Board of Advisors

The Firesafety Board of Advisors meets annually to discuss current issues with the WPI faculty and administration, and submits its recommendations and reports to the president of the Institute and to the director of WPI's Center for Firesafety Studies.

George E. Toth (Chairman)
Senior Vice President
The RJA Group
Carl F. Baldassarra
President
Schirmer Engineering Corp.
April Berkol
Director
Environmental Health, Fire & Life Safety
Craig L. Beyler
Technical Director
Hughes Associates, Inc.
David D. Evans
Executive Director
Society of Fire Protection Engineers
Odofike A. Ezekoye, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor, Graduate Advisor
W.W. Domberger Centennial Teach. Fellow
University of Texas at Austin
Carlos Fernandez-Pello
Professor and Assoc. Dean Graduate Div.
University of California, Berkeley
Casey C. Grant, WPI '89
Assistant Vice President
Codes and Standards Administration
National Fire Protection Association
Louis Gritzo, Ph.D.
Vice President & Manager of Research
FM Global
William L. Grosshandler
Chief, Fire Research Division
NIST
David J. LeBlanc (WPI Alumnus)
Senior Project Manager
Tyco Fire & Building Products
Kathy A. Notarianni, WPI ‘86
Department head
Center for Firesafety Studies, WPI
Patrick M. O'Brien
Senior Vice President
GE Money
James Quiter
Principal
Arup
Paul E. Rivers
Product & Applications Development Specialist
3M Performance Materials
Jose L. Torero, Ph.D.
BRE Trust/RA Eng. Professor of Fire Safety Engineering
The University of Edinburgh

Emeritus Members

Paul A. Croce
Vice President & Manager of Research
FM Global Research
Dougal D. Drysdale
Reader
Fire Safety Engineering Unit
University of Edinburgh
Howard W. Emmons (deceased)
Professor Emeritus
Harvard University
Rolf H. Jensen (deceased)
Professor and FPE Department Head
Illinois Institute of Technology
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