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NFPA Board of Directors

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.

2017 NFPA Board of Directors 

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, IL

First Vice Chair
Amy R. Acton, Executive Director, The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
Second Vice Chair

Russell B. Leavitt, Executive Chairman, Telgian Corporation, Tempe, AZ

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, FL

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, MA
 

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, Sr. Director, Fire Protection & Life Safety, Marriott International, 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, MD
  • James Sullivan, President, IDG International Publishing Services, Framingham, MA
Term expires 2021
  • John Bonney, Owner/Consultant, Alendi Consulting Ltd., Ropley, United Kingdom
  • Brion Callori, Vice President of Engineering and Research, FM Global, Johnston, RI
  • Martha Connors, Digital Media and marketing Consultant, Newton, MA 
  • Reginald D. Freeman, Fire Chief/Director of Emergency Management, Hartford, CT
  • 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, Chair, California Fire Foundation, Walnut Creek, CA
  • Michael Wallace, Executive Director, UTC Climate, Controls & Security, Jupiter, Florida

Association officers

  • Stacy N. Welch
    Senior Director, Fire Protection and Life Safety, Marriott International
  • Stacy N. Welch
    Senior Director, Fire Protection and Life Safety, Marriott International
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