State Rep. Greg MacMaster of Kewadin was elected in November 2010 to his first term in the Michigan House to represent residents of Antrim, Otsego, Cheboygan and Charlevoix counties.

EDUCATION

MacMaster received his meteorological training while serving in the United States Air Force and earned a meteorological technical degree in Atmospheric Science from the Community Colleges of the Air Force. He also is a licensed pilot.

PROFESSIONAL

Since 1991, MacMaster has been a broadcast meteorologist for Northern Michigan radio and televisions stations, including WTCM-Traverse City, WATZ-Alpena, WBCM-Boyne City, WJML Petoskey, WMOM in Ludington WWTV/WWUP TV 9 and 10 in Cadillac, Chief Meteorologist for WPBN/WTOM TV 7 & 4 News and WGTU/WGTQ 29 & 8 in Traverse City. He served 10 years in the USAF, based in Idaho as an observer and was sent to Germany as a forecaster in 1987. He has been a full member of the American Meteorological Society since 1987. MacMaster was an instructor at Northwestern Michigan College teaching Aviation Weather and is a full member of the American Meteorological Society, a spokesperson for the FAA on related subjects dealing with weather in the aviation community and is an agricultural and Forensic Meteorologist.

PERSONAL

MacMaster, born in Inglewood, California, attends Sacred Heart Church in Elk Rapids. His hobbies include various martial arts, competition Tae Kwon Do, golf, hiking, camping, boating, scuba diving (ice dive, search and rescue, deep water and shipwrecks), underwater archaeology, flying, baseball, golf, NASCAR, Red Wing hockey and hunting. He has served as media representative for the U.S. Marine Reserve Toys for Tots for over a decade, is past-chairman, founder and past president of the Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve where he spearheaded and organized the first Underwater Tourism Summit in the Great Lakes region. He was appointed a member of the Michigan Underwater Salvage and Preserve Committee for two terms and is a member of the Northern Michigan Mutual Aid Dive Team, based out of Charlevoix County.