Cindy Fitzgibbon is chief meteorologist for WCVB StormTeam 5, overseeing the station’s weather coverage and leading Channel 5’s talented team of meteorologists. An expert and award-winning meteorologist with more than 25 years of experience, 20 of them reporting weather in the Boston market, Cindy has been helping people start their day as StormTeam 5’s EyeOpener and Midday meteorologist for nearly a decade.

Cindy is also the principal meteorologist for WCVB’s “Forecasting Our Future” special ongoing coverage. This important initiative, launched by WCVB parent company Hearst Television, addresses issues Americans face in navigating changing weather patterns and their impact on local communities and economies.

Prior to joining WCVB in 2013, Cindy was delivering her morning forecast at Boston’s WFXT. Before that, she spent time learning tropical meteorology at WBBH in Fort Myers, Florida and forecasting snowstorms at WPTZ, the Hearst NBC affiliate in Burlington, Vermont. Cindy started her meteorology career at KXMB in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Cindy has been nominated for several National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Boston/New England Emmy^® awards, most recently in 2021, and won the regional Emmy award in 2017 for outstanding achievement in weather broadcasting. Cindy has also won an Associated Press award for “Best Weathercast.”

A native New Englander, raised near Portland, Maine, Cindy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Lyndon State College in Vermont. Cindy is a member of both the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Weather Association. She has been awarded the AMS Seal of Approval for Television. Cindy has also made guest appearances on ABC News filling in on World News Tonight and Good Morning America.

Cindy is involved with and devotes her time to organizations that promote science education, particularly young girls, including the Discovery Museum “Smart Gals” Program, the Jr. Sci-Tech Girl STEM Expo, and the Science Club for Girls. Cindy repeatedly donates her time to help raise money for local organizations to fight ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and MS (multiple sclerosis) and has become an ambassador in spreading awareness about Batten Disease. She makes frequent “Weather Visits” to schools across the area and has educated thousands of students about the weather over the years.

Cindy is active in the Natick community where she lives with her husband and two boys. Depending on the season, you can typically find her on the basketball court, baseball or football field cheering on her boys!

Reihaneh is an accomplished leader with over two decades of experience in clean energy transition, infrastructure development, and organizational transformation. As the founder and president of Viridi Edge, she helps organizations achieve climate goals, unlock growth opportunities, and deliver measurable financial success through tailored, scalable strategies.

Before founding Viridi Edge, Reihaneh held senior leadership roles at National Grid, where she developed and led clean energy portfolios, in support of positioning the company as a leader in the energy transition. During her tenure, she successfully navigated regulatory challenges, secured federal funding, and transformed teams to deliver results in fast-changing and complex environments.

A recognized energy industry expert, Reihaneh is focused on addressing critical topics such as energy access, electrification, climate adaptation, organizational change, and stakeholder management. She holds an MBA and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering and is dedicated to developing diverse talent and driving sustainable, long-term success for organizations while advancing the clean energy transition.

Kelsey is the External Affairs Manager for SouthCoast Wind, serving as the link between the project and local communities across New England.  Her primary areas of expertise are scientific communication, community engagement and strategic outreach planning. She joined the team in September 2020.

Prior to working with SouthCoast Wind, she worked as a Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Intern with the Cape and Islands Self-Reliance, with the UMass Clean Energy Extension as a greenhouse gas analyst and as lab assistant at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Kelsey is driven by the urgency of the climate emergency. Climate change is here and actively changing the communities and ecosystems around us. Working to balance our efforts between conservation and climate mitigation, all while deploying solutions at an accelerated pace, is essential. She believes that bridging the gap between science and technological innovations, and local communities is essential to inspire change and develop mitigations at the pace we need that will ultimately reduce environmental harm. With this new industry [offshore wind], we have the opportunity to shape our energy future to the benefit of underserved communities. Historically, energy infrastructure is ‘out of sight out of mind’ for well-off communities and sited within communities without the resources to advocate for their health, environment and economic incentives. The prospect of an energy industry that is diverse, just and shaped to the needs of our local communities is exciting and fills her with purpose daily.

Kelsey holds a Master of Science in Sustainability Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Clark University.

Ruth, born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, migrated to the United States as a child and earned double majors in Interdisciplinary Social Science and Women & Gender Studies at the University of South Florida. While there, she co-founded Fanm Kreyol, Inc., a 501(c)(7) organization that now has four chapters and empowers Haitian women in higher education, where she serves as President of the Board of Directors. Ruth began her impactful career in the City of Boston as the Mattapan-Dorchester & Haitian Liaison for the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services. In this role, Ruth facilitated over 30 community meetings annually, connected residents with government agencies, and coordinated more than 45 development projects. Her efforts led to the formation of five new neighborhood associations with the goal of improving the quality of life in districts 4 and 5.

From 2017 to 2020, Ruth was the Manager of Engagement & Outreach at the Boston Department of Youth Engagement and Employment (YEE). She expanded the MBTA Youth Pass program in this capacity, tripling youth participation and securing over $1 million in youth transportation investments. Ruth also led the Youth Lead the Change program, successfully integrating youth perspectives into urban planning and city budgeting processes. Additionally, she diversified the Mayor’s Youth Council, extending its impact internationally. As YEE’s Public Information Officer, Ruth developed strategic communication platforms to design and market workforce programs to young adults and led the enhancement of the City of Boston Youth Jobs and Resource Fair, where she worked to double the participation of young adults to over 4,500.In 2020, Ruth transitioned to Eversource Energy, where she spearheaded energy efficiency initiatives for low-and-moderate-income communities and focused on expanding program access to servicing environmental justice communities. She broadened the program’s reach by partnering with over 30 municipalities and nonprofit organizations and helped design over seventeen equity goals. She also created and led workforce development programs and grants to reach entry-level technicians.

Ruth is a Senior Deployment Manager at the Federal Department of Energy, Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain, focusing on workforce development. Her work focuses on prioritizing the social and economic investment of communities nationally.

In her spare time, Ruth also co-chairs the Cummins Highway Neighborhood Association and manages a small consulting firm, We Rise Consulting. She develops innovative solutions for strategic engagement and program design in both roles. Inspired by figures like Shirley Chisholm and Marcus Garvey, she is committed to designing and mobilizing organizational and community-led social change.

BT2 Energy, Better Together Brain Trust, is a Boston based turnkey solutions provider and electrical contractor that serves the New England region. BT2 Energy brings together over 50 years of collective expertise in the clean energy sector, offering comprehensive consulting and turnkey energy installation services with a primary focus on transportation electrification and building decarbonation.

Notably, they have recently secured a contract with the city of Boston to install curbside EV charging stations. They are also vendors of the National Grid Charging Station (CSI) installer program and on the Operational Services Division (OSD) PRF74 Energy, Climate Action, and Facility Advisory Services contract and are proud be a Minority Women Business Enterprise (MWBE).