SERCOM Officers
President
Ian Lisk
Ian Lisk is the president of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Commission for Weather, Climate, Hydrological, Marine and Related Environmental Services and Applications (SERCOM). Since SERCOM was established in July 2019, Ian has led the development of new structures and partnerships to better coordinate and oversee the delivery of ‘useful, usable and used’ services to better protect and save lives and livelihoods around the world.
Ian has worked for the UK Met Office in a variety of forecasting, training and senior management roles for over 35-years and has been involved in the work of WMO since 2003, primarily through the former Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (CAeM) where he served as vice-president from 2010-18 and as the last CAeM president from 2018-19. Ian is based in Exeter in the south-west of England and is married with three children.
Vice-president
Angela Corina
Angela Corina is one of the vice-presidents of the WMO Commission for Weather, Climate, Hydrological, Marine and Related Environmental Services and Applications. Expert engineer and civil servant of the National Civil protection Department of Italy, where she has worked for over 20 years in a variety of forecasting, training and senior roles in the field of operational hydrology and development of Early Warning System with a multi-disciplinary approach. Responsible for the coordination of research activities, author of scientific publications and designer of information systems for meteo-hydro monitoring and risk assessment, expert in international capacity building and technical assistance projects in disaster risk reduction.
She has served in a variety of international and WMO bodies, where she has been involved since 2011, primarily through the former Commission for Hydrology, then in the SERCOM since its establishment, and also as Regional Hydrological Adviser of RAVI-Europe since 2018.
Vice-president
Raymond Tanabe
Raymond Tanabe is one of three co-vice presidents of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Commission for Weather, Climate, Hydrological, Marine and Related Environmental Services and Applications (SERCOM). In his new role with SERCOM, Ray will be a champion of equity, diversity,and representation, fully supporting Early Warnings for All and advancement of the services capabilities of all WMO Members.
Ray’s career with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS) spans over 25 years, starting as a student trainee in 1999 and since 2013 as the Director for the Pacific Region. He has served in a variety of international and WMO bodies since 2011, most notably with the Typhoon Committee and Regional Association V. Based out of Honolulu, Hawaii, Ray is a strong advocate for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) who are experiencing dramatic impacts from climate change.