Sunny Wescott is a Federal Emergency Response Official Chief Meteorologist with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) specializing in national extreme weather hazards and climatological studies for impacts to public and private sector key resources.

Wescott has degrees in Homeland Security Management, Public Safety Administration, and Atmospheric Sciences and is a member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the International Association of Emergency Managers. During her time in the US Air Force as a Lead Meteorologist, Wescott trained on continental and oceanic weather as the Top Forecaster for her support region and is considered a subject matter expert for multiple climatological events such as drought, wildfires, tropical cyclones, and more. storms. Since 2018, Wescott has been providing support to various working groups across the federal government including the Resilient Power Working Group, CISA’s Extreme

Weather Working Group, the National Disaster Resiliency Council, the Climate Security Council, the National Drought Resiliency Partnership and more.

While previous roles within CISA focused on working with emergency response operations for telecommunications, critical infrastructure, and executive briefing support which integrated her background of operational forecasting from her military experience, Wescott’s current role with CISA’s Infrastructure Security Division, Assistant Chief of Staff office, enables Extreme Weather Outreach by providing focused reports for regions and critical infrastructure operators before, during, and after disasters.