Nancy Hann

Nancy Hann is a Rear Admiral in the NOAA Corps. Deputy Director for Operations, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), and Deputy Director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Aircraft Operations

Early life

She grew up in Illinois, as a child she recalled one of her favorite things was to watch the thunderstorms. She's always been interested in Earth's weather and her mother claimed she had been interested in weather patterns since the beginning.

Career

She started her career with NOAA as a fisheries observer in 1996 and she commissioned as an officer in the NOAA Corps around 1998. She served on commercial fishing vessels, various NOAA ships and aircraft and NSF research vessels, on the NOAA aircraft she was a pilot and flight meteorologist. She even later became NOAA Dive qualified and became unmanned aircraft systems (uas), pilot. She is responsible for the direct leadership and management of OMAO's operational assets, including the agency's fleet of 16 research and survey vessels and nine aircraft.

Prior Assignments:

• Commanding officer of the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center
• Office of Marine and Aviation Operations Chief of Staff.
• Executive Officer at the NOAA Marine Operations Center-Atlantic
• Associate Director at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
• NOAA liaison to the U.S. Pacific Command.

Education

• A.S. in Project Management at George Washington University
• B.A. in Marine Science and Biology at the University of San Diego
• M.S. in Space Studies and Remote Sensing at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• M.P.A at the Harvard University Kennedy School

Awards

Department of Commerce Silver Medal

Department of Commerce Bronze Medal with "O" device

NOAA Corps Meritorious Service Medal

NOAA Unit Citation Award with 3⁄16" bronze star

NOAA Achievement Medal with award star