Jeff Nesbit is a former communications director to the vice president at the White House, served as the director of public affairs for two prominent federal science agencies, and has been a national journalist with Knight Ridder Newspapers. He is the author of 20 novels. Cocreator of the Emmy award-winning "Science of the Olympic Winter Games" and the "Science of NFL Football" video series with NBC Sports, Jeff is executive director for Climate Nexus and writes "At the Edge," a weekly science column for "U.S. News & World Report".