Project Wildfire Steering Committee

Project Wildfire is the only group across the nation formed by County Ordinance to specifically address the risks of wildland fire in a community.

Project Wildfire is governed by a diverse volunteer Steering Committee of up to 27 members with specified representation. It is comprised of local, state and federal government agencies, higher education institutions, as well as private sector members representing business, marketing, private forestry, homeowners associations, insurance, the environmental community, and citizens at large. Committee meetings are open to the public and occur from 8:00 am to 9:30 am on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Deschutes County Services Building located at 1300 NW Wall St. in Bend, Oregon.

Although the word collaboration gets thrown around a lot these days, Project Wildfire is successful because of our partnerships and collective resources that allow us to succeed where an individual or one agency may not. Project Wildfire utilizes collaboration at every level – from our general membership to our work in neighborhoods and communities to make central Oregon safer against the threat of wildland fire.

Below is a current list of Project Wildfire’s membership.

Ken Kehnma	Fire Rep 1	Redmond Fire Chief
Gary Marshal	Fire Rep 2	Deschutes Rural Fire District #2
Dan Daugherty	Fire Rep 3	La Pine Fire Dept.
Doug Green (Vice Chair)	Fire Rep 4	Bend/Sisters Fire Dept.
Vacant	Insurance Industry
Brandon Fogelman	Business Community
Nick Ahnen	Marketing	At Large
Chris Perry	911 Service District	Deschutes County
Vacant	Community Development Dept.	Deschutes County
Dan Galecki	Private Forestry	Spin Drift Forestry
Patti Gentiluomo	HOA Rep	Sunriver HOA
Dave Gibson	HOA Rep	Black Butte Ranch HOA
Dean Richardson	HOA Rep	Upper Deschutes River Community
Bob Pohly	HOA Rep	Mountain High
Nathan Garibay	Sheriff’s Office – Emergency Mgmt.	Deschutes County
Oliver Tatom	Citizen Rep	At Large
Jessica Leberge	Business	At Large
David Morman	Citizen Rep	At Large – Red Cross
Gordon Foster	Oregon Dept. of Forestry	ODF – Unit Forester
Kevin Stock	US Forest Service	USFS
Ariel Cowan	Oregon State University Extension Service	OSU Extension Agent
Paula Simone	Central Oregon Community College	COCC
Vacant	Environmental Community
Kevin Moriarty	Project Wildfire Chair County Forester	Deschutes County
Tony DeBone	County Commissioner	Deschutes County
Corinne Heiner	Project Wildfire Director FAC Coordinator	Deschutes County

Steering Committee

Project Wildfire Steering Committee

Project Wildfire is the only group across the nation formed by County Ordinance to specifically address the risks of wildland fire in a community.

Below is a current list of Project Wildfire’s membership.

Ken Kehnma

Fire Rep 1

Redmond Fire Chief

Gary Marshal

Fire Rep 2

Deschutes Rural Fire District #2

Dan Daugherty

Fire Rep 3

La Pine Fire Dept.

Doug Green (Vice Chair)

Fire Rep 4

Bend/Sisters Fire Dept.

Vacant

Insurance Industry

Brandon Fogelman

Business Community

Nick Ahnen

Marketing

At Large

Chris Perry

911 Service District

Deschutes County

Vacant

Community Development Dept.

Deschutes County

Dan Galecki

Private Forestry

Spin Drift Forestry

Patti Gentiluomo

HOA Rep

Sunriver HOA

Dave Gibson

HOA Rep

Black Butte Ranch HOA

Dean Richardson

HOA Rep

Upper Deschutes River Community

Bob Pohly

HOA Rep

Mountain High

Nathan Garibay

Sheriff’s Office – Emergency Mgmt.

Deschutes County

Oliver Tatom

Citizen Rep

At Large

Jessica Leberge

Business

At Large

David Morman

Citizen Rep

At Large – Red Cross

Gordon Foster

Oregon Dept. of Forestry

ODF – Unit Forester

Kevin Stock

US Forest Service

USFS

Ariel Cowan

Oregon State University Extension Service

OSU Extension Agent

Paula Simone

Central Oregon Community College

COCC

Vacant

Environmental Community

Kevin Moriarty

Project Wildfire Chair

County Forester

Deschutes County

Tony DeBone

County Commissioner

Deschutes County

Corinne Heiner

Project Wildfire Director

FAC Coordinator