The beginning of March brought the conclusion of another Excellence Conference. Again this year, we saw record attendance with close to 900 people. It was wonderful to see so many people and have the hallways filled with folks from the global CPSE community.Joint...
CPSE President Mary Cameli, CFO CPSE Corner recently sat down with the CPSE's new President Mary Cameli, CFO, who is the Fire Chief of Mesa Fire and Medical in Arizona, to learn more about her career and thoughts on the future of CPSE.CPSE Corner: What was...
Tiffany Green is the chief of the Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department, located in Largo, Maryland, one of the largest combination fire departments in the nation. She has served the Department for over 27 years and has...
In February 2023, for the first time, the Commission on Professional Credentialing® (CPC®) surpassed 3,000 credentialed professionals. At 3,063 designations, this is the highest number of credentialed professionals CPC has ever awarded. Formed in 2000 to...
Jim White, CFO, has joined the Center for Public Safety Excellence as the Program Manager for the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI).Jim recently served as the Director of the Fire Rescue Institute for the Valencia College School of...
The CPSE Board of Directors welcomes three new members, Fire Chief Derek Bergsten (CFO, CEMSO, CTO, PIO), Poudre (CO) Fire Authority, City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz, Redwood City (CA), and Fire Chief Alec Oughton (CFO) from Henrico County (VA) Division...
Jeff PomeranzPresidentCPSE Board of Directors Jeff Pomeranz is the city manager for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is the first non-fire service president of the Board of Directors for the Center for Public Safety Excellence. As he reaches the end of his term, CPSE Corner...
The CPSE appoints Ashley McDonald to the Commission on Professional Credentialing as the representative for Public Information Officers.Ashley McDonald is the Public Relations/Communications Manager for the North America Fleet Division of FLEETCOR...
The Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) is proud to announce that it is offering the professional credential of Public Information Officer (PIO), the sixth designation available through the Commission on Professional Credentialing (CPC). This designation...
The CPSE appoints Fire Chief Hezedean Smith, to the Commission on Professional Credentialing as the representative for Career Departments.Hezedean Smith is the chief of the Charlottesville Fire Department in Virginia, an accredited agency through the...