TED2017: The future you 4/20/17, 12:07 PM : f «as \ 7 David Titley is a Professor of Practice in Meteorology and a Professor of International Affairs at the Pennsylvania State University. He is : << ‘ the founding director of Penn State’s Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk. He served as a naval officer for 32 years and rose to the rank of Rear Admiral. Titley’s career included duties as commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command; ‘we oceanographer and navigator of the Navy; and deputy assistant chief of naval operations for information dominance. He also served as | senior military assistant for the director, Office of Net Assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. While serving in the Pentagon, Titley initiated and led the U.S. Navy’s Task Force on Climate Change. After retiring from the Navy, Titley served as the Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Operations, the chief operating officer position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Titley serves on numerous advisory boards and National Academies of Science committees, including the CNA Military Advisory Board, the Center for Climate and Security and the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Titley is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. solutions2wxrisk.psu.edu @dwtitley ex Ted Halstead Be Policy entrepreneur, climate expert, author ; Ted Halstead is breathing new life into US climate policy by mobilizing conservative leaders and CEOs around a breakthrough carbon F oy OS dividends solution. a When not writing or sailing around the world, Ted Halstead launches cutting-edge think tanks. His first, founded when he was 25, \ Pas introduced new measures of progress and coordinated the Economists’ Statement on Climate Change, signed by 18 Nobel laureate : economists. His second, New America, has become one of the most influential think t