Region D Chair
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David Pennington
Fire Chief/Springfield Fire Department
Emergency Management
Industry/LEPC
Charla Geller | Principal
EMD/Newton County
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Austin Arnold | Alt 1
Disaster Program Specialist/American Red Cross
Brent Watkins | Principal
Fire Chief & EMD/Bolivar
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Shea Lane | Alt 2
Safety and Security Manage/Silver Dollar City
Police
Utilities
Eric Schmitt | Principal
Police Chief/Branson Police Department
William Davis | Alt 1
Captain/Joplin Police Department
Chris Snipes | Alt 2
Sergeant/Springfield Police Department
Billy Hunt | Principal
Safety Coordinator/Southwest Electric Cooperative
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Tom Koch | Alt 1
Manager - Physical Security/​​​Springfield City Utilities
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Cassie Cunningham | Alt 2
VP & Chief Growth Officer/White River Valley Electric Cooperative
Fire
EMS
Jim Furgerson | Principal
Asst Chief/Western Taney Co Fire
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Ted Martin | Alt 1
Fire Chief/Branson FD
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Lynn Hollandworth | Alt 2
Fire Chief/ Republic FD
Valerie Wilson | Principal
Reg Manager/Cox Health EMS
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Jason Smith | Alt 1
EMS Chief/METS Ambulance
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David Compton | Alt 2
Board Dir/Barry-Lawrence Ambulance District​​​
Sheriff
911
Randy Foster | Principal
Corporal/Greene County Sheriff
Matt Stoller | Alt 2
Systems Administrator/Jasper County
Michael Lawton | Principal
Deputy Director/Christian County 911
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Amanda Tudor | Alt 1
Communications Manager/Taney County Ambulance District
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Steve Williams | Alt 2
Systems & Radio Manager/Jasper County Emergency Services
County Health
Volunteer Groups
Jessica Wagne | Principal
Emergency Planner/Barry Co
Scott Allen | Alt 1
Emergency Planner/Webster Co
Jil Elliott | Alt 2
John Wall | Principal
Volunteer/Greene and Christian County CERT​​​
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Jenny Solomon | Alt 1
Disaster Program Manager/Red Cross
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Stephen Roberson | Alt 2
Program Director/Salvation Army
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HS RRS
Schools
Chris Berndt | Principal
EMD/Taney Co
Eric Latimer | Alt 1
Division Chief/Springfield Fire
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David Hall | Principal
Director of University Safety/Missouri State University
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Steve Verheyen | Alt 1
Director of Operations/Reeds Spring School District​​​
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Jason Perkins | Alt 2
Executive Director of Operations/Republic School District
City/County Public Works
Agriculture
​David Brock | Principal
Public Works Director/Cassville
Ron Bailey | Alt 1
Superintendent of General Services/Springfield
Mark Sconce | Principal
Farmer​​​
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Jay Chism | Alt 1
Director/Southwest Research Center
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Mayor/City Administration
Hospitals
Gregg Sweeten | Principal
Mayor/Pineville
Jon Holmes | Alt 1
City Manager/Aurora
Dennis Martin | Principal
Reg Dir for Env Safety & Emg Mgmt/Mercy Hospital
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Hannah James | Alt 1
Emergency Manager Compliance Coordinator/Cox Health
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Jason Henry | Alt 2
Emergency Management Officer/Cox Health
County Commission
Cybersecurity
​Hank Smythe | Principal
Commissioner/Stone Co
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Tim Selvey | Alt 1
Commission/Lawrence Co
Shannon McMurtrey | Principal
Assistant Professor/Drury University
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Neil Slagle | Alt 1
Director of Information Systems/Springfield