Chief John Tippett
John Tippett joined the Foundation in April 2018 as the Director of Fire Service Programs, after a 44-year career in the fire service.
Philicia McCauley
Financial Manager
Ed Klima
Managing Director, First Responder Center for Excellence for Reducing Line of Duty Deaths and Injuries
Susan Proels
Director of Marketing Susan Proels joined the Foundation in October 2015 and serves as the Director of Marketing. She works, in conjunction with the entire foundation team, to promote the programs, services, events and information that supports our efforts to assist the American fire service community. Susan retired from the Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical […]
JoEllen Kelly
JoEllen Kelly, Ph.D. is a project manager for the Everyone Goes Home® program. Her areas of oversight cover several of the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives (FLSI), including Behavioral Health (13), the Research Agenda (7), Occupational Medicine (6), and Risk Management (3). She is the administrator of the Vulnerability Assessment Program (VAP), and editor/author of […]
Rick Best
Rick Best is a nationally recognized leader in firefighter health and safety. He has more than 20 years of experience in fire service training, program development, and public speaking, and currently serves as Everyone Goes Home® Advocate Program Manager for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. In that role, Rick oversees a system of more than […]
Evelyn Hawkins
Fire Program Assistant
Dave Statter
Dave Statter is a communications consultant with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Dave has been involved with NFFF since 1996 when he began hosting the Memorial Weekend telecasts. Dave’s wife Hillary Howard of WTOP Radio has shared the hosting duties since 1999. Starting in 2010 Dave also became the executive producer of the telecasts and […]
Amy Tippett
Amy Tippett has been a consultant for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation since 2013 working on special projects and social media. She has more than 20 years of non-profit experience working for the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and The Nature Conservancy. She lives with her husband and her Bluetick […]
Sonya Roth
Sonya Roth joined the Foundation in 2012 as the Event Coordinator and Travel Manager. She coordinates travel on behalf of the Foundation and serves as the liaison between our firefighter community and travel agency. As Event Coordinator, she negotiates contracts with hotels and manages meeting, lodging and banquet needs. Her prior experience includes a position […]
Joe Minogue
Joe Minogue is active with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) where he serves as the Liaison to FDNY and the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors. He is a New York State NFFF Lead Advocate in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Joe currently is the Stair Climb coordinator for the National Stair Climb in New York […]
Billy Hinton
Program Manager
