Board Members

Ruben Grijalva

Director of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Former Executive Director of Cal Fire and Rescue Training Authority (CFRTA), Former

Robert Roper

Retired Ventura County Fire Chief & Retired Nevada State Forester

Troy Whitman

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

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 S. Blaul

Assistant Chief and Fire Marshal, Former Orange County Fire Authority

Jerry Davies

Strategic Media, PR, and Communications Consulting

Pat Frost

Coast Region FSC Representative from Trinity County FSC

District manager for the Trinity County Resource Conservation District.

Steve Hawks

Deputy Chief of Wildland Fire Prevention Engineering, CAL FIRE

Pat Kidder

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

J. Lopez

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

Kate Dargan Marquis

California State Fire Marshal, former

Napa County Fire Marshal, former

George (Ed) Mertens

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

David Shew

Former CAL FIRE

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

Frank Stewart

Sierra Region FSC Rep.

Registered Professional Forester #235