CPSE is governed by a five-member board of directors that includes four appointees of its two founding organizations and one at-large member representing the fire service community. The board elects a president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer, and hires an executive director to manage the commissions' day-to-day operations. Each of CPSE's dedicated board members contributes a wealth of experience and fresh ideas to the progression of the fire and emergency services industry.

Randy Bruegman, CFO, President
Fire Chief

Fresno Fire Department
911 H Street
Fresno, CA 93721
randy.bruegman@fresno.gov

Randy R. Bruegman has served as the fire chief for the City of Fresno since September 2003. He was elected as president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs in August of 2002 and has served as the president of the CPSE Board of Directors since 2003. He also serves on the editorial advisory board for Fire Chief magazine.

After beginning his career as a volunteer firefighter in Neb., Bruegman was hired as a firefighter in Ft. Collins, Colo., where he served in a variety of positions including engineer, inspector, lieutenant, captain, and battalion chief. He has served as fire chief for the City of Campbell, Cal.; the Village of Hoffman Estates, Ill.; and Clackamas (Ore.) County Fire District No. 1.

Bruegman is a noted author and lecturer on topics such as Leadership and Managing Change in the Fire Service and a contributing author of fire service literature including Fire Attack: The Strategy and Tactics of Initial Company Response; Making a Difference: The Fire Officer Role; Surviving Haz-Mat, Haz-Mat for First Responders; The Volunteer Firefighter, and A Breed Apart. He has also authored three books: Exceeding Customer Expectations, The Chief Officer: A Symbol is a Promise, and Leading and Managing in the Fire Service.

Bruegman has an associate's degree in fire science, a bachelor's degree in business, and a master's degree in management.

John Drago, CFO, Vice President
City Administrator

jdrago1@cfl.rr.com

John Drago has served for more than six years on the CPSE Board of Directors, including three years as vice president. He also is a member of the Florida Firefighters Standards, Training and Employment Council; a life member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC); and a full corporate member of both the Florida and the International City/County Management Associations.

Drago has more than 25 years of fire service experience, including service as the director of Fire Protection for Broward County, Fla. In addition, he has more than 20 years of executive management experience in local governments, including his years as the city administrator for Longwood and Okeechobee, Fla., and town manager for Golden Beach, Fla. He has written two fire service books, composed several industry-related articles, and taught many courses to fire and EMS providers on working with city managers. He formerly served on the accreditation development subcommittee of the IAFC's accreditation task force.

Mr. Drago has a master's and bachelor's degree in business administration and an associate's degree in fire and safety engineering technology.

Michael Worthington, Secretary-Treasurer
Corporate Vice President & General Manager (retired)
Global Market Operations & Strategic Communications

St. Charles, IL
mikenann@sbcglobal.net

Michael Worthington retired from Motorola Corporation as the corporate vice president and general manager of global market operations and strategic communications, but continues to support the company's activities with the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International (APCO), the Association of Fire Chiefs, and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

Worthington began his career in the fire services in 1966 as the fire chief for Pitt County, N.C., where he was responsible for the county's 21 fire districts in addition to managing the emergency communications networks. In 1971, he launched a 32-year career with Motorola as the district sales manager for state and local government for North Carolina. Worthington held various positions within the communications sector in the United States, Latin America, and Singapore, Southeast Asia.

Mr. Worthington majored in industrial and technical education at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.

Cliff Jones, CFO, Director
Chief

Tempe Fire Department
1400 East Apache Blvd.
Tempe, AZ 85280
cliff_jones@tempe.gov

Cliff Jones is a member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and was a past president of the Western Fire Chiefs Association (WFCA).

Jones' more than 39 years of fire service experience includes 22 years as the fire chief for Tempe, Ariz. During his tenure, the Tempe Fire Department was among the first five departments accredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI). In 1997, he received the Career Fire Chief of the Year Award from Fire Chief magazine.

Jones has a master's degree in public administration, a bachelor's degree in political science, and an associate's degree in fire science. He also completed Harvard University's program for senior executives in state and local government in 1999.

Max H. Baker, Director
County Administrator, Retired

Los Alamos, NM
bakerm@lac.losalamos.nm.us

Max Baker recently retired as the county administrator of Los Alamos County, N.M.—home of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the crown-jewel of the national laboratories. During his tenure he was the county's primary negotiator in a multi-million dollar contract to provide fire department services, including EMS, to the national laboratory. Largely because of that contract's requirements, the county's fire department was one of the first five to receive Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) Accreditation.

Baker served on the CFAI from May 2006 until December 2007, when he was appointed to the CPSE Board of Directors. He also is a member of the local advisory council for the Red Cross Chapter and the board of directors for the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation, and a past member of the board for the Los Alamos Medical Center.

Baker has more than 30 years of local government experience including service in California and Missouri. He initially came to Los Alamos County in 1992 as finance director before being promoted to deputy county administrator and his present appointment as county administrator.

Baker received the William H. Hansell, Sr. & Alice Hansell Award from ICMA in 2004 for the County's Defensible Space Program and served on ICMA's Acting Manager Task Force in 2005. He has a master's degree in public administration.