SAFECOM

SAFECOM Membership

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SAFECOM is one of the first organizations to bring together representatives from public safety associations as well as emergency responders in the field. Its membership includes more than 60 members representing federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency responders, and major intergovernmental and national public safety associations. Below is a list of SAFECOM members and the organizations and associations they represent.

2024 SAFECOM Executive Board

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SAFECOM's Executive Board serves as SAFECOM's leadership group and the primary resource for access to public safety stakeholders and policymakers.

  • SAFECOM Chair: Chief Gerald Reardon (Ret.)
  • SAFECOM First Vice Chair: Assistant Chief Chris Lombard
  • SAFECOM Second Vice Chair: Chief Jay Kopstein (Ret.)
  • Governance Committee Chair: Major George Perera
  • Education and Outreach Committee Chair: Battalion Chief Cody Worrell
  • Funding and Sustainment Committee Chair: Lloyd Mitchell
  • Technology Policy Committee Chair: Phil Mann
  • SAFECOM Board Member: Chief Douglas M. Aiken (Ret.)
  • SAFECOM Board Member: Michael Davis
  • SAFECOM Board Member: Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald
  • SAFECOM Board Member: Charlie Sasser

SAFECOM Membership

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Membership Associations and Organizations

SAFECOM's membership includes representatives from a wide array of public safety associations and organizations.

*denotes primary member

SAFECOM Public Safety At-Large Members

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All at-large members represent a relevant discipline within the public safety community.

  • Major Darryl Anderson – Stark County Sheriff’s Office (Interoperable Communications Specialist) - OH
  • Assistant Chief Michael Baltrotsky - Montgomery County Maryland Fire and Rescue (Assistant Chief) - MD
  • Ross Bourgeois – New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (Director of Public Safety Support Services and Real Time Crime Center) - LA
  • Nicolas Briseño – Story County Sheriff’s Office (Communications Commander) – IA 
  • Mark Buchholz – Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency (Executive Director) - OR
  • Captain Anthony Catalanotto (Ret.) – Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY)
  • Michael Davis – Ulster County 9-1-1 Emergency Communications (Emergency Services Dispatcher I) - NY
  • Chief Len Edling – Merrionette Park Fire Department (Fire Chief) - IL
  • Brent Finster – Douglas County Dept of Emergency Management (Emergency Communications Manager) – NV
  • Chief Jonathan Goldman – Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid (Chief Coordinator) - NH
  • Red Grasso – FirstTech, North Carolina Department of Information Technology (Program Director) - NC
  • Mark Hogan – City of Tulsa (Director of Asset Management) - OK
  • Trevin Hunter – Louisville Metro Emergency Services – KY
  • Chief Jay Kopstein (Ret.) – New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services Office of Interoperability & Emergency Communications - NY
  • Hermina Koshinski – Pennsylvania State Police – Statewide Radio Network Division (Chief of Radio Operations Engineering and Support) - PA
  • Richard LaSaracina– Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (Manager of IT Telecom Engineering) - CT
  • Assistant Chief Chris Lombard – Seattle Fire Department (Assistant Chief) - WA
  • Michael Mahoney – City of Cambridge Emergency Communications (Senior Systems Administrator) - MA
  • Dr. Walt Magnussen – Texas A&M University (Director of Technology Evaluation Center) - TX 
  • Sergeant Jason Matthews - Lake County Sheriff's Office - FL
  • Paul Patrick – Utah Department of Health (Division Director) - UT
  • Chief Gerald Reardon (Ret.) – City of Cambridge Fire Department (Senior Advisor) - MA
  • Rodney Reed - Harris County Fire Marshal's Office (Executive Assistant Chief, Operations & Technical Services) - TX
  • Deputy Chief Robert Ricker – Alsip Fire Department (Deputy Chief) - IL
  • Colin Rizzo – Port of Houston Authority (Emergency Manager) - TX
  • Peter Rogers – Tennessee Advanced Communications Network (Deputy Director) - TN
  • J.M. Rowe – Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (Communications Coordinator) - AR
  • Stuart Sanz - Arlington County Public Safety Communications and Emergency Management (County Interoperability and Radio System Manager) - VA
  • John Schrader – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Radio Communications Network Administrator) – WI
  • Captain Chad Steffen – Goodhue County Sheriff's Office (Communications Captain) - MN
  • Jason Trautman – Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department (Technician) - VA
  • Keith Victor – Connecticut Capital Region Council of Governments (Emergency Support Function-2 Chair); Connecticut Executive Interoperability Committee (CT Region III Representative) - CT
  • John Wheaton – Nez Perce Tribe (Emergency Management Planner) - ID
  • Battalion Chief Cody Worrell – Surprise Fire Department - AZ
  • Scott Wright – State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (Telecommunications Engineer) - CT

National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC) Council Members

  • Brad Stoddard (NCSWIC Primary Representative, Michigan SWIC)
  • Richard Fiske (Executive Office of Public Safety & Security, Massachusetts SWIC)

SAFECOM Federal Members

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​SAFECOM's membership includes representation from government agencies.

SAFECOM Membership Applications

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Please complete the appropriate application below and submit to SAFECOMGovernance@cisa.dhs.gov.

Applications are reviewed annually in the Fall. 

SAFECOM Membership Application Form for Associations (.pdf, 185.06 KB)

SAFECOM Membership Application Form for At-Large Members (.pdf, 307.8 KB)

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