Public Safety Sector Council
Council Members
The Council has two co-chairs, one from the NIOSH Public Safety Program and one working partner. The NIOSH Program manager, co-coordinator and assistant coordinator also help to facilitate the work of the Council. Members attend meetings and participate in workgroups. Contact the Co-Chair or the NORA Coordinator with questions or comments or to volunteer.
Current Members
| Name | Organization |
|---|---|
| Susan Moore Council Co-Chair, NIOSH Program Co-Coordinator |
NIOSH |
| Carol Brown Council Co-Chair |
University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Center for Health, Work & Environment |
| Maryann D’Alessandro NIOSH Program Manager |
NIOSH |
| Suzanne Marsh NIOSH Program Co-Coordinator |
NIOSH |
| Wesley R. Attwood NIOSH Program Co-Assistant Coordinator |
NIOSH |
| Meghan Kiederer Communications Coordinator |
NIOSH |
| Lt. Gary Backous | Story County (IA) Sheriff’s Office and National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) |
| Harold Boyles | NIOSH |
| Nelson Bryner | U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
| Amanda Burstein | International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) |
| Corey R. Butler | U.S. Department of the Interior |
| Richard Campbell | National Fire Protection Association |
| Sylvie I. Cohen | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Robert “Doug” Daniels | NIOSH |
| Chip Darius | Safety Priority Consultants, LLC |
| Sean DeCrane | International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) |
| Mazen El Ghaziri | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Andrea Edminston | National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) |
| Ian Emmons | International Association of Fire Chiefs/Health and Survival Section |
| Rita Fahy | National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) |
| Kenny Fent | NIOSH |
| Jeffrey Funke | NIOSH |
| Paula Grubb | NIOSH |
| George Sims | NIOSH |
| Bill Johnson | National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) |
| Travis Kubale | NIOSH |
| Kerry Kuehl | Oregon Health and Science University/Chief Health Promotion & Sports Medicine |
| Murrey Loflin | NIOSH |
| TJ MacKay | Captain/Paramedic, Sun City West Fire Department |
| Brian J. Maguire | University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Emergency Health Services |
| Elizabeth Maples | NIOSH |
| Jennifer Marshall | Federal Interagency Committee for EMS/Safety, Education and Workforce Committee/NIST |
| Philip Mattson | Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate |
| Neil McMillan | International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) |
| Richard Miller | International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)/Fire Service Program Manager/Safety, Health and Survivability Section |
| Mark Greene | National Institute of Justice (NIJ) |
| Patrick Morrison | International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) |
| Kathleen Navarro | NIOSH |
| Rick Neimiller | American Jail Association (AJA) |
| Milt Nenneman | U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) |
| Will Newton | International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) |
| P. Daniel Patterson | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine/Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Shane Ray | Congressional Fire Services Institute |
| Audrey Reichard | NIOSH |
| Casandra Robinson | National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)/Standards Coordinator Office |
| Max Savereid | US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Emergency Medical Services |
| Eric Schultz | American Correctional Association (ACA) |
| Daniel Sheffield | Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) |
| Denise Smith | Skidmore College, Health and Exercise Sciences Department |
| Kathy Sullivan | ASHES2A.R.T. |
| Hope Tiesman | NIOSH |
| John Tippett | National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) |
| Jason Virtue | U.S. Forest Service |
| Danny Whu | International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) |
| Gamunu Wijetunge | U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) |
| Margaret Wilson | U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) |
| Jiann (John) C. Yang | U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
| Tyler Quinn | West Virginia University |
| Curt Floyd | NFPA |
A heartfelt thank you to past participants in the third decade of NORA for their contributions:
(Please note: affiliations listed were current as of the time of participation but may no longer be accurate)
| Name | Organization |
|---|---|
| George Broyles | U.S. Forest Service |
| Jim Brinkley | International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) |
| Jeff L. Burgess | University of Arizona, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Community, Environment & Policy Department |
| Nelson Bryner | U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
| Martin Cherniak | University of Connecticut Health Care |
| David Daniels | International Association of Fire Chiefs/Health and Survival Section |
| Richard Duffy | International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) (Retired) |
| Kitty H. Gelberg | New York State Department of Health |
| Casey C. Grant | National Fire Protection Research Foundation (NFPRF) |
| William Haskell | NIOSH |
| Sarah Hughes | NIOSH |
| Steve Inserra | NIOSH |
| John Niemiec | International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) |
| Timothy Merinar | NIOSH/Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program |
| Paul Moore | NIOSH |
| Peter Morris | North Carolina Department of Public Safety |
| Andy Palmiero | NIOSH |
| Larry Petrick | International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)/Deputy Director Occupational Health & Safety |
| Nicholas Roberts | Unified Police Department of Great Salt Lake (UT) |
| Joshua Scott | NIOSH Educational and Research Center, University of Colorado at Denver |
| Victor Stagnaro | National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) |
| Rick Swan | International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)/Director Wildland Firefighting Safety and Response |
| Grady Valencis | International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) |