Okaloosa County BOCC — November 4, 2012 — RW Management Group — reading text

City of Green Bay – Fire Chief Jim Schmitt, Mayor (920) 448-3005 Village of Mukwonago – Village Administrator James Wagner, Former Village President 262-363-6420 Village of Whitefish Bay – Village Manager and Police Chief Katie Pritchard, Former Village President James Grassman, Former Village Manager (414) 962-6690 Village of Bellevue – Village Administrator Karen Simons, Clerk/Treasurer (920) 468-5225 Additional references can be provided upon request. RW Management Group, Inc. 11  OKALOOSA COUNTY, FL COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT STAFF BIOGRAPHIES Jeffrey R. Roemer, CPM Principal Officer RW Management Group, Inc. Professional Summary Mr. Roemer has an extensive background in the Public Safety area. For more than 30 years he has served with municipal governments in various duties, including Fire Chief for the City of Menasha, WI. Before serving with the City of Menasha, he was Public Safety Director for the Village of Allouez, WI. He has worked in nearly all facets of Public Safety, as a Police Officer, Firefighter, and Emergency Medical Technician, and as a supervisor and department head in each of the disciplines. As Police and Fire Chief, Mr. Roemer was responsible for all activities in the municipal Public Safety environment. He has provided departmental support for planning and implementing Information Systems, Dispatch Centers, Emergency Operations Centers, Budgeting, Shared Services, and Command Post and ICS operations, along with many other administrative and supervisory duties. His broad knowledge base allows a unique perspective and understanding of the varied requirements found in the municipal environment. Serving at this level of the organization provided Mr. Roemer with the opportunity to recommend, plan and manage change within the organization and often times, outside of his organization. As a Public Safety Consultant, Mr. Roemer has been a project manager for numerous Public Safety related organizational, communication, dispatch center, consolidation, information system, operational, and emergency operation center projects. Mr. Roemer has served as Interim Public Safety Director and Fire Chief for several agencies in the last 10 years, including the City of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Mr. Roemer also serves as an active member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the Wisconsin Society of Public Managers, the American Academy of Public Managers, and the Associated Public Safety Communications Organizations. Mr. Roemer’s knowledge of Public Safety in a municipal setting has gained him recognition both at a local and national level. He has served as Secretary-Treasurer to the Great Lakes Division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Past President of the Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Managers and numerous other positions with Police, Fire and Rescue Boards and Committees. Mr. Roemer has been recognized as the 2001 “Manager of the Year” by the Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Managers. Education Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Associate Degree in Police Science National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Graduate University of Wisconsin Certified Public Manager Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command Graduate RW Management Group, Inc. 12  OKALOOSA COUNTY, FL COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT Martin DeLoach Senior Consultant RW Management Group, Inc. Professional Summary Mr. DeLoach has worked with the fire service and emergency management for the past 30 years. He has experience as a Hazardous Materials Specialist leading a team that protected over a half a million people in Southeast Michigan. Mr. DeLoach has experience working as a Fire Marshal and has served on several codes adoption committees for the State of Michigan. He served as a Fire Chief for ten years in both a career department and a large combination fire department. Mr. DeLoach worked on the Wayne County Emergency Management Team as a Hazardous Materials Leader and Chairman of the Downriver Mutual Aid for Fire. Mr. DeLoach has been an instructor for the Michigan Hazardous Materials Center. He has also worked with Solutia Chemical training their plant response team. He has worked as an adjunct faculty member of the Fire Service Staff and Command School at Eastern Michigan University. Marty has developed curriculum for Solutia, the Regional Alliance for Firefighters Training and Eastern Michigan. Marty has been elected to several leadership roles during his tenure in the fire service. He is a past President of the Southeastern Michigan Fire Chiefs. He has been a member of the board of the Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs. He also was elected to represent Michigan on the Board of the Great Lakes Division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. He also works with the National Fallen Firefighters Courage to be safe program and the Regional Alliance for Firefighters Training Marty has experience in personnel matters writing and reviewing personnel handbooks, employee benefits, fair labor standards act, overtime review/analysis, financial planning, healthcare solutions, strategic planning, employee time off, contract negotiation and employee grievances. He brings a wealth of experience from his role as a Fire Chief for a career union department and a combination department. In addition he