Chris Anthony is the Founder and CEO of FireWERX, where he leads a cross-sector effort to modernize wildfire preparedness, response, and resilience by accelerating the adoption of technology and innovation for the fire service.​​​

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Kristen McGee is Chief of Staff at FireWERX, where she serves as the CEO's principal partner, driving execution of strategy across operations, partnerships, and priority initiatives within a growing network of public, private, and non-profit partners. 

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Shivani is Director of Grants & Operations at FireWERX, where she leads organizational operations, financial stewardship, and grant management in support of the Fire Innovation Strategy. She oversees the systems and processes that enable FireWERX to responsibly deploy philanthropic capital, support public and private partners, and scale pilot-to-adoption pathways.

Tracy Mallard is the Director of Federal Partnerships at FireWERX, where she collaborates with federal agencies to cultivate a shared vision and scale operationally relevant science and technology to address national-scale wildfire challenges and ensure near-term return on investment.

Thomas Olavson advises FireWERX on innovation programs and technology evaluation as a pro bono consultant through Google's AI Collaborative: Wildfires initiative.  Thomas is a Senior Director of data science at Google, where he currently leads modeling & analysis for the Cloud Programs Office (special projects for the Cloud CEO). 

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Jackie Williams is the Director of Local Partnerships and Special Projects at FireWERX, where she serves as the primary liaison for local government partnerships, assists them to implement Fire Innovation Units, identifies Pilot-to-Scale opportunities, and leads special projects to advance FireWERX’s innovation strategy.

Saerin Cho is the fractional General Counsel to FireWERX, providing strategic legal leadership across risk management, contracts, compliance, and nonprofit governance to support its mission and operations.

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Haley is Deputy Director of Grants & Operations at FireWERX, where she leads FireWERX’s grants, operations, and Pilot-to-Scale Pathways work, while helping translate strategy into implementation across projects, partners, and funding streams. Haley manages catalytic funding mechanisms, grant-funded initiatives, pilot project operations, partner coordination, and internal systems.

John is the Technology Transfer Liaison for FireWERX, where he supports shared learning across Fire Innovation Units and helps agencies  identify, evaluate, and implement innovative solutions that improve wildfire preparedness, response, and community resilience. 

Katherine is a Program Success Manager for Wildfire Innovation at the Stanford Sustainability Accelerator, where she builds and manages the Stanford–FireWERX partnership, helping to scale university wildfire research-backed technologies through FireWERX's pilot-to-scale innovation pathways.

Jana is the Senior Communications Manager at FireWERX, where she leads the organization’s communications strategy and shapes how FireWERX communicates its work and impact to strengthen partner engagement and advance innovation across the fire service.

Lindsey is the Senior Manager for Program Operations, where she supports the development of systems and processes while fostering international partnerships that advance FireWERX's programs and global footprint.