The purpose of the Professional Development, Education and Events Committee is to develop training programs, events, products and services that enhance the technical skills and professional knowledge of The Center's members. The committee’s primary responsibilities include: planning and implementing the annual Campus Fire Forum, Online Webinar Training, Professional Development Seminars (PDS) and other specialty training programs offered, or co-sponsored by The Center.
This is a large committee with several sub-committees. Following are the individual sub-committee missions.
Janet Maupin, Chair Jody Nolan, Co-Chair
Sub-Committees
FORUM SPEAKER SUB-COMMITTEE
This committee will look at speakers for our annual Campus Fire Forum, typically held in the last quarter of the calendar year. Their goals are to determine current topics, seek out speakers (educational, technical and motivational) and work with them to present at our Forum. If you are interested in speaking at our Forum, please complete the "Call for Forum Speakers" request.
Janet Maupin, Chair James Rainer, Co-Chair Jody Nolan
This sub-committee will promote “sharing” of knowledge from one campus to another. For example - if there is something of interest on your campus - let us all know. It can be a campus fire safety day, an interesting construction projects, a unique dorm room burn, special technology that solved a problem, Campus Fire Safety Month, etc. We build a web area where you can share by telling us what you are doing on your campus. This sub-committee would communicate with members, non-members and associates nationwide to a) encourage usage of this new online, interactive area, and b) promote events that seems to be useful. To add an event or simply review this section go to "Events on My Campus".
Committee Members
Amy Daley, FM Global Dave Taylor, Gettysburg College Guy Swartwout, NYS Office of Fire Prevention & Control Jan Parker, NC State Fire Marshal’s Office Jill Marcinick, Live Safe John Gallo, Stony Brook University Lisa Korklan, Keltron Greg Amyot, University at Albany David P. Jetter, Miami Township Fire and EMS Edward Conlin, Lasell College Jim Patton, Corvallis FD John Walsh, Tufts University Steve Nardi, RealView LLC Michael Perlmutter, Hofstra University Christopher N. Reynolds, Loyola University Maryland Ronnie Gilley, Arkansas State Robert Harrision, University Of Kentucky Fire Marshal Office William Hempstead, BS, Molloy College Nathaniel Smith, Catholic University
The Membership Committee is intended to serve and increase our membership base of high caliber fire and life safety professionals from colleges and universities as well as other who have an interest in campus fire safety. The Membership Committee also provides guidance regarding elements pertaining to membership and member benefits/services in the organization. It is comprised of members who are knowledgeable about best practices in the capacity-building field. The Membership Committee also monitors elections for The Center's Board Members.
Anthony Yuen, CCFS BOD
Committee Members Lawrence Labbe, GA Tech Morgana Yahnke, Univ of CA, Davis Rodger Reiswig, Tyco/SimplexGrinnell Captain Scott Donovan, Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department Christopher N. Reynolds, Loyola University Maryland Dan Finnegan, SIEMENS Tim Knisely, CCFS Director James Tidwell, Tidwell Code Consulting Jody Nolan, RIT William Freer, NYS Office of Fire Prevention & Control Robert Schifiliti, R.P. Schifiliti Associates Ron Farr, Underwriters Laboratories Peter Harrod, Cosentini Associates Wayne Moore, Hughes Associates Jack MacNamara, Bosch Leo DeBobes, Stoney Brook University Hospital William Koffel, Koffel Associates Inc. William Guffey, University of Maryland Maria Marks, SIEMENS Alicia Musselwhite, Mississippi State Heather Roth, NY State OFPC
ICC Codes Work Group
Mission Statement
Richard Roberts, Chair Lawrence Labbe, GA Tech Captain Scott Donovan, Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department Richard Wood, CFPS CBO FM, University of Massachusetts – Lowell Dan Finnegan, SIEMENS James Tidwell, Tidwell Code Consulting Jody Nolan, RIT William Freer, NYS Office of Fire Prevention & Control Leo DeBobes, Stonk Brook University Hospital William Koffel, Koffel Associates Inc. William Guffey, University of Maryland Maria Marks, SIEMENS
The External Affairs Committee is the liaison between The Center and external non-profit organizations. Their mission includes outreach to The Center’s existing non-profit partners to continually work together to share useful fire and life safety expertise, including speaking engagements and exhibitions. It is also to establish new relationships with other similar non-profit organizations in an effort to share expertise to enhance fire and life safety worldwide.
Tim Knisely, Chair Rodger Reiswig, Co-Chair
Robert Nute, Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue / Naugatuck Valley Community College John W. Fellers, Texas A&M Madonna Calderoni, Drexel University
Diane Eggerman, Co-Chair
This committee keeps abreast of government actions as they relate to proposed and new laws, rules, and regulations that are likely to impact fire and/or life safety at colleges and universities, primarily, but not limited to, the national level. The committee often participates in rule development, prepares comments and testimony, and otherwise works to influence rule-making. The committee helps members easily find relevant information on government regulations, as well as develop and provide other compliance assistance to higher education institutions.
Lorraine Carli, Chair
The Social Media Committee will help to grow awareness of The Center and its mission by working to leverage social media and school social media managers that will help fire safety educators reach students. These activities can include discussions on the most direct ways to reach today’s student, sharing media blogs and stories that could be of interest to educators and students, providing campus related information for fire safety educators and fire departments responsible to campus fire safety, as well as landlords and insurance groups that work with off-campus housing facilities.
Committee Members:
Emily Powell, University of North Carolina Jeremy Mitchell, Champaign Illinois Fire Department Diane Collins Eggerman Cathy Tabor