Program Office Leadership
Marian Westley, PhD
NGS Director (acting)
Marian Westley, PhD, is the Director of NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), the nation’s authoritative source for accurate, reliable and timely water-level and current measurements. In this role, she oversees and continues to improve this 24-hour a day operation to provide mariners, coastal managers, and many other users with historic, real-time, and forecast data on ocean conditions along America’s 95,000-mile coastline. CO-OPS works very closely with NGS on topics related to the shoreline and Dr. Westley is thrilled for the opportunity to learn about the full scope of the NGS mission while serving as the acting NGS Director. Dr. Westley's career with NOAA spans over twenty years with much of that time spent advancing climate research and the transition of research to operations. Dr. Westley has a BA in Physics and English from Yale University and an MSc and PhD in Oceanography with a Graduate Certificate in Ocean Policy from the University Hawaii at Manoa.
CDR Pete Freeman
NGS Deputy Director (acting)
CDR Freeman has served as a Naval Officer and then NOAA Corps Officer for 17 years. CDR Freeman joined the NOAA Corps to serve as a Navigator on the WP-3D Hurricane Hunter aircraft prior to NGS. In his 5 years at NGS, he has performed multiple duties: Deputy Chief, Remote Sensing Division; NGS Operations Director; Acting Business Manager; and Acting Deputy Director. Responsibilities in these positions varied from coordinating and managing remote sensing projects, overseeing field operations, managing NGS' budget and workforce, and managing NGS' Aeronautical Survey Program.
