Our program is jointly funded by the Departments of Agriculture and Interior and governance is through a 12-member Governing Board with members from the Forest Service, the Bureaus of Land Management, Indian Affairs, Fish and Wildlife Service, Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey and Office of Wildland Fire.

Department of the Interior U.S. Forest Service Michele Crist – Vice-Chair, USGS Wildland Fire Science Coordinator Cavan Fitzsimmons – Chair, Deputy Forest Supervisor Doug Havlina – BIA Fire Ecologist Aaron Pina - Program Lead Atmospheric Sciences Casey Teske – NPS Fire Science and Ecology Program Lead Vacant Brad Shoemaker – OWF Fuels & Post-Fire Specialist Gabe Dumm – Regional Fuels Program Manager Lisa Saperstein – USFWS Regional Fire Ecologist Jamie Tripp – Fire Use Branch Chief Ken Schmid, At Large-Board member – BLM Division Chief Budget & Evaluation Clint Cross – Assistance Director, Fuels, Fire Ecology and Smoke