![VADM Hann, Ben Friedman, Dr. Sen Chaio, and Dr. Rick Spinrad pose for a photo standing next to a virtual meeting that includes other members of NOAA and the EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers. The U.S. flag is behind them. (Image credit: Erianna Hammond/NOAA) VADM Hann, Ben Friedman, Dr. Sen Chaio, and Dr. Rick Spinrad pose for a photo standing next to a virtual meeting that includes other members of NOAA and the EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers. The U.S. flag is behind them.](https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2024-08/EPPMSI-LOI-attendees.jpg?h=16fffba1&itok=bylw4SnS)
Directors from the EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers joined NOAA leadership as they signed a Letter of Intent strengthening their long-standing partnership. Sen Chiao, Ph.D., Director of the NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology (NCAS-M), attended the event in person, shown here with Vice Admiral Nancy Hann, NOAA Deputy Under Secretary for Operations; Ben Friedman, former NOAA Deputy Under Secretary for Operations; and Rick Spinrad, Ph.D., NOAA Administrator. The other Center Directors, Paulinus Chigbu, Ph.D.; Fred Moshary, Ph.D.; and Richard Long, Ph.D., attended virtually. (Image credit: Erianna Hammond/NOAA)