TIMELINE of IAWF PRESIDENTS
IAWF Board planning session in Plymouth, MA., prior to the Cohesive Strategy Conference.
Forest Service, Department of Interior and Association of Fire Ecology. We are working on agreements with Australia (pending) and others. In the next two years, we aim to extend our impact through partnering with many countries much like we did through Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference in Australia, France and the United States. We will extend regional work into Canada in the near future as we anticipate taking over organizing the Canadian Wildland Fire Conference in 2021. We see greater potential to work with partners in New Zealand, across the European Union, South Africa, Indonesia, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Mexico and China—but we need to more actively recruit members in these regions who want to be part of our Association.
A Sense of Belonging
IAWF strives to create a sense of belonging among our diverse geographically dispersed wildland fire community members by sharing knowledge, convening and developing a sense of inclusiveness. This includes a sense of shared solidarity in who we are and the values we uphold. Our ad hoc committee on Diversity and Inclusion is striving to set a standard for others in the wildland fire community to follow as we address issues related to sexual harassment and workplace misconduct. In the coming two years, our inclusivity mission will extend questions of inclusivity into workforce resilience, especially in the face of new generational demands for quality of life and the looming challenge of dealing with an extended fire season that promises to stretch into a whole calendar year. Looking within our organizations to see how we can create greater resilience and among our people will be essential to career longevity and a sustainable workforce.
We – as new president and past-president – very much look forward to the next two years and what we can accomplish together.
2020
TODDI STEELMAN
2019 2018
ALEN SLIJEPCEVIC
2017 2016 2015 2014
TOM ZIMMERMAN
2013 2012
DAN BAILEY
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
CHUCK BUSHEY
2006 2005 2004
DICK MANGAN
2003 2002 2001 2000
BRUCE SUENRAM
1999 1998
MIKE DEGROSKY
(2020- ) NORTH CAROLINA (USA)
(2018-2019) VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA)
(2014-2017) IDAHO (USA)
(2012-2013) MONTANA (USA)
(2007-2011) MONTANA (USA)
(2004-2006) MONTANA (USA)
(2000-2003) MONTANA (USA)
(1998-1999) MONTANA (USA)
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