NSCS 2025 Speaker List
We are thrilled to unveil the incredible lineup of guest speakers for NSCS 2025! Get ready for an inspiring event packed with insights from industry leaders and visionaries who are eager to share their journeys. Click on the photos below to dive into their bios and discover all the excitement each speaker brings to the table. This is your chance to engage with some of the brightest minds in the field—don’t miss out!
Gabe Garfield
Gabe is a seasoned storm chaser from Norman, Oklahoma, with over two decades of meteorological expertise. Having witnessed over 200 tornadoes, including two EF5s, Gabe is a well-known figure in the field, featured on the Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers." With both a bachelor's and master's in meteorology, he seamlessly combines academic knowledge with real-world experience. Beyond storm chasing, Gabe passionately shares his insights through social media, aiming to make meteorology accessible to all. Driven by curiosity and a genuine desire to demystify the fascinating world of meteorology, Gabe remains dedicated to the ongoing pursuit of understanding and sharing the intricacies of weather phenomena.
Lisa Teachman
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Emmy Award-winning meteorologist Lisa Teachman is Chief Meteorologist of the KSN Storm Track 3 Weather Team.
Lisa Teachman came back home to serve as Chief Meteorologist of the KSN Storm Track 3 Weather Team in 2017.
Born and raised in the Wichita suburb of Haysville, KSNW-TV is where she began her broadcasting career in 1996 as a meteorology intern under the leadership of the station’s former Chief Meteorologist, Dave Freeman, who retired in 2017. Upon completing her undergraduate studies, earning a degree in Communication from Wichita State University and another degree in Meteorology from Mississippi State University (both at the same time!), Lisa went on to serve weather teams in Huntington, West Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; and two stations in Kansas City.
Ms. Teachman has earned the American Meteorological Society “Seal of Approval” and received an Emmy Award for severe weather coverage. She has also been recognized by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters for having the best weathercast in Wichita. She brings more than 20 years of professional experience to her role at KSN News 3, including 10 years of forecasting severe weather in Kansas and Missouri. In 2011, she reported live from Joplin in the hours following the catastrophic EF5 tornado that struck the city. She saw her first tornado in Moundridge, Kansas, in 2012.
Her passion for meteorology runs on her family. Her father is a Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service volunteer, assisting in emergency communications for Sedgwick County. Her hometown was hit twice by devastating tornadoes in 1991 and 1999.
In her spare time, you will find Lisa taking her dogs for long walks with her husband. She also loves country music, eating as much BBQ as she can, and sharing her passion of weather with others." - https://www.ksn.com/author/lisa-teachman/
Rodger Edwards
Roger Edwards is a severe-storms scientist and recently retired lead forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. Before that, he was a meteorologist at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City (SPC's predecessor), the National Hurricane Center in Miami, and the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, with meteorology degree and graduate work at OU. Boomer Sooner! He has published ten lead-authored, formal scientific papers as a full-time forecaster, has been a lead or coauthor on over 100 formal and conference papers total, and has issued a few thousand severe-weather outlooks. Roger co-founded EJSSM, the first meteorological e-journal in the U.S., and has served as Editor in Chief since 2006. 2025 also will be Roger's 40th year of storm chasing and photography. He has witnessed numerous amazing supercells and tornadoes up and down the Great Plains, as well as experiencing Hurricanes Andrew and Dennis. He enjoys bridging science and responsible storm observing (spotting or chasing), and has given numerous talks on these subjects since the 1990s. He has participated in several field programs, including TOTO, NSSL Spring Programs, IOT&E2-1989, VORTEX, and TWISTEX. Roger's lovely wife Elke is a storm observer and photographer as well, and he has two grown kids who enjoy storms and are named after legendary hurricanes.
Jon Davies
Jon Davies saw his first tornado at age 9 growing up on the plains of Kansas, and has studied severe weather ever since. He lives in the Kansas City area, and focus on practical operational research about tornado forecasting with many papers published. He has also worked as a meteorologist and forecaster for several television stations and weather consulting firms, including the Weather Channel in the 1980’s.
Jon has written a book with his wife Shawna about tornadoes and storm chasing for grade school and middle school kids, “Storm Chasers - On the Trail of Twisters”. He has appeared in TV interviews as well as storm chasing shows, including “Tornado Road” for the Weather Channel, and continues to enjoy forecasting and observing storms as serious educational activities.
Shawna Davies
Shawna Davies’ lifetime fascination with severe weather and storms having began as a child in Kansas City watching storms. A close call she and her family had with a tornado supercell near Lawerence, Kansas when she was 12 years old helped spur that interest.
As a result, Shawna has given many talks in the Kansas City area focusing on severe weather awareness and safety for both individuals and families. She wrote and produced a 30-minute online video, “Surviving the Storm: What Storm Chasers Want You to Know” and was featured on the Father Channel series “Tornado Road.” Shawna has also done many local and retinal TV interviews regarding storm chasing and severe weather.
Shawna’s most prolific storm chases include the Joplin tornado on May 22nd, 2011, the Medford Oklahoma tornado storm on May 10th, 2010, and the massive El Reno tornado on May 31st, 2013. She and her husband meteorologist Jon Davies still chase storms on occasion when severe weather potential is imminent.
Art Mehring
I am a passionate radio enthusiast with a deep appreciation for the art of audio storytelling. I am constantly seeking new ways to engage audiences through creative and innovative audio content. My background encompasses 50 years of radio talent work from the American Forces Radio & Television Service (AFRTS) while serving in the US Air Force to 22 years as a radio reporter and news director to 8 years in sports and the past 20 years with iHeart Radio's Total Traffic & Weather Network (TTWN). In my spare time I am a certified Divemaster (NAUI) with nearly 1,000 dives and a volunteer SCUBA diver at the Western Hemisphere's largest aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium.