AFE Certified Professionals

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Bolded names are active AFE members (updated December 2025)

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Initial Certifications

Fire Practitioner

Michael McNorvell (2024) Joseph W Connolly (2021) Kayla M. Johnston (2020) Sonja Leverkus (2013) Jesse Kreye (2012) Micah-John Beierle (2011) Weldon Dent (2024) Spencer Reagon (2024) Jarred Gordon (2020) Jake Gosschalk (2019)
Jacob Lueck (2019)
Kenneth Musial (2019) Logan Scherschel (2018) Lindsay M. Grayson (2017) William A. McCrady (2017) Molly Retzlaff (2017) Thom Dodd (2014) William Hiatt (2014) David Lishman (2013) Angie Reid (2012)
Adam Watts (2012) Mohammad M. Bataineh (2011) Joshua Switzer (2011)

Fire technician

Alexander Heath Williams (2023) Lars Filson (2021) Jay C. Lininger (2011) Charlotte M. Reemts (2011)
Melanie Schlüter (2022)
Alessandra M Zambrano (2022)
Risa Ann Rushton (2021)
Steven Wagner (2021) Brett Evans (2020)
Liam James Hassett (2020)
Mika Viertola (2020)
Mason Charles Danheim (2018)
Rudy Marrufo (2018)
Corey M. Siders (2018)
Trey Palmer Wall (2018)
Brian Gorman (2016) Travis Swanson (2016) Vaughn Cork (2012)

Fuels Technician

Brandyn Harvey (2020) Kayla M. Johnston (2020) David P. Gabaldon (2022)
Seth Mitchell (2022) Jesse Wooten (2021) Dana Barre (2020)
Gabe Foster (2020)
Jarred Gordon (2020)
Liam James Hassett (2020)

Certification Pathway 1: Fire ANd fuels Management

FIRE MANAGER

Jonathan Pangburn (2023) Nicholas Jeros (2022) Phillip Dye (2012, 2021) Richard Reitz (2015, 2020) Heath D. Starns (2020) Ben Wheeler (2018) Timothy R. Tunnell (2017) Kate Crosthwaite (2014) Scott Eckardt (2012)
Joel R. Carlson (2011) Benjamin McLane (2024) Jeremy Cawn (2022)
Andrew D. Rappe (2022) Zeke Lunder (2019) Renaldo Josue Salazar Arroyo (2018) Ray Guse (2018)
Deborah Mayer (2018)
Jonathan Reimer (2018) Josh Switzer (2018) Gabriel Goodman (2016) Michael Ward (2015) Theodore Adams (2014) Donovan Birch (2014) Kelsy Gibos (2014) Joshua Bardwell (2013) Kristen Allison (2011)
Steven Q. Croy (2011)
James M. Roberts (2011)

FUELS MANAGER

Jonathan Pangburn (2023) Richard Reitz (2021) Kenneth C. Shedden (2022) Dana Barre (2020)
Jeremy Zagarella (2020)

senior FIRE manager

Linda M Chappell (2021)
Jennifer M Croft (2021, 2024) Thomas Norman Fielden (2020) Stephen Fillmore (2019)
Joshua C. Shroyer (2019)
Ralph Douglas Smith (2019) Richard Lasko (2017)
Hugh Scanlon (2017)
Francisco (Frankie) Romero (2016) Mary Barnwell (2014) Louisa Evers (2012) Carol Rice (2012) Tom Zimmerman (2012) Andrew M. Beavers (2011)
Mary Huffman (2011)
Jan van Wagtendonk (2011) Geoff Babb (2011)
Vic Morfin (2011)
Mark Shiery (2011)

SENIOR FUELS MANAGER

Linda M Chappell (2021) Jennifer M Croft (2021, 2024) Thomas Norman Fielden (2020)
Seth Mitchell (2022)

Certification Pathway 2: Fire Ecology and FuELS Science

Fuels Scientist

Jonathan Pangburn (2023) Richard Reitz (2021) Madeline Scheintaub (2020) Justin Ziegler (2022) Zoe Hannah Schapira (2020)

fire ecologist

Evgenia Chaideftou (2024) Adam Coates (2018, 2024) Joseph E. Colbert III (2019, 2024) Julia A. DeFeo (2024) Jay Lininger (2012, 2024) Jason Moghaddas (2024) Jonathan Pangburn (2023) Travis Woolley (2023) Sonja Leverkus (2022) Colleen Ross (2012, 2022) Kori Blankenship (2021)
Lane B Johnson (2021) James William Dodson, Jr (2020) Thomas Norman Fielden (2020)
Kira Hoffman (2020)
Richard Reitz (2015, 2020)
Karin Riley (2016, 2020) Heath D. Starns (2020) David R. Godwin (2019)
Joshua C. Shroyer (2019) Jessica R. Miesel (2018) Joseph Restaino (2018) Petronila Esther Mandeno (2017) Robert Whitfield Gray (2016) Julie Korb (2016) Peter Maholland (2015)
Tadashi Moody (2015) Camille Stevens-Rumann (2015) C. Alina Cansler (2014)
Kate Crosthwaite (2014) Douglas (Gus) Smith (2014) Sharon Hood (2013) Jeffrey Kane (2012)
Kip Van de Water (2012) Joel R. Carlson (2011) Christopher Dicus (2011)
Frank Fay (2011)
Danny Fry (2011) Michael Huff (2011)
Mary Huffman (2011)
Leda Kobziar (2011)
Forsyth Stewart (2011) Randy Striplin (2011) Andi Thode (2011) Morgan Varner (2011) Guan Wang (2024) Carolyn Brianna Brochez (2022)
Brett Evans (2022)
Jose Antonio Vazquez Moris (2022)
Justin Ziegler (2022)
Jeremy Surprenant (2019) Theodore Adams (2018)
Renaldo Josue Salazar Arroyo (2018) Brian W Benscoter (2018)
Monica Rother (2017)
Monique Wynecoop (2017)
Sarah Garcia Castro (2016) Rick Mowery (2016) Gregory Cohn (2015)
Zeb Weese (2015) James Archiniega (2014) John Scasta (2014) Adam Watts (2014)
Troy Hershberger (2012) Cody Stropki (2012) Yvonne Warren (2012) Philip Le Compte (2011)
Steven Q. Croy (2011)
Alison E. Dean (2011)
Chad Hoffman (2011) Crystal Kolden (2011)
Vic Morfin (2011)
James M. Roberts (2011)
Monique Rocca (2011)

SENIOR FUELS SCIENTIST

Eric Knapp (2020)

senior fire ecologist

Jennifer M. Croft (2021, 2024) Paul F. Hessburg (2011, 2024) Sharon M. Hood (2024) Kurt F. Kipfmueller (2024) Daniel M. Leavell (2018, 2021, 2024) Susan Prichard (2024) Scott Stephens (2011, 2024) Gregory K Dillon (2021) Kevin M. Robertson (2020) Julie Korb (2018) Joe H. James Scott (2018) David M. Engle (2016) Ron Masters (2016) Christopher Dicus (2015) Tom Zimmerman (2012) Louisa Evers (2012) James (Jim) Agee (2011)
Timothy Ingalsbee (2011)
Robert E. Keane (2011)
Penelope (Penny) Morgan (2011)
Brian P. Oswald (2011) Jan van Wagtendonk (2011) Peter Mark Brown (2018) William Matthew Jolly (2016)
Emily Heyerdahl (2015) Merrill Kaufmann (2014) Sandra Rideout-Hanzak (2013) Jay Miller (2012)
Melanie Miller (2012)
Geoff Babb (2011)
Mark Shiery (2011)
Neil Sugihara (2011)
Robin Wills (2011)