Board

Sarah McCaffrey, PhD, recently retired after 20 years as a fire social scientist with the US Forest Service where her research focused on understanding the social dynamics of fire [...]

Bill Hahnenberg retired in January of 2021 after a career of 47 and a half years with the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. For the last…

Jim Webster works for Boulder County. Jim designed and leads Wildfire Partners, a nationally recognized, public-private partnership to help homeowners prepare for wildfire. He also wrote the [...]

(FACO SECRETARY) Ashley Downing, Executive Director of Wildfire Adapted Partnership, joined the Fire Adapted Colorado Board of Directors as a voting member in June, 2019. Ashley brings wildland [...]

(FACO VICE-CHAIR & TREASURER) Paul Cada is the Wildland Program Manager for Vail Fire and Emergency Services.  In this role he is responsible for the department and Town’s preparedness [...]

(FACO CHAIR) Ellis Thompson-Ellis is a Community Outreach Specialist for the Grand Junction Fire Department, Founder and Co-Chair of the Two Rivers Wildfire Coalition, and a National Fire Academy [...]

(BOARD MEMBER) Eric Lovgren, is the Community Mitigation Manager for Eagle County, Colorado. Since 2006, Eric has been primarily responsible for Eagle County’s Wildfire Mitigation Program. In [...]