Leadership

The NCA Leadership Team consists of the following:

Board of Directors

The NCA Board of Directors are voting members of the NCA Leadership team. These members includes 2 elected representatives from each FEMA region and a number of at large numbers. This ensures that the NCA represents the geographically diversity of the CERT program as well as program diversity.

FEMA Observers

FEMA Preparedness staff at each FEMA region and FEMA HQ participate on the NCA Leadership team as non-voting observers. This ensures a strong partnership and synergy between the NCA and FEMA

Current Board of Directors for the NCA

Fema Region	Name	Organization / CERT Role
Region 1	Mark Amartrudo	Co Chair, Connecticut Citizen Corps Council
Region 1	Donald Janelle	Manchester Emergency Management – CERT Program Manager
Region 2	Mike Oppegaard	Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office – CERT Program Manager
Region 2	TBD
Region 3	Jessica Robison	Chesterfield Fire & EMS - Emergency Management – Program Manager
Region 3	Cookie Ketcham	Virginia Beach Office of Emergency Services – Program Manager
Region 4	Dave Nichols
Region 4	Samantha Royster	North Carolina Emergency Management – State CERT Administrator
Region 5	Michelle Hanneken	Serve Illinois Commission – State CERT Administrator
Region 5	Josh Vittie	Ohio Emergency Management Agency – State Administrator
Region 6	Amanda Smith	Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor – State CERT Coordinator
Region 6	Gary Ragan	Arkansas Department of Emergency Management – State CERT Program Manager
Region 7	Steven Tatlow	Missouri State Emergency Management Agency – State CERT Program Manager
Region 7	Quinn Lewandowski	Nebraska Emergency Management Agency – State Citizen Corps Program Coordinator
Region 8	Harold Tiger	Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe – CERT Program Manager
Region 8	Wade Matthews	Utah Department of Public Safety – State CERT Administrator
Region 9	Suu-Va Tai	California Volunteers – State CERT Administrator
Region 9	Jake Heflin	Long Beach City Fire Department – CERT Program Manager
Region 10	Paula Towne	Serve Washington – State CERT Administrator
Region 10	Michelle Torres	Alaska Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management – State CERT Administrator
At Large	Jamie Cunningham	Florida CERT Association – State Association Chair
At Large	Rachel Jacky	Portland CERT – CERT Program Manager

Here is a list of the FEMA Observers

Fema Region	Name	Organization / CERT Role
FEMA HQ	Andrew Burrows	FEMA HQ ICPD – National CERT Coordinator
Region 1	Arlene Magoon	FEMA Region I – Community Preparedness Officer
Region 2	Deborah Costa	FEMA Region II – Community Preparedness Officer
Region 3	John DiSpaldo	FEMA Region II – Regional Preparedness Liaison
Region 4	Candace Burrell	FEMA Region IV – Community Preparedness Officer
Region 5	Kimberly Hayward	FEMA Region V – Community Preparedness Officer
Region 6	Bill Bischof	FEMA Region VI – Community Preparedness Officer
Region 7	Linda Davis	FEMA Region VII – Community Preparedness Officer
Region 8	Katrina Woodhams	FEMA Region VIII – Community Preparedness Officer
Region 9	Vincent Martinez	FEMA Region IX – Region Preparedness Liaison
Region 10	Ilyssa Plumer	FEMA Region X – Community Preparedness Officer

Leadership

The NCA Leadership Team consists of the following:

Board of Directors

FEMA Observers

Current Board of Directors for the NCA

Here is a list of the FEMA Observers

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