Staff Bios
Steve Toci is a Senior Meteorologist
Steve is a Chicago area native and has experience in providing weather information for agricultural, aviation, marine interests, radio broadcasting and energy companies. Steve is a member of the American Meteorological Society- Chicago Chapter...
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Mark Rhein is a Senior Meteorologist
Mark, a Wheeling, IL native came over to Murray and Trettel in 1996 as a weather forecaster when Murray and Trettel bought Central Weather Service. Mark has helped anchor the nightshift since arriving at...
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Mike Morales is a Senior Meteorologist
Mike is a Chicago native, who was born and raised in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. He joined the Murray and Trettel and Weather Command Team in July of 2009....
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Nathan Halm is a Senior Meteorologist
Nathan, a native of Carol Stream, IL, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology and a minor in Computer Science from Northern Illinois University, and then joined Weather Command as a Staff Meteorologist...
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Russell Weber is a Senior Meteorologist
Russell grew up in Arlington Heights, IL and lived around the area his whole life. He joined the Murray and Trettel Weather Command Team in the Summer of 2013. Russell attended Western Illinois University and...
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Ross Braatz is a Senior Meteorologist
Ross was born and raised in Menomonee Falls, WI. He became interested in weather at the age of eight during a summer severe weather event. In 1990, he moved to Hawaii with his Mom...
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Alex Klucher is a Staff Meteorologist
Alex, a native of Northeastern Pennsylvania, joined Weather Command in 2022 and now resides in southern Wisconsin. He attended Millersville University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in meteorology...
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Scott Burgholzer is a IT Support Meteorologist
Scott Burgholzer, a native of Elburn, IL, received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Lewis University and his Master of Science degree in Data Science with a concentration in Computer Science...
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Austin Heun is a Staff Meteorologist
Austin grew up in Port Washington, WI, with his 4 siblings and many pets. His interest in meteorology stemmed from a bout of severe weather on his 8th birthday. He attended the University of...
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Andrew Lotz is an Environmental Meteorologist
Andy, a Winthrop Harbor, IL native, is a degreed meteorologist has been with Murray & Trettel since 2002. Andy is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the Nuclear Utility Meteorological Data Users...
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Bill Schwab works in Field Services and Safety
Bill, a native of Brockport, NY, is an experienced welder and fabricator. He is certified in stick, mig, and tig. Before coming to Murray and Trettel, he was part of the plumbers and pipe...
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Hirsh Shah is an Environmental Engineer
Hirsh joined Murray and Trettel in October 1978. He has been involved in Ambient Air Monitoring, Continuous Emissions Monitoring, Meteorological monitoring at Nuclear Power Plants, Mathematical Modeling, Tritium Release, Dose, and Deposition Analysis at...
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David James is an Insurance Verification Sales and Marketing Meteorologist.
David, a Northbrook, IL native is a degreed meteorologist and began his second tour with Murray and Trettel and Weather Command in 2006. David’s main focus is on insurance verifications and forensic meteorology. David...
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Steve Mirsky is the Senior Long Range Meteorologist
Steve, a New York native is a degreed meteorologist and has been with Murray and Trettel and Weather Command since 1988. For seven years Steve served on the Board of Directors of the company....
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