as the commanding officer of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Reserve Headquarters Unit.
Scott completed a bachelor of science degree in meteorology with a minor in computer science in 1975 from Texas A&M University, where he also earned a master’s of science in meteorology in 1977.
