

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.


BOARD OF ADVISORS
2019-2022
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Greg Agvent, Senior Director of National News Technology, CNN AIR, Georgia
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Jim Baker, Sergeant, UAS Lead, Collier County Sheriff's Office, Florida
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Chris Barron, Executive Director, State Firefighters’ & Fire Marshals’ Association, Texas
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Leon Borrman, UAS Lead, Albany County Sheriff’s Office, New York
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Shawn Bullard, CEO, The Duetto Group, District of Columbia
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Gregory Crutsinger, Ph.D. GIS Specialist, Founder, Scholar Farms, California
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Angi English, Chief of Staff, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security, New Mexico
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Richard Fields, Battalion Chief, UAS Lead, Los Angeles City Fire Department, California
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Paige Fitzgerald, CEM UAS Program Manager, Delaware Emergency Management, Delaware
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Kay Goss, CEM, Editorial Board of Review, Journal of Emergency Management, Virginia
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Chris Gould, Battalion Chief, Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue, Florida
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Chris Grazioso, sUAS Team Leader, Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council, Massachusetts
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Charlie Guddemi, State Interoperability Coordinator, Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, D.C.
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David Hartman, Battalion Chief (Ret.), Charlottesville Fire Department, Virginia
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Justine Hollingshead, Chief of Staff and Assistant Vice Chancellor, NC State University, North Carolina
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Deepu John, Detective 2nd Grade, New York Police Department, New York
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Drew Jurkofsky, Accident Reconstruction, City of Fort Collins Police Department, Colorado
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Coitt Kessler, UAS Lead, Austin Fire Department, Texas
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Robert Koester, Ph.D. FRGS Lost Person Behavior, CEO, dbS Productions, Virginia
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David Kovar, CEO, Unmanned & Robotic System Analysis (URSA), New Hampshire
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John Lambert, President, AUVSI Florida Peninsula Chapter, Florida
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Cathy Lanier, Senior Vice President of Security, National Football League, New York
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Michael Leo, Captain, UAS Lead, Fire Department of New York, New York
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Anthony Loperfido, Police Sergeant, UAS Lead, Miami Beach Police Department, Florida
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Thomas Madigan, Commander, Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, California
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Timothy Martin, Captain, Lead UAS Instructor, Huntington Beach Police Department, California
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David Merrick, Director of the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program, FSU, Florida
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Ben Miller, Director, Colorado Center of Excellence of Advanced Aerial Firefighting, Colorado
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Samuel Nelson, Project Manager and Coordinator of sUAS Flight Operations, MassDOT, Massachusetts
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Keenan Newton, UAS Coordinator, Lynwood Fire Department, Illinois
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Mickey Osterreicher, General Counsel, National Press Photographers Association, New York
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Eddie Reyes, Director, Prince William County Office of Public Safety, Virginia
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Steve Rhode, Chief Pilot, Wake Forest Fire Department, North Carolina
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Gene Robinson, UAS SAR, Vice President and Director of Flight Operations, Drone Pilot, Inc, Texas
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Matt Rogers, Police Sergeant, Aviation Unit, Michigan State Police, Michigan
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Chris Sadler, Deputy Chief, UAS Lead, York County Fire and Life Safety, Virginia
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Harold Schapelhouman, Chief, Menlo Park Fire District, California
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Eric Schwartz, Quality Innovation and UAS Program Lead, Florida Power & Light Company, Florida
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Patrick Sherman, Drone Advisor/Thermographer, Roswell Test Flight Crew, Oregon
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Don Shinnamon, Vice President of Operations, Unmanned Safety Institute, Florida
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Christopher Todd, CEM, FPEM, Executive Director, AIRT (Airborne International Response Team), Florida
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Kenneth Voiret, Captain, Air Operations Division, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Florida
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Cliff Weaver, EMA Director, Evansville/Vanderburgh Emergency Management Agency, Indiana
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Charles Werner, Director, DRONERESPONDERS Public Safety Alliance, Virginia
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Scott Wilkinson, Senior Academy Officer and RPAS Lead, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service, Canada
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Jay Willmott, UAS Subject Matter Expert, Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, Virginia
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Austin Worcester, Senior Program Manager sUAS, Civil Air Patrol, Washington DC
