VHB
Sterling, VA
USA
For 12 years Angel McCoy supported the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in the Office of Renewable Energy Programs as a Meteorologist. During that time, she conducted the engineering and technical review of ocean-based renewable energy facilities. Her responsibilities include wind resource analysis for wind energy area identification, radar impacts mitigation, wind facility lighting design review and approval, and COR for research studies. She authored the "Guidelines for Lighting and Marking of Structures Supporting Renewable Energy Development", a significant accomplishment in her Federal service career. Ms. McCoy was also a Meteorologist at Wyle Information Systems, LLC working onsite for the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center in support of the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS Net) Project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. She provided weather and climate monitoring and analysis for the purposes of food security and famine early warning for developing countries in Central America, the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. While working on the FEWS Net Project she traveled to the aforementioned regions conducting trainings and participating in workshops, most notably, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Abuja, Nigeria, and Georgetown, Guyana. Ms. McCoy is the founder of Discover Earth Camp where she provides earth science education services for youth. Ms. McCoy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from The Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Science degree in Environmental Policy and Management from American Public University. She is an active member of the American Meteorological Society. Ms. McCoy now uses her BOEM and regulatory expertise to guide offshore renewable energy projects through planning, review, approval and completion.