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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.

NFPA Board of Directors - 2018 
Left side: (Front row) – Eric Rosenbaum, Jeffery Cash; (Second row) – R. David Paulison, Teresa Deloach Reed, James Sullivan;
(Third row) – Roger Montembeault, Reginald Freeman, Louis Paulson; (Fourth row) – William Fries
Right side: (Front row) – Jim Pauley, Russell Leavitt, Stacy Welch; (Second row) – Keith Williams, Tonya Hoover, Bruce Mullen;
(Third row) – Amy Acton, Brion Callori, Kwame Cooper|; (Fourth row) – Donald Cook, Sally Everett, 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  
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
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