RHSCC Members

Co-Chairs:

• Rich Noll, Assistant City Manager, Kansas City, Mo.
• Hannes Zacharias, Assistant County Manager, Johnson County, Kan.

Members:

• Dr. Rex Archer, Health Director, Public Health Dept., Kansas City, Mo.
• Mark Bradford, Chief, Lawrence Fire Department, MARCER
• Richard Carrizzo, Fire Chief, Southern Platte Fire Protection District, HOAFC
• D.A. Christian, Director, Emergency Management, Kansas City, Mo.
• Joe Connor, Health Director, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan.
• Tom Cooley, Commissioner, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan.
• James Corwin, Police Chief, Kansas City, Mo.
• Nick Crossley, Assistant Director, Johnson County Emergency Management, MEMC
• Mike Curry, Emergency Manager, Jackson County, Mo.
• Kirk Davis, City Manager, Gladstone, Mo.
• Micky Davis, Emergency Manager, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan.**
• Bryan Dehner, Fire Chief, Overland Park Fire Department
• Tom DeKeyser, Fire Chief, Kansas City, Kan.
• John Douglass, Police Chief, Overland Park, Kan.
• Mike Dunaway, Executive Director, Health Alliance of Mid-America
• Richard Dyer, Fire Chief, Kansas City, Mo.
• Bill Ebel, Deputy Public Works Director, Overland Park, Kan.
• Rita Hoffman, Emergency Manager, Olathe, Kan.
• Douglas H. Hooten, Executive Director, MAST
• Larry Jones, Health Director, Public Health Dept., Independence, Mo.
• Betty Knight, Presiding Commissioner, Platte County, Mo.
• Chuck Magaha, Emergency Management Coordinator, Leavenworth County, Kan.
• Gary Mallory, Presiding Commissioner, Cass County, Mo.
• Brad Mason, Division Chief, Johnson County Med-ACT
• Ted McFarlane, Director, MED-ACT
• Mark Owen, Captain, Platte County Emergency Management**, LEPC
• Frank Pogge, Director, Kansas City Water Department
• D.C. Rogers, Emergency Mgmt. Director, Clay County Emergency Management**
• Michael Selves, Emergency Manager, Johnson County, Kan.**
• Annabeth Surbaugh, Commission Chair, Johnson County
• Stan Swaggart, Director, Cass County Emergency Management**
• Bruce Trammell, Major, Lee's Summit Police Dept., Lee’s Summit, Mo.
• Betsy Vandervelde, President, The Family Conservancy

**Urban Area Working Group Representatives

Regional Homeland Security Coordinating Subcommittee Co-Chairs

First Responders Subcommittee:

• Tom Dailey, KCMO Police Department
• Robert Rocha, KCK Fire Department

GIS Subcommitee:

• Bob Evans, Unified Government of Wyandotte County
• Keith Shaw, City of Lee's Summit

Hospital Subcommittee:

• Carolyn Wells, St. Joseph Medical Center
• Matthew Soule, Children’s Mercy Hospital

Interoperability Subcommitttee:

• Jess McLendon, North Kansas City Police Department
• Dwight Purtle, Johnson County Communications

Law Enforcement:

• Fred Mills, Independence Police Department
• Randal Wilson, Mission Police Department

Mental Health Subcommittee:

• Susan Sollars, American Red Cross
• Betsy VanderVelde, The Family Conservancy

PASS/MEIS Subcommittee:

• Ed Pfeifer, KCMO Fire Department
• Bryan Dehner, Overland Park Fire Department

Plans Subcommittee:

• Mark Widner, Independence Fire Department
• Chuck Thacker, Grandview Fire Department

Policy Subcommittee:

• Dr. Rex Archer, Public Health Dept., Kansas City, Mo.
• Richard Dyer, KCMO Fire Department

Public Health Subcommittee:

• Joe Reed, Clay County Health Department
• Nancy Tausz, Johnson County Health Department

Regional Association of Public Information Officers:

• Irene Balstrusaitis, City of Independence, Mo.
• Tom Erickson, Johnson County, Kan., Sheriff’s Department

Training & Exercise Subcommittee:

• John Callahan, Southern Platte Fire Protection District
• Brad Mason, Johnson County Med-ACT