Age: 40 Current position: Chief meteorologist Family: Wife Mara, Daughters Kristen and Rebecca Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. High school: Morgantown High School, West Virginia, 1987 College: Penn State, 1990 My first job in TV: WTOV in Steubenville, Ohio How I landed in my present job: I always wanted to return to the region. I made a random phone call to the station before accepting a position at another station. Just so happened that the timing was almost right. ... Jim Frank, the news director at the time, was able to make me an offer before I went elsewhere. My earliest influence in TV was: Bob Ryan from Washington, D.C. He gave me an internship and was a great mentor. He was always willing to listen and help. The most interesting person I ever interviewed was: The families that I interviewed for the Child-ren’s Miracle Network were always telling amazing stories. Out of the ordinary would go to comedian Richard Lewis. He came to our station at Washington, D.C.