Meredith Garofalo

Meredith Garofalo is a regional Murrow award-winning Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and science/space correspondent. She most recently was a Freelance Meteorologist for Spectrum NY1 in New York City and CBS in Cleveland and Columbus. She is the President of Rocket Girl Enterprise, LLC, doing contract work as a moderator, emcee, speaker, writer, video editor, content creator, and on-camera/voiceover work for companies across the US. Garofalo is also a freelance writer for Space.Com, a mentor for science journalists with The Open Notebook, a moderator for Development Guild, and a contractor for DepartmentC as a Digital Content Creator for NASA science missions.

Her personal and professional work has also been recognized over the last decade. This includes the inaugural Valparaiso University Alumni Association First Decade Achievement Award, two special reports in News 12's Climate Special "Saving Our Shores" that won a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, multiple Fair Media Council Folio and Press Club of Long Island awards for meteorology and reporting, and a Long Island Business News and NYC TV Week 40 Under 40 Award.

Garofalo's 15+ year career includes a wide variety of experience across the US stemming from her internship at WGN-TV in Chicago. Garofalo worked as a meteorologist at local television stations in New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Florida, and California and nationally with WeatherNation. She is also an accomplished reporter, covering rocket launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base & Cape Canaveral, in depth special reports and features on NOAA’s GOES-R and JPSS satellite series, and coverage on some of NASA’s biggest accomplishments. She’s interviewed some of the top scientists and leaders of the space & science community, being selected as the only meteorologist to travel with the GOES-West satellite from Colorado to Florida in 2017 on the C-5M Super Galaxy and for a 1-on-1 interview with the director of the National Weather Service on his retirement after 50 years.

Garofalo frequents as a panel moderator at the Space Symposium, Satellite Conference, and Maine Conference, and has been a judge for the Space Foundation's Space Technology Hall of Fame. She also was selected to be one of the main hosts for Foundation for the Future's podcast series. In 2024, Garofalo was asked to being the emcee for NOAA/NASA/NSF Eclipse Event in Dallas, TX, and organize and moderate one of the lead panels for World Space Week. Garofalo spends countless hours doing school, career, and motivational talks and podcasts to help encourage women pursuing STEM careers and inspire our future generations. She moderates panels, serves as emcee for events, and conducts interviews to further storytelling on space and science topics.

Garofalo is an accomplished singer an actor, most recognized performing the National Anthem for the Denver Broncos, Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Brooklyn Cyclones. She was invited as a guest performer for the New York Islanders leading the crowd in "New York, New York." She's currently writing an inspirational book about her career and life experiences with a goal to publish in the next year.