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...
The CPSE appoints Fire Chief Otto Huber, CFO, Loveland-Symmes Fire Department, Ohio, to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International representing accredited agencies serving populations between 25,000 and 99,999.Otto Huber is the fire chief of the...
From our inception, the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) has benefited from participation by diverse groups such as the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). ICMA members serve on the CPSE Board of Directors, Commission on Fire...
The CPSE appoints Deputy Chief/Fire Marshal Thomas Maloney, Marysville Fire District, Washington, to the Commission on Professional Credentialing as the Fire Prevention representative.Tom Maloney is serving as Deputy Fire Chief/Fire Marshal for the...