Board Members

Robert Roper

Retired Ventura County Fire Chief & Retired Nevada State Forester

J. Lopez

Former vice-chair, and L.A. County Fire Assistant Chief, Forestry Division 

Pat Frost

Coast Region FSC Representative from Trinity County FSC

District manager for the Trinity County Resource Conservation District.

Kate Dargan

California State Fire Marshal, former

Napa County Fire Marshal, former

David Horne, Ph.D.

Southern California Region FSC Rep. Professor emeritus in marketing at the College of Business Administration, California State University Long Beach.

Laura Blaul

Assistant Chief and Fire Marshal, Former Orange County Fire Authority

Jerry Davies

Strategic Media, PR, and Communications Consulting

Rex Frazier

President of the Personal Insurance Federation of California

Angie Gibson

Vice President of Emergency Preparedness and Response- PG&E

Steve Hawks

Staff Chief of Wildfire Planning and Engineering Division, CAL FIRE

Pat Kidder

Former CFSC board chair and retired BLM state fire and aviation officer.

George (Ed) Mertens

Volunteer firefighter with the Higgins Fire Department in Grass Valley and a founding member of the Nevada County Fire Safe Council.

Chris Ochoa

Senior Counsel- Codes, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs for the California Building Industry Association

David Shew

Former CAL FIRE

Staff Chief: Fire Plan/CAIRS/ SRA Fire Prevention Program

Troy Whitman

Southern California Region Utility Rep. Senior fire management officer for Southern California Edison Co.