30-Literacy Lunch: Promoting Science Literacy

Keith Seitter received his B.S. degree in meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University and his Ph.D. in geophysical sciences from the University of Chicago. He worked as a research scientist for the Air Force and was on
the faculty at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

In 1991, Seitter joined the staff of the American
Meteorological Society to oversee its transition into electronic publishing. He continued working at the AMS as deputy executive director, overseeing a number of programs and initiatives for the Society.

He was named executive
director in September of 2004. Seitter is a Fellow of the AMS, a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, and a Certified Consulting Meteorologist.