During today’s Opening General Session of the NFPA Conference & Expo, Phil Stittleburg of La Farge, WI, was elected to his first term as board chair. He served as second vice chair for the previous two years. Mr. Stittleburg has served as the fire chief in La Farge since 1977, was named “Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year” by Fire Chief Magazine in 1998, and is currently serving his sixth two-year term as chairman of the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC). He is also a partner in the law firm of Jenkins and Stittleburg.
Ernest Grant of Chapel Hill, NC, was elected as first vice chair of the NFPA board, previously having served as second vice chair. Mr. Grant has been an outreach nurse clinician with the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, UNC Hospitals for over 23 years, and is past president of the North Carolina Nurses Association.
Philip DiNenno of Baltimore, MD, was elected as second vice chair. He is president of Hughes Associates, a global fire protection engineering firm where he has worked for more than 25 years. Mr. DiNenno is also a fellow and past president of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. He has also been active on several NFPA technical committees. He served on NFPA’s Standards Council 1998–2007 and was chair 2002–2007.
Randolph Tucker of The Woodlands, TX, has been re-elected as secretary. He is the associate principal leading the Fire Protection and Life Safety team for ccrd partners and has over 30 years of fire protection engineering consulting experience. Mr. Tucker was formerly with Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc, and has been chair of NFPA’s Smoke Management Systems Technical Committee since 2006.
H. Wayne Boyd, president and CEO of the U.S. Safety & Engineering Corporation in Sacramento, CA, was re-elected as treasurer. He has served on several NFPA technical committees including NFPA 72®, National Fire Alarm Code and NFPA 720, Installation of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms in Dwelling Units. He is a member of NFPA's Research and Education Sections and the California State Fire Marshal's Public Education Committee.
New members elected to the board include:
Harold Schaitberger, of Washington, DC, has been the general president of International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) for the last 12 years. He serves on many boards and committees, and in 2009 was elected by President Barack Obama to the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council.
William Stewart, of Toronto, ON, retired from the position of Fire Chief of Toronto Fire Services, Toronto, Canada in 2012 after a nearly 40-year career with the fire service. He is a past president of the Metropolitan Fire Chief’s Association and a past international president of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) and current Board member.
Peter Gore Willse, of Hartford, CT, is the vice president Director of Research for XL GAPS. He is a member of Society of Fire Protection Engineers’ Board of Directors, Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Fire Protection Engineering Advisory Board, and a past recipient of NFPA’s Special Achievement Award.
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