NFPA board members are chosen from various disciplines and backgrounds and are elected based on experience in business, finance, or administration; respect of peers; respect as a member of the safety community; commitment to the Association's goals; and appreciation for the relationship NFPA must maintain with the changing needs of society.
Left side: (Front row) Amy Acton, Eric Rosenbaum, Thomas Lawson, William Stewart, Peter J. Gore Willse
(Second row) James Sullivan, Jeffery Cash, Dennis Berry, Donald Cook, Ernest Grant
Right side: (Front row) Randolph Tucker, Kwame Cooper, Teresa Deloach Reed
(Second row) Jim Pauley, Russell Leavitt, Keith Williams, Stacey Welch
Third row) John Bonney. R. David Paulison, Bruce Mullen, Roger Montembeault, Michael Wallace, Hatem Kheir
OFFICERS
Chair
Keith E. Williams, President/CEO, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois
First Vice Chair
Amy R. Acton, Executive Director, The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan
Second Vice Chair
Russell B. Leavitt, Executive Chairman, Telgian Corporation, Tempe, Arizona
Secretary
Donald R. Cook, Chief Electrical Inspector, Shelby County Department of Development Services, Pelham, Alabama
Treasurer
Roger Montembeault, Owner/Consultant, The Montembeault Group, Inc., Tampa, Florida
Assistant Treasurer
Kwame Cooper, Assistant Chief, Los Angeles Fire Department, Los Angeles, California
Immediate Past Chair
Randolph W. Tucker, Owner/Consultant, Tucker Consulting Associates, Houston, Texas
President/CEO
Jim Pauley, NFPA, Quincy, Massachusetts
MEMBERS
Term expires 2019
- Tonya L. Hoover, Emmitsburg, Maryland
- Hatem Kheir, Owner/General Manager, Kheir Group, Cairo, Egypt
- Teresa L. Deloach Reed, Oakland Fire Department (retired), Oakland, California
- Stacy N. Welch, Vice President, Fire Protection & Life Safety, Marriott International, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
Term expires 2020
- Jeffery C. Cash,
Fire Chief/Emergency Manager, City of Cherryville Fire Department, Cherryville, North Carolina
- Eric R. Rosenbaum, Vice President, Jensen Hughes, Baltimore, Maryland
- James Sullivan, President, IDG International Publishing Services, Framingham, Massachusetts
Term expires 2021
- John Bonney, Owner/Consultant, Alendi Consulting Ltd., Ropley, United Kingdom
- Brion Callori, Vice President of Engineering and Research, FM Global, Johnston, Rhode Island
- Martha Connors, Digital Media and marketing Consultant, Newton, Massachusetts
- Reginald D. Freeman, Fire Chief/Director of Emergency Management, Hartford, Connecticut
- William J. Fries, Pentagon Fire Marshal, Supervising Fire Protection Engineer and Deputy Director of the Standards and Compliance Division, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.
- R. David Paulison, Owner/Consultant, Global Emergency Solutions, Davie, Florida
- Louis Paulson, Former California Professional Firefighters President, Walnut Creek, California
- Michael Wallace, Executive Director, UTC Climate, Controls & Security, Jupiter, Florida
Association officers
- Senior Vice President and CFO: Bruce Mullen, NFPA Quincy, Massachusetts
- Assistant Secretary: Sally Everett, NFPA, Quincy, Massachusetts
- Stacy N. Welch
Senior Director, Fire Protection and Life Safety, Marriott International
- Stacy N. Welch
Senior Director, Fire Protection and Life Safety, Marriott International