After a 32-year career, Randy Hill retired from the Leawood, Kansas Fire Department in 2012 at the rank of Deputy Fire Chief. During the last 10 years of his fire service career, Randy was heavily involved in building the technical rescue capability for the Leawood FD, as well as the State of Kansas. After retiring, Randy started a non-profit company called Midwest Search & Rescue, where he served as President. In December 2015 he was hired by the Kansas Office of the State Fire Marshal to serve as the state’s first Search & Rescue Coordinator and currently serves in that position. Randy was elected to the Board of Directors in November 2016 and currently serves as the organization’s Treasurer. Randy remains active with the SUSAR organization as well as serving on the International Fire Chiefs (IAFC) US&R committee. Randy also coordinates canine issues for the SUSAR organization.

Ken Miller currently serves Clay Fire in South Bend, Indiana as a Battalion Chief. Ken has been in the fire service for 34 years serving half as a volunteer and other as a career firefighter. Ken is the Logistics Manager for the Indiana MABAS Division 201/IND2 US&R team. He has been with the team since 2006 and has served as a Rescue Specialist and now as Logistics Manager. He also serves on the Indiana Department Homeland Security Incident Management Team as a Type 3 Logistic Section Chief. As Logistic Section Chief, Ken has deployed numerous times throughout the country for large-scale events. Ken served with Indiana Task Force 1 for 3 years as a Logistics Specialist. Ken is currently a SUSAR certified Logistics Instructor. Ken holds numerous technician-level rescue certifications and is an instructor in each with the State of Indiana. Ken was elected to the board in 2019.

Mike Cannon began his career in 1975 in Colchester, Vermont as a volunteer EMT with a local Fire Department. He became a founding member of Colchester Technical Rescue. Mike maintains a Level II Technical Rescue Instructor certification for the Vermont State Fire Academy and has been instrumental in organizing and training water rescue teams in Vermont. Mike joined the Colchester Police Department in 1981, as a law enforcement officer. He was later assigned to the Marine Unit, which patrols 37 miles of international waterway on Lake Champlain. Mike held the position of Marine Supervisor, for law enforcement, for the last 25 years. Mike currently serves as the full-time Program Manager for the Vermont Department of Public Safety’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Force One. Mike also operates as the State of Vermont Emergency Management ESF9 Urban Search and Rescue Coordinator where he is responsible for the coordination of all State and local USAR and water rescue teams. He sits on various State Homeland Security Special Operations committees and is the liaison to all local teams. Mike has deployed VT-TF1, through Emergency Management and Assistance Compact request, to Hurricane Harvey, Florence and Helene. He lives in Essex, Vermont with his wife Deb and their two children. Mike was elected to the board in 2019.

Scott is the US&R and Haz Mat Program Coordinator for the State Fire Marshal at the Florida State Fire College. He entered the fire service in 1993 and has been working at the Florida State Fire College since 2000. Scott now coordinates Florida’s eight US&R Task Forces, thirty Regional Hazardous Materials Teams, and fifty Technical Rescue Teams, and seven Mutual Aid Radio Cache (MARC) Units. Scott deployed to the State EOC where he operated as US&R Specialist for Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew and as US&R Coordinator for Hurricanes Irma, Michael, and Dorian. Additionally, he is a Captain with Marion County Fire Rescue where he is the C-Shift District 5 Command Officer, the C-Shift Special Operations Officer, and a Task Force Leader with Florida US&R Task Force 8. Scott has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Florida, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Barry University, and is currently enrolled in the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy. Scott was elected to the board in 2019. 

Walt Lewis has been a firefighter since 1990, currently at the rank of District Chief for the Orlando Fire Department. He began his time as a volunteer, then later as a paid firefighter in a bedroom community fire department. In 1996, he joined the Orlando Fire Department and has served on some of the busiest units and within special operations. He is a continual student of the fire service, has contributed to works such as the State of Florida Live Fire Training Instructor curriculum, is a charter member of the Orlando Fire Conference and also a member of the FOOLS. He is also a Task Force Leader for Florida US&R Task Force 4 based out of Central Florida, having deployed several times including Surfside, Florida. Walter was elected to the SUSAR Board of Directors in May 2022 at the SUSAR-MSOC Conference in Columbia, SC. 

Doug Hargreaves grew up in New England following his father’s footsteps in the fire service. Doug entered the fire service in Kentucky himself in 1994. In 1998 Doug received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Arson, Explosion and Investigation from Eastern Kentucky University. He spent 20 years with the Lexington Fire Department (KY) retiring in 2023 as Lieutenant having served as the department’s Special Operations Executive Officer. During his career with the Lexington Fire Department, he was assigned to the Special Operations team his entire career. One of his assignments as a firefighter was on the heavy rescue company. He also served on the Ohio Task Force 1 as a Hazardous Materials Specialist. He’s also a state fire instructor who teaches technical rescue throughout the state. Doug currently works for the Division of Kentucky Emergency Management as the State Urban Search and Rescue Coordinator. He also is the co-writer of US&R legislation in 2023 that makes it mandatory for the Commonwealth of Kentucky to have a state-funded US&R team. Doug is married to his wife Rachel and has one daughter, Hannah. Doug was elected to the board in 2023.

Greg Davis was elected to the SUSAR Board of Directors in November 2024 at the National Urban Search & Rescue Conference in Orlando, Florida. He currently serves as the Director of External Operations (Specialized Response) for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA). In this role he oversees the agency’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (PA-HART) and Type 3 Incident Management Team (PA-IMT) as well as the Commonwealth’s Urban Search and Rescue System and Swiftwater/Flood Rescue Team Recognition System. Greg has an extensive background in disaster response and special operations program management. Prior to joining PEMA, he worked for the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office as the State Urban Search & Rescue Coordinator, overseeing Louisiana’s eight US&R Task Forces, and serving as the Program Manager and Planning Section Chief on the LA US&R Incident Support Team (IST). In this capacity, he played a pivotal role in coordinating and executing emergency response efforts for almost every major disaster in LA since 2012 as well as multiple out of state deployments including Hurricane’s Michael, Dorian, Harvey and the 2019 Puerto Rico Earthquakes. In addition to his civilian career, Greg continues to serve as a Captain in the Louisiana Army National Guard. He obtained both his undergraduate degree and his Master of Public Administration from Louisiana State University and has completed numerous other professional courses and certifications, to include designation as a IAEM Certified Emergency Manager.