Brian D’agostino

Brian D’Agostino is vice president of wildfire and climate science for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), one of Sempra's regulated California utilities.

In this role, D’Agostino is responsible for Emergency Management, Wildfire Mitigation, situational awareness, weather forecasting and climate adaptation initiatives. He joined SDG&E in 2009 and oversaw the development of SDG&E’s meteorology program, one of the nation’s most sophisticated meteorology programs.

D’Agostino also served as the director of Fire Science and Climate Adaptation for four years expanding situational awareness and forecasting capabilities while also establishing customer and community resilience programs. He is also a founding member of the AMS Committee on Wildfire Weather, Technology and Risk and also serves as the Inaugural Chair of the National Science Foundation Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center at San Jose State University. D’Agostino is a graduate of Plymouth State University with a Bachelor of Science in meteorology.