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AccuWeather’s Myers steps down

STATE COLLEGE — AccuWeather announced Friday that Chief Executive Officer Barry Lee Myers has stepped down as officer and director from AccuWeather and has sold all of his interest in the company and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, effective Jan. 1.

Myers was nominated by President Donald Trump to become the undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Myers was approved by the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee after a public hearing, and his nomination was forwarded to the full Senate for confirmation.

His nomination, along with hundreds of others, did not receive Senate confirmation before the expiration of the 115th Congress and will require renomination by the president to advance in the 116th Congress.

In accordance with the ethics pledge from Myers to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics and in his testimony and comments made to the U.S. Senate, Myers has fulfilled his commitment to fully divest himself of AccuWeather and of any and all related interests.

Since Myers became CEO in 2007, the company has experienced continued growth and substantial global web and mobile audience gains.

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