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BOARD OF ADVISORS

The DRONERESPONERS Board of Advisors is carefully selected to represented a cross-section of each of the key stakeholders in the public safety UAS sector.  Each advisor is appointed to a 1-2 year term to ensure the organization remains at the forefront of the unmanned aviation evolution.

DRONERESPONERS Advisors are our ambassadors for the program.  They also serve as public safety UAS subject matter experts available for speaking at a variety of events.

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BOARD OF ADVISORS

2019-2022

  1. Greg Agvent, Senior Director of National News Technology, CNN AIR, Georgia
     

  2. Jim Baker, Sergeant, UAS Lead, Collier County Sheriff's Office, Florida
     

  3. Chris Barron, Executive Director, State Firefighters’ & Fire Marshals’ Association, Texas
     

  4. Leon Borrman, UAS Lead, Albany County Sheriff’s Office, New York
     

  5. Shawn Bullard, CEO, The Duetto Group, District of Columbia
     

  6. Gregory Crutsinger, Ph.D. GIS Specialist, Founder, Scholar Farms, California
     

  7. Angi English, Chief of Staff, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security, New Mexico
     

  8. Richard Fields, Battalion Chief, UAS Lead, Los Angeles City Fire Department, California
     

  9. Paige Fitzgerald, CEM UAS Program Manager, Delaware Emergency Management, Delaware
     

  10. Kay Goss, CEM, Editorial Board of Review, Journal of Emergency Management, Virginia
     

  11. Chris Gould, Battalion Chief, Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue, Florida
     

  12. Chris Grazioso, sUAS Team Leader, Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council, Massachusetts
     

  13. Charlie Guddemi, State Interoperability Coordinator, Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, D.C.
     

  14. David Hartman, Battalion Chief (Ret.), Charlottesville Fire Department, Virginia
     

  15. Justine Hollingshead, Chief of Staff and Assistant Vice Chancellor, NC State University, North Carolina
     

  16. Deepu John, Detective 2nd Grade, New York Police Department, New York
     

  17. Drew Jurkofsky, Accident Reconstruction, City of Fort Collins Police Department, Colorado
     

  18. Coitt Kessler, UAS Lead, Austin Fire Department, Texas
     

  19. Robert Koester, Ph.D. FRGS Lost Person Behavior, CEO, dbS Productions, Virginia
     

  20. David Kovar, CEO, Unmanned & Robotic System Analysis (URSA), New Hampshire
     

  21. John Lambert, President, AUVSI Florida Peninsula Chapter, Florida
     

  22. Cathy Lanier, Senior Vice President of Security, National Football League, New York
     

  23. Michael Leo, Captain, UAS Lead, Fire Department of New York, New York
     

  24. Anthony Loperfido, Police Sergeant, UAS Lead, Miami Beach Police Department, Florida
     

  25. Thomas Madigan, Commander, Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, California
     

  26. Timothy Martin, Captain, Lead UAS Instructor, Huntington Beach Police Department, California
     

  27. David Merrick, Director of the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program, FSU, Florida
     

  28. Ben Miller, Director, Colorado Center of Excellence of Advanced Aerial Firefighting, Colorado
     

  29. Samuel Nelson, Project Manager and Coordinator of sUAS Flight Operations, MassDOT, Massachusetts
     

  30. Keenan Newton, UAS Coordinator, Lynwood Fire Department, Illinois
     

  31. Mickey Osterreicher, General Counsel, National Press Photographers Association, New York
     

  32. Eddie Reyes, Director, Prince William County Office of Public Safety, Virginia
     

  33. Steve Rhode, Chief Pilot, Wake Forest Fire Department, North Carolina
     

  34. Gene Robinson, UAS SAR, Vice President and Director of Flight Operations, Drone Pilot, Inc, Texas
     

  35. Matt Rogers, Police Sergeant, Aviation Unit, Michigan State Police, Michigan
     

  36. Chris Sadler, Deputy Chief, UAS Lead, York County Fire and Life Safety, Virginia
     

  37. Harold Schapelhouman, Chief, Menlo Park Fire District, California
     

  38. Eric Schwartz, Quality Innovation and UAS Program Lead, Florida Power & Light Company, Florida
     

  39. Patrick Sherman, Drone Advisor/Thermographer, Roswell Test Flight Crew, Oregon
     

  40. Don Shinnamon, Vice President of Operations, Unmanned Safety Institute, Florida
     

  41. Christopher Todd, CEM, FPEM, Executive Director, AIRT (Airborne International Response Team), Florida
     

  42. Kenneth Voiret, Captain, Air Operations Division, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Florida
     

  43. Cliff Weaver, EMA Director, Evansville/Vanderburgh Emergency Management Agency, Indiana
     

  44. Charles Werner, Director, DRONERESPONDERS Public Safety Alliance, Virginia
     

  45. Scott Wilkinson, Senior Academy Officer and RPAS Lead, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service, Canada
     

  46. Jay Willmott, UAS Subject Matter Expert, Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, Virginia
     

  47. Austin Worcester, Senior Program Manager sUAS, Civil Air Patrol, Washington DC

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