served in an equivalent role as a City Manager with responsibility for all the functions that pertain to a City Manager working as the Chief Executive Officer of a Fire Authority that was a separate municipality in Michigan. Education Henry Ford Community College Associates of Science Fire Science Associates of Arts Political Science Madonna University Bachelors of Science, Fire Science Eastern Michigan University Masters of Arts, Interdisciplinary Technology Michigan State Police Arson Investigation School Tustin Specialist in Hazardous Materials Certified Fire Inspector Licensed Paramedic RW Management Group, Inc. 13  OKALOOSA COUNTY, FL COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT Edmund M. Henschel General Manager/Senior Consultant RW Management Group, Inc. Professional Summary Ed Henschel is the General Manager for RW Management Group, Inc. Prior to joining RW Management Group he served as a city administrator and village manager for 27 years, serving municipalities in Wisconsin and Michigan. He also has 12 years of municipal consulting experience conducting department operation reviews and labor negotiations. As a consultant he has specialized in shared service and consolidation studies as well as management reviews for a wide range of municipal departments. Ed successfully created one of the first consolidated police departments in Michigan in the 1970s. Since then he has been involved in a number of consolidation projects throughout the Midwest, both as a municipal manager and a consultant. He has also written articles and spoken at state, regional and national conferences on this subject. As a labor negotiator he has represented management to bargain contracts with unions representing a number of different departments of various sizes. He negotiated the first as well as successor contracts for a newly created consolidated fire department. He also has negotiated a very complex contract to transition municipal employees from a private pension fund to a state Retirement System. As a result of his many years managing municipal governments, Ed has extensive experience with personnel matters, overtime analysis, department operations, strategic planning, budgeting, financial planning, strategic planning and municipal recruitment. In addition to his responsibilities as a consultant, Ed also serves as the Executive Director of the Wisconsin City/County Management Association. He is also a member of the International City/County Management Association, the Milwaukee Area Municipal Employers Association and is on the board of directors of the Public Policy Forum, which conducts regional public policy analysis and is on the Advisory Board for the Masters in Public Administration Program at Northern Illinois University and teaches graduate level course at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Education Central Michigan University Bachelor of Science in Education Master of Arts in Political Science University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management - Management Training Program Federal Emergency Management Agency – Emergency Management Response Training Numerous association and agency seminars RW Management Group, Inc. 14  OKALOOSA COUNTY, FL COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT Cullen Peltier Senior Consultant RW Management Group, Inc. Professional Summary Mr. Peltier has worked in Emergency Management for 12 years, including 10 years with Brown County, WI. As Emergency Management Director his primary responsibilities include emergency planning, fiscal/grant management, project management, and intergovernmental and public relations. He also has had primary responsibility for managing the Homeland Security Grant Program for Brown County. As a consultant for FEMA and Community Research Associates, Mr. Peltier used his knowledge of Emergency Management and adult education to review grant proposals for new courses. Peltier strategically reviewed the courses to ensure that they would be beneficial for local Police, Fire, EMS, Public Works, and other emergency responders. Peltier also served as the President of the Wisconsin Emergency Management Association (WEMA). During his tenure, he focused on raising the level of professionalism of Emergency Management statewide. He increased awareness of Emergency Management among statewide first responder organizations while building membership. As WEMA President, he often presented at statewide conferences such as the WEMA Conference, the Governor’s Conference, and the County Highway Commissioner’s Conference. He has on multiple occasions represented WEMA during Congressional visits with the Administrator of Wisconsin Emergency Management. Cullen Peltier has written Hazmat Reimbursement Policies, emergency management plans, and evacuation plans. He has developed numerous tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises that were fully compliant with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP). For many of the exercises he also served as the exercise director. Peltier remains very active at the State and Local Levels. He is currently a member of State NIMS Advisory Committee, the Brown County Fire Chief’s Association, the Brown County EMS Council, The Brown County Community Corrections Relations Board, and the Brown County Local Emergency Committee. He currently co-chairs his local Area Maritime Security Committee and is vice-chair of the Brown County Emergency Food and Shelter Board. He also served on Expert Panels that assisted with the development of