Matt Leach is an award-winning weather forecaster and university professor in Fort Wayne, Indiana. For more than a decade his love of weather, communication, and education has resonated with colleagues, students, and viewers across the world— from the soggy valleys of the Pacific Northwest to the vast deserts of Southwest Africa.

His clear and unique reporting style has won him several local and regional accolades, including two Emmys, an Associated Press award for Outstanding Weather Operation, a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation, and Best Weathercast from the Indiana Broadcasters Association.