Our Board

  • Rick Best

    Rick Best is a nationally recognized leader in firefighter health and safety. MORE

  • Bryan Frieders

    Bryan Frieders is the retired Fire Chief of the Pasadena (CA) Fire Department. MORE

  • Kepra Jack

    Kepra is the Co-Owner and Chief Operating Officer for HeartFit For Duty. MORE

  • Dr. Sara Jahnke

    With over a decade of research experience on firefighter health, Dr. Jahnke has been the principal investigator on 10 national studies as well as dozens of studies as a co-investigator. MORE

  • Tom Jenkins

    Tom Jenkins was appointed Fire Chief for the City of Rogers in 2009. MORE

  • Rick Markley

    Rick Markley is publisher of VolunteerFirefighterIntl.com, former editor-in-chief of two firefighting publications, a fire service grant writer, and a volunteer firefighter-EMT. MORE

  • John Oates

    John is the President and CEO of the International Public Safety Data Institute, the fire service’s leader in data and analytics. MORE

  • Dave Bernzweig

    Chief Bernzweig started his career with the Columbus Fire Department in 1997 and has risen through the ranks to his current assignment as a Battalion Chief. MORE

  • Denise Smith

    Denise L. Smith is a Professor of Exercise Science at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, and a Research Scientist at the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute. MORE

  • Frank Leto

    Captain Frank Leto is a 35-year veteran of the FDNY and the Deputy Director of its Counseling Service Unit (CSU). MORE

  • Frank Leeb

    Deputy Assistant Chief Frank Leeb has served the FDNY since 1992. MORE

Our Fellows

  • John Kane

    John Kane spent 21 years as a career firefighter with the Syracuse (NY) Fire Department. MORE

  • Radcliffe McKenzie

    NFFF/NDRI Fellow

    Worked 30 years in Fire and EMS. Currently Health & Safety Officer