Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd
Board Member
Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd is a leading international expert in weather and climate and is Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geography at the University of Georgia (UGA). Dr. Shepherd was the 2013 President of American Meteorological Society, the 2nd African American to preside over the American Meteorological Society. Dr. Shepherd serves as Director of UGA’s Atmospheric Sciences Program and Full Professor in the Department of Geography. Shepherd is also the host of The Weather Channel’s Award-Winning Sunday talk show Weather Geeks. Prior to UGA, Dr. Shepherd was Deputy Project Scientist for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, a multi-national space mission that launched in 2014.