Gina Eosco

Gina Marie Eosco is an American social scientist and risk communications professional specializing in social and behavioral sciences as applied to weather forecasting and hazard communication. She is the director of the Weather Program Office (WPO) within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.

Early life and education Eosco grew up in Norwood, Massachusetts, just south of Boston. She credits being around young children at her mother's home daycare—which gave her an opportunity to be around people and explain complex topics to others—combined with her interest in science, in informing her career path.

She graduated from Norwood High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Maryland, where she graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and Policy. While there, she participated in the university's College Park Scholars Public Leadership Program, as well as the Maryland Student Legislature (MSL), where she served as governor of the Council of State, as well as on MSL's board of directors.

Eosco received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in weather risk communication from Cornell University, where she focused on public understanding of science as it relates to visual communication in broadcast meteorology and tropical cyclone warnings and watches.

Career Eosco began her career working for the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Policy Program in Washington, D.C. She was named director of WPO in 2025. The article highlighted a paper Eosco coauthored for the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society that explores the need to define message consistency within the weather community.

In addition to her full-time positions with AMS, Eosco has held various positions on AMS boards and committees, including the Board on Enterprise Communication and the Committee on Effective Communication of Weather and Climate Information.

Honors and awards Eosco is the 2018 recipient of the AMS Award for Early-Career Achievement. In 2020, she received the NOAA Research Daniel L. Albritton Outstanding Science Communicator Award. In 2023, Eosco was elected to serve a three-year term (beginning in 2024) as a member of the AMS Council. She has performed with the Cornell Wind Symphony and Flutes on the Brink, a D.C.–area flute choir, with whom she performed at the 2006 National Flute Association Annual Convention.