Joseph D'Aleo has over three decades of experience as a meteorologist and climatologist. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Meteorology from the University of Wisconsin and was in the doctoral program at New York University. Mr. D'Aleo was a Professor of Meteorology at the college level for over eight years (six years at Lyndon State College in Vermont) and was a cofounder and the first Director of Meteorology at the cable TV Weather Channel. From 1989-2004, Mr. D'Aleo was Chief Meteorologist at WSI and Senior Editor for WSI's popular Intellicast.com web site. Mr. D'Aleo is a Certified Consultant Meteorologist and was elected a Fellow and Councilor of the American Meteorological Society. He has served as member and Chairman of the American Meteorological Society's Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting. He has authored and/or presented numerous papers focused on advanced applications enabled by new technologies and the role of natural solar and ocean cycles on weather and climate. His published works include a resource guide for Greenwood Publishing on El Niño and La Niña. Mr. D'Aleo is currently Executive Director for ICECAP, an organization and international web site that will bring together the world's best climate scientists to shed light on the true, complex nature of climate change. He was also a contributing author to the Non-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) Report.