Everbridge Names Caitlyn Gillespie Chief Meteorologist to Strengthen Weather Risk Intelligence for Critical Event Management

Former Florida Division of Emergency Management meteorology leader brings deep forecasting, emergency response, and risk communication experience to Everbridge Risk Intelligence

VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Everbridge, Inc., the global leader in High Velocity Critical Event Management (CEM) and national public warning solutions, today announced the appointment of Caitlyn Gillespie as Chief Meteorologist, bringing deep expertise in severe weather forecasting, emergency management, and operational decision support to the company’s Risk Intelligence team.

In this role, Gillespie will serve as the senior weather expert for Everbridge, helping customers better understand, prepare for, and respond to weather-related risks through tailored forecasts, weather risk briefings, and expert guidance that translates complex atmospheric data into operational insight.

Gillespie brings a strong combination of meteorology and emergency management experience. Most recently, she led the State Meteorology Unit and State Warning Point at the Florida Division of Emergency Management, where she worked alongside the State Emergency Response Team and supported high-impact decision-making during some of the most active hurricane seasons on record, as well as historic Gulf Coast winter storms. Her background also includes operational radar meteorology, real-time decision support, training and exercises, and integrating weather guidance into workflows for government and private sector partners.

“Severe weather is one of the most frequent and disruptive risks our customers face,” said Dave Wagner, President and CEO of Everbridge. “Caitlyn brings the kind of real-world experience that makes a difference in those moments. She understands both the science behind the forecast and how emergency managers, operators, and business leaders need to act under pressure. Her expertise will strengthen our Risk Intelligence team and help our customers make faster, more confident decisions.”

As Chief Meteorologist, Gillespie will work across Everbridge Risk Intelligence, Product, Engineering, and Real-Time Monitoring teams to enhance how weather intelligence is sourced, analyzed, visualized, and communicated through Everbridge solutions. She will also advise customers on resilience planning, seasonal risk outlooks, operational readiness, and severe weather response, with a focus on turning weather data into clear guidance for organizations in critical infrastructure, healthcare, energy, logistics, government, and other sectors.

“I’m excited to join Everbridge because weather intelligence has the greatest impact when it helps people take the right action at the right time,” said Caitlyn Gillespie, Chief Meteorologist at Everbridge. “My career has been focused on connecting science, emergency management, and operational decision-making. At Everbridge, I look forward to working with customers and teams across the company to make weather risk information clearer, more practical, and easier to act on.”

Weather risk continues to be a major driver of disruption for public and private sector organizations. From hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, winter storms, extreme heat, and wildfires to the downstream effects on facilities, people, travel, supply chains, and operations, organizations need timely intelligence and coordinated response capabilities to protect people and keep operations running.

Everbridge Risk Intelligence combines expert analysis, trusted data sources, real-time monitoring, and critical event management workflows to help organizations know earlier, respond faster, and improve continuously. Gillespie’s appointment reinforces the Everbridge commitment to helping customers turn risk signals into timely decisions and coordinated action, so they can optimize every incident response.

About Everbridge

Everbridge helps more than 6,500 enterprises and government organizations manage critical events by enabling them to know earlier, respond faster, and improve continuously. Through an all-in-one AI-powered platform, Everbridge High Velocity CEM™ is autonomous when you want it to be and human-guided when you need it to be, so every incident response is optimized. For more information, visit everbridge.com and follow us on LinkedIn.