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Steve has developed various weather safety programs and routinely shares his message of preparedness and crisis leadership with civic groups and organizations. He is also a volunteer for the American Red Cross and active in Ham Radio as a member of the Guilford County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES). Steve enjoys teaching and has been an adjunct instructor for the North Carolina Community College system since 1988. He has taught courses at the Emergency Management Institute in Maryland and presented at the International Association of Emergency Managers' Conference. Steve received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Guilford College in 1986, a Graduate Certificate in Community Preparedness and Disaster Management from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2004 and a Masters of Science in Emergency Management from Jacksonville State University in Alabama in 2008. Steve resides in Greensboro with his wife and three children. He can be contacted by e-mail at scmarks72@gmail.com. |
Steve's interest in weather and disasters
started when he was in elementary school. He has spent over twenty-five years in
the emergency services and presently manages the Technical Services Division for
Guilford Metro 911. He continues to serve as a Skywarn severe weather spotter
and works closely with the National Weather Service to identify
and report severe weather.