Everette joined NSF NCAR in 2019 from the University at Albany, State University of New York, where he was director of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center. He has served as principal or co-principal investigator on over $90 million in research grants from NSF, NOAA, NASA, and other agencies.

In his role as NCAR Director, Everette fosters high-quality programs and relationships with our research partners in academia, government, and the private sector to advance our understanding of weather, water, climate, the Sun, and other vital aspects of the Earth system.

Said UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi when Everette joined the organization: 

"Everette brings to NCAR his deep knowledge of the challenges and opportunities in the Earth system sciences and a record of building successful multidisciplinary programs...Everette’s vision and scientific leadership, along with his deep appreciation of the future potential for NCAR will be great assets to NCAR and our extended community."

Before joining the NCAR, Everette served as Director of Howard University’s Program in Atmospheric Sciences, where he taught, mentored, and advised the next generation. His leadership at Howard led to the creation of the Beltsville Center for Climate System Observation, a NASA University Research Center. As the Center’s first Director, Everette brought together colleagues at Howard, NASA, NOAA, Penn State, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and other institutions to develop an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional, multi-agency center studying key atmospheric processes such as aerosol-cloud interaction and boundary layer processes at the urban-rural interface with particular relevance to predictive capability in weather, climate, and air quality.