Staff Bios

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...

Christopher Appleby works in Field Services and Safety

Chris, a native of Brockport, NY, joined Murray & Trettel in June 2017. Prior to Murray & Trettel, he served on active duty in the Marine Corps as a meteorological equipment maintenance technician and...

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...

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...

Brandon Swedlund is a Senior Meteorologist

Brandon, a Wisconsin native, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is an experienced meteorologist and has been with Murray and Trettel and Weather...

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...

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...

Diane Clarke is a Senior Meteorologist

Diane, a Chicago area native is a degreed Meteorologist and has been with Murray & Trettel, Inc. since 1994. Diane is a Senior Staff Meteorologist with a specialty in broadcasting and has more than...

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....

Russell Weber is a Staff 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...

Nathan Halm is a Staff 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...

Ross Braatz is a Staff 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 and...

Scott Burgholzer, MS is the 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...

Joe Urh is a Staff Meteorologist

Joe, a native of Gurnee, Illinois, joined Weather Command in 2022 after spending nearly a decade as a private-sector meteorologist in both North Dakota and Minnesota. Joe’s forecast experience includes assisting transportation, energy, and...

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...

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...

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....