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Commission Members

Federal Co-Chairs

Department	Co-Chair
Department of Agriculture	Secretary Thomas Vilsack
Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)	Administrator Deanne Criswell
Department of Interior	Secretary Deb Haaland

Federal Members

Agency	Name	Title
Bureau of Indian Affairs	Johnna Blackhair	Deputy Director
Bureau of Land Management	Mike Nedd	Deputy Director Ops
Environmental Protection Agency	Erika Sasser	Director, Health and Environmental Impacts Division, Office of Air and Radiation
FEMA- Mitigation Framework Leadership Group (MitFLG)	Angela Gladwell	Director Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office, Mitigation Framework Leadership
FEMA- Recovery Support Function Leadership Group (RSFLG)	Robert M. Pesapane	Director, Public Assistance Division, Recovery Directorate
National Park Service	Jennifer Flynn	Associate Director Visitor and Resource Protection
National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)	Aitor Bidaburu	Executive Board Vice Chair
US Fish and Wildlife Service	Cynthia Martinez	Chief National Wildlife Refuge System
US Forest Service	Jaelith Hall-Rivera	Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)	Joannie Chin	Director, Engineering Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)	Robyn Heffernan	National Fire Weather Services Senior Advisor

Non-Federal Members

Seat	Name, Title, State (Primary Member)	Name, Title, State (Alternate Member)
State Hazard Mitigation	Kathy Holder, Utah State Hazard Mitigation Officer, UT	Tim Cook, Washington State Hazard Mitigation Officer, WA
State Department of Natural Resources, Forestry, or Agriculture, or similar State agency	Kacey KC, Nevada State Forester and Vice President of the National Association of State Foresters, NV	Dan Gibbs, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, CO
State Department of Energy or similar State agency	Elizabeth (Eli) King, Washington State Energy Emergency Management Director, WA	David Fogerson, Nevada Emergency Manager and Homeland Security Chief, NV
County Government Representative	Lucinda Andreani, Deputy County Manager, Coconino County, AZ	William (Bill) Cox, Rich County Commissioner, UT
Municipal Government Representative	Kathleen (Kat) McIntyre, PhD, Environmental Improvement Department Manager, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, CA	Neil Chapman, Captain, Flagstaff Fire Department, AZ
Public Utilities Industry	Madelene McDonald, Senior Watershed Scientist, Denver Water, CO	Andy Fecko, General Manager, Placer County Water Agency, CA
Property Development Industry	David Sampson, CEO of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, TX	Michele Steinberg, Wildfire Division Director, National Fire Protection Association, MA
Tribal Government Representative	Bill Tripp, Director of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, Karuk Tribe, CA	Gary Jackson, Tribal Vice-Chairman, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, OR
Wildland Firefighter	Kelly Martin, Co-Founder and Executive Board of Directors, Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, ID	Nathan Miller, Wildland Superintendent for the City of Santa Fe Fire Department, NM
501(c) 3 organization with expertise in forest management and environmental conservation	Marek Smith, North America Fire Director for The Nature Conservancy, NC	Scott Miller, Senior Regional Director, Southwest, The Wilderness Society, CO
Forestry/Industry Representative	Cody Desautel, Natural Resource Director, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, WA	John O’Keeffe, Rancher and past President of Oregon Cattlemen’s Association, OR
Science (social and ecological)	Kimiko Barrett, PhD Senior wildfire researcher and policy analyst, Headwaters Economics, MT	Scott Stephens, PhD, Professor of Fire Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Innovation	Jessica Morse, Former Deputy Secretary for Forest and Wildland Resilience, California Natural Resources Agency, CA	Ann Bartuska, PhD, Senior Contributing Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund and Senior Advisor, Resources for the Future, Washington DC
Prescribed Fire	John Weir, Associate Extension Specialist, Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, OK	Craig Thomas, Director, The Fire Restoration Group, CA
Forest Stewardship and Reforestation	Sam Cook, Executive Director of Forest Assets & Vice President, NC State University Natural Resources Foundation, NC	Brian Kittler, Senior Director of Forest Restoration, American Forests, OR
Health Equity	Jamiah Adams, Senior Vice President of Diversity and Justice, The Climate Reality Project, CA	Kari Nadeau, MD/PhD, Director of the Sean N. Parker Center of Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University, CA
National Wildland Fire Cohesive Strategy	Jim Hubbard, retiree, USDA NRE Under Secretary/US Forest Service Deputy Chief, CO	Bob Roper, Senior Policy Advisor, Western Fire Chiefs Association, CA
State Fire Response	Mariana Ruiz-Temple, Oregon State Fire Marshal, OR	Mike Morgan, Division Director, Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, CO