About the Advisory Committee

The goal of the Advisory Committee is to support and sponsor the Technical Fire Management program. Objectives of the Committee are to provide program oversight, determine allocation to participating agencies and to provide liasion between Washington Institute and the agencies. The Committee consists of representatives of each USDI agency and each USDA region, plus at least one line officer.

 

Tenna Biggs, USFS R-4
3424 25th Street
Ogden, UT 84401
office: (801) 625-5403
tbiggs@fs.fed.us

Kevin Conn, FWS
3833 Development Ave.
Boise, ID 83705
phone: (208) 387-5505
fax: (208 387-5688
kevin_conn@fws.com

Jamie Kingsbury, USFS
BLM Line Officer
925 Weiss Drive
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
phone: (970) 870-2149
fax: (970) 870-2284
jkingsbury@fs.fed.us

Dave Koch, BIA-NIFC
3833 S. Development Ave.
Boise, ID 83705
phone: (208) 387-5557
fax (208) 387-5580
dave_koch@nifc.gov

Mark Koontz, NPS-NIFC
3833 S. Development Ave.
Boise, ID 83705
phone: (208) 387-5090
fax: (208) 387-5250
Mark_Koontz@nps.gov

Doug Ledgerwood, USFS R-6
211 East 7th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401
phone: (541) 225-6411
dledgerwood@fs.fed.us

Jerome Macdonald, USFS, R-3
Southwest Regional Office, Regional Fire Training/Ground Safety
333 Broadway SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
phone: (505) 842-3140
cell: (505) 362-7031
fax: (505) 842-3806
jpmacdonald@fs.fed.us

Ted Mason,BLM- NIFC
3833 S. Development Ave.
Boise, ID 83705
phone: (208) 387-5536
fax: (208) 387-5378
Ted_Mason@nifc.blm.gov

Kitty Ortman
(acting through February)
USFS R-1 Northern Rockies Training Center
5765 West Broadway Street
Missoula, MT 59808-9361
phone: (406) 329 4921
fax: (406) 329-4922
kortman@fs.fed.us

Sheryl Page,USFS R-2
2840 Kachina Drive
Pueblo, CO 81008
phone: (719) 553-1638
fax: (719) 553-1440
slpage@fs.fed.us

Bill Reynolds,USFS R-9
Eastern Region Fire Safety
3005 Pine Island Lake
Eagle River, WI 54521
phone: (715) 477-0828
fax: (715) 477-2241
cell: (715) 490-3817
wgreynolds@fs.fed.us

Neil Sugihara Ph.D., USFS R-5
Fire and Aviation Management
USDA Forest Service
3237 Peacekeeper Way
McClellan, CA 95652
office: (916) 640-1054
fax: (916) 640-1090
nsugihara@fs.fed.us

Lea Wofford, USFS R-8
160A Zillicoa St.
Asheville, NCĀ  28801
phone: 828-257-4811
lwofford@fs.fed.us

Washington Institute Contacts

Reid Kenady, Washington Institute
18013 W. Snoqualmie Valley Rd. NE
Duvall, WA 98019
phone: (425) 788-5161
fax: (425) 844-2492
reid@washingtoninstitute.net

Bob Loveless, Washington Institute
20122 Fremont Avenue North
Shoreline, WA 98133
phone: (206) 546-4217
fax: (206) 542-6818
bob.loveless@comcast.net

Gordon Schmidt, Washington Institute
4153 S.E. Augusta Loop
Gresham, OR 97080-8426
phone: (503) 667-8836
fax: (503) 492-9480
rgordonschmidt@comcast.net