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Fire Service Institute

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11 Gerty Drive
M/C 675
Champaign, IL  61820-7404  (map)

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  • LEADERSHIP TEAM:
  • Director: Jim Keiken, (217) 300-4275
  • Deputy Director: Heather Moore, (217) 244-4168
  • Deputy Director: JP Moore, (217) 300-3463
  • Executive Administrative Assistant: Melanie Hall, (217) 300-3641
  • Assistant Director for Firefighting: Ryan Reynolds, (217) 300-1806
  • Director - Corporate Relations, Development & Community Engagement: Tim Walsh, (773) 484-7439
  • Director - Curriculum, Testing, and Certification: Tracey Johnson, (217) 265-6451
  • Director - Information Technology: Tim Lash, (217) 244-6910
  • Director - IFSI International Programs: Lian Ruan, (217) 265-6107
  • Director - Research: Farzaneh Masoud, (217) 300-8493
  • Director - Special Operations Training: Christopher Downey, (217) 244-4451
  • Sr. Associate Director for Business & Finance: Aaron Darnall, (217) 333-2444
  • Associate Director for Strategic Communications & Marketing: Jill Kraft, (217) 300-6036

  • PROGRAM MANAGERS:
  • Agriculture: Dave Newcomb, (217) 300-1811
  • Apparatus Driver/Operator: John McMann, (309) 275-6402 
  • ASIM/SSAVEIM: David Saitta, (217) 333-6952
  • Basic Operations Firefighters Blended: Bryn O'Neil, (217) 333-0497
  • BOF Blended & Online Courses: Matt Goodner, (217) 504-4806
  • Chief Fire Officer: Tom Moran, (630) 373-5303
  • Confined Space: DeAngelo Cooke, (217) 333-2086
  • Drone (UAS): Allen Cameron, (217) 300-1990
  • Engine Company Operations: Colton Crowe, (217) 825-6414
  • Fire Officer/Safety Officer: Christopher Olsen, (217) 332-5723
  • Fire Service Instructor: Walter Curtin, (217) 300-9787
  • Firefighter Challenge: Timothy Romine, (217) 300-4069
  • Firefighting Program Admin Coordinator/Dept of Defense: Tal Prendergast: (217) 244-0031
  • Fireground Company & Command: Jeffrey Mac Kay, (630) 364-9396
  • First Responder & National Fire Academy: JP Moore, (217) 300-3463
  • HazMat: Nicholas Rossberg, (217) 300-5530
  • Industrial: Joe Jay, (217) 300-0517
  • Investigation: John High, (217) 300-0560
  • Leadership Development & Decision Making: Ed Levy, (678) 720-6510
  • LP/Oil/Gas: Adam Rhodes, (217) 333-1945
  • National Incident Management System (NIMS): Rick Haase, (217) 300-5831
  • On-Campus Firefighting: Thomas Scheu, (217) 265-9212
  • On-Campus Light & Flight: Benjamin Kervin, (217) 414-7644
  • Prevention: Eric Dockus, (815) 405-0438
  • Resiliency: Josh Lipe, (618) 529-0213
  • Responder Intervention Team (RIT): Gary Coney, (217) 333-0901
  • Rope Rescue: Ryan Evans, (217) 899-0525
  • Safety Officer: Jason Parthun, (847) 815-2741
  • Search Techniques: Noah Buckley, (708) 652-0174
  • Smoke Divers: Reka Bodoni, (217) 265-6273
  • Structural Collapse Rescue: Jonathan Frye, (630) 701-5290
  • Trench Rescue: Jon Hauge, (217) 300-1300
  • Truck Company: Kit Miner, (630) 466-4513
  • Vehicle/Machinery: Richard Trapp, (217) 300-6782
  • Wildland: Thomas Richter, (815) 562-1001
  • Wilderness Search & Rescue: Ralph Kuchenbrod, (217) 244-7199

  • REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES:
  • Central: Jim Vaughn, (309) 275-2499
  • Cook County: Dan Bracken, (217) 244-6882
  • East Central: Tim Meister, (217) 300-7344
  • North Central: Dave Scanlan, (708) 408-6608
  • Northeast: Jim Conn, (217) 333-0281
  • Northwest: Adam Rhodes, (217) 333-1945
  • South: Ron Rains, Jr, (217) 300-4567
  • Southwest: Josh Bird, (217) 300-9651

  • ILLINI EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES:
  • EMS/IEMS Program Director: Ryan Reynolds, (217) 300-1806
  • EMS/IEMS Program Manager: Blake Kuhns, (217) 333-6910

  • TECHNOLOGY BASED TRAINING:
  • Online Learning Manager: Sonnie Botwinski, (217) 300-4956
  • e-Learning Lead Developer: Christine Bradford, (217) 300-1248
  • Developer: Kailey Bowen, (217) 300-3901

  • LIBRARY:
  • Head Librarian: Lian Ruan, (217) 265-6107
  • Assistant Director for Library Operations: David Ehrenhart, (217) 244-0783
  • Reference & Training: Diane Richardson, (217) 333-8925
  • Research & Grants Librarian: Kelda Habing, (217) 333-3800

  • RESEARCH:
  • Research Scientist: Dac Nguyen, (217) 333-2281
  • Research Scientist: Jason Rennert, (217) 300-7015
  • Research Scientist: Neda Seyedsadjadi, (217) 333-3800
  • Research Scientist: Crystal Sweeney, (217) 333-3800

  • BUSINESS AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES:
  • Accounting Associate: April Edwards, (217) 333-7737
  • Accountant I: Norma Treakle, (217) 244-9406
  • Accounting Officer: Julie Lard, (217) 244-2363
  • IFSI Human Resources: Keri Borchers, (217) 300-1575
  • Research Grants: Andre Nnoung, (217) 300-3982
  • Training Grants: Kimberly White, (217) 300-8240

  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:
  • Network Administration Specialist: John Boyd, (217) 333-2163
  • Senior Research Programmer: Kevin Kessler, (217) 265-9890 
  • Senior Research Programmer: Bob Richardson, (217) 218-0720 
  • Web Application Developer: Priyanka Purtiply, (217) 244-8711

  • MARKETING:
  • Graphic Design: Gini Bain, (217) 333-3800
  • Engagement Specialist: Laura Auteberry, (217) 300-0578

  • CURRICULUM:
  • Curriculum, Testing, and Certification Specialist: Christen Atchley, (217) 265-5547
  • Curriculum, Testing, and Certification Specialist: Connie Cochran, (217) 244-6490
  • Curriculum, Testing, and Certification Specialist: Michael Manint, (309) 310-5177
  • Test Specialist: Julia Barnes, (217) 244-7783

  • CLASS SUPPORT:
  • Class Support Operations Manager: Carol Anderson, (217) 265-5518 
  • Class Support Associate: Greg Brannan, (217) 300-3170 
  • Class Support Operations Specialist: Kathy Bott, (217) 300-6382
  • Class Support Operations Specialist: Katrina Mann, (217) 333-9505
  • Resources Operations: Mike Rhoton, (217) 333-3363 

  • FACILITIES:
  • Facility Operations Coordinator: Allen Cameron, (217) 300-1990
  • Mobile Facilities Equipment Manager: David Bletscher, (217) 788-8433
  • Building Service Worker: Wayne Meeker, (217) 333-3800

  • SHOP:
  • Facility Operations Specialist: Stacy Corray, (217) 333-3800 
  • Respiratory Program: Riley Reynolds, (217) 520-1101 
  • Respiratory Program: Nate Reinhart, (217) 867-2518 
  • Shop Hourly Worker: Keith Schafroth, (217) 333-3800