National Wildfire Coordinating Group

NWCG Staff

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The NWCG Staff is located at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. The NWCG Staff serves and reports to the Executive Board. The staff provides national leadership and direction to accomplish the NWCG mission.  This is primarily achieved by supporting the operations of the NWCG committees and their subgroups – the backbone of the NWCG effort.  The NWCG committees and subgroups are comprised of national leaders and subject-matter experts representing the NWCG member agencies and the various functional areas of wildland fire management.

Roster

Please use the NWCG Roster Update form to submit roster changes.

Name NWCG Role Office Phone Email Start Date
Wood, Katherine NWCG Program Manager 208-869-9482 kwood@blm.gov Apr 2021
Schultz, Dave NWCG Coordinator 208-387-5739 dschultz@blm.gov Nov 2023
Thomason, Carmen NWCG Coordinator 208-387-5738 cthomaso@blm.gov May 2023
O'Hara, Katy NWCG Coordinator 208-387-5269 kathryn_ohara@nps.gov Nov 2020
Lamb, Erica Publications Manager 208-387-5354 elamb@blm.gov Apr 2023
Falcon, O. Website Manager 985-294-8363 ofalcon@blm.gov Apr 2022
Benoit, Annie Training Program Manager 208-387-5112 abenoit@blm.gov Mar 2019
Brooks, Robin Writer/Editor 208-387-5266 rbbrooks@blm.gov Jul 2022
Wisner, Jody Writer/Editor 208-387-5324 jwisner@blm.gov Jan 2022
Noneman, Rhonda Web Assistant 208-387-5263 rnoneman@blm.gov Sep 2013
Brooks, Jennifer Admin Assistant 208-387-5506 j1brooks@blm.gov Nov 2022
Drinkwater, Darci Admin Assistant 208-387-5699 ddrinkwater@blm.gov Nov 2021
Gonzalez, Heather Supervisory Training Specialist 208-387-5314 hgonzalez@blm.gov Jul 2022
Komatz, Kathryn Training Specialist 209-628-0691 kkomatz@blm.gov Mar 2023
Stabb, Daniel Training Specialist N/A dstaab@blm.gov Aug 2023
Frey, Dave Training Specialist 208-387-5149 dfrey@blm.gov Apr 2022
Dunn, James (Matt) Training Specialist N/A jmdunn@blm.gov Aug 2023
Holmes, Brian Training Specialist 208-387-5117 bcholmes@blm.gov Dec 2023
Maier, Kevin M Training Specialist 208-387-5275 kmaier@blm.gov Apr 2022
Harrison, Brian Training Specialist 208-387-5615 bharrison@blm.gov Jun 2019
Gholson, TJ Training Specialist 208-484-8878 anthony.gholson@bia.gov Feb 2023
Glaeser, Lori Supervisory Instructional Systems Specialist 208-387-5961 lglaeser@blm.gov Jul 2017
Wheeler, James Instructional Systems Specialist 386-324-6141 jbwheeler@blm.gov Feb 2023
Winskie, Jonathan Instructional Systems Specialist 253-732-2779 jwinskie@blm.gov Mar 2023
Spence, Brittany Instructional Systems Specialist N/A bspence@blm.gov Mar 2023
Schindel, Mathew (Joe) Audio Visual Production Specialist 208-387-5569 mschindel@blm.gov Nov 2021
Gaskill, Steven Audio Visual Production Specialist 208-387-5201 sgaskill@blm.gov Sep 2019
Touchette, Rhiannon Audio Visual Production Specialist 208-387-5177 rtouchette@blm.gov Aug 2023
Jackson, Colby Assistant Training Program Manager 208-387-5328 cjackson@blm.gov Oct 2017
Suminski, Toni NWCG IPTM Project Manager 480-338-6307 tsuminsk@blm.gov Jun 2023
Lee, Sarah NWCG Deputy Program Manager 208-387-5745 sjlee@blm.gov Nov 2023

 

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2021-06-15