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Neil O’Connor has 19 years of experience in the Investment Industry in both the retail and institutional markets. His areas of specialty include Asset Protection, Retirement Income Planning, Asset Accumulation, Tax Minimization and Wealth Transfer. Prior to becoming an Independent Advisor and joining LPL Financial Neil was responsible for the start-up and growth of the San Mateo Credit Union investment program with CUSO Financial Services. There he managed wealth and risk with a concentration on retirement income plans for members of the credit union including members in the public safety community. Neil provided fixed income portfolio strategies to institutions. He also managed Investment Plans as a compliment to Trust and Estate Planning at Wells Fargo Private Client Group for the banks affluent clients. Neil’s goal is to earn a long term trust relationship with his clients providing ongoing independent advice helping families and institutions make prudent investment decisions. It is through personal ongoing service that he gains a full understanding of his client’s overall financial situation.

For nearly 20 years, PWW has been the nation’s leading EMS industry law firm. PWW attorneys and consultants have decades of hands-on experience providing EMS, managing ambulance services and advising public, private and non-profit clients across the U.S.

PWW helps EMS agencies with reimbursement, compliance, HR, privacy and business issues, and provides training on documentation, liability, leadership, reimbursement and more. Visit the firm’s website at www.pwwemslaw.com.

Peggy Glenn is the founder and owner of Firefighters Bookstore in Huntington Beach, California. She has been selecting and selling books to members of the fire, rescue, and emergency services for 24 years. Peggy is an award-winning author and photographer with an encyclopedic knowledge of emergency services books and their history over the last quarter century. Peggy has spoken at many training officer’s conferences about the importance of up-to-date station libraries and promotional reference lists. For more details on Firefighters Bookstore and help in listing your department’s reading list, contact Peggy at Peggy.Glenn@FireRescue1.com.

Perry Denehy, a 20-year member of the fire-EMS community, writes ‘The Rehab Sector,’ a FireRescue1 exclusive column that will help you learn how to prepare for rehabilitation at every type of fire scene.

Learn the strategies that make a volunteer fire department successful and safe. Read veteran volunteer Ray Maguire’s column, ‘Volunteer Fire Service’ at FireRescue1.com, a great resource for all fire departments.

Chief Rob Wylie is a 29-year fire service veteran who retired as fire chief of the Cottleville FPD in St. Charles County, Missouri. Wylie has served as a tactical medic and TEMS team leader with the St. Charles Regional SWAT team for the past 19 years. He is a certified instructor and teaches at the state, local and national level on leadership, counter-terrorism and TEMS operations. Wylie graduated from Lindenwood University, the University of Maryland Staff and Command School and the National Fire Academy’s EFO Program. Connect with Wylie on LinkedIn.

Battalion Chief Robert Avsec (ret.) served with the Chesterfield (Virginia) Fire & EMS Department for 26 years. He was an instructor for fire, EMS and hazardous materials courses at the local, state and federal levels, which included more than 10 years with the National Fire Academy. Chief Avsec earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati and his master’s degree in executive fire service leadership from Grand Canyon University. He is a 2001 graduate of the National Fire Academy’s EFO Program. Beyond his writing for FireRescue1.com and FireChief.com, Avsec authors the blog Talking “Shop” 4 Fire & EMS and has published his first book, “Successful Transformational Change in a Fire and EMS Department: How a Focused Team Created a Revenue Recovery Program in Six Months – From Scratch.” Connect with Avsec on LinkedIn or via email.

Chief Ronald Siarnicki began his fire service career with the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department in 1978 and progressed through the ranks to chief. In July 2001, Chief Siarnicki retired from the Prince George’s County to become the executive director of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. He is a graduate of the master’s program, school of management and technology at the University of Maryland, University College and has a bachelor’s degree in fire science management from UMUC. Prior to joining the Prince George’s County, he served as a volunteer firefighter with the Monessen VFD Hose House 2 and currently serves with the United Communities VFD in Stevensville, Maryland. Siarnicki is a member of the FireRescue1/Fire Chief Editorial Advisory Board. Connect with Siarnicki on LinkedIn.

Samantha L. Dorm is a senior grant consultant for Lexipol, serving FireGrantsHelp.com, EMSGrantsHelp.com and PoliceGrantsHelp. She first began working as a consultant for the grants division of Praetorian Digital (now Lexipol) in 2010. Dorm has been instrumental in providing grant writing guidance to various public safety and non-profit agencies throughout the United States to enable them to obtain alternative funding as well as provide instruction on statistical compilation, analysis and program development. Dorm is a reviewer for several federal agencies and also instructs grant writing workshops.

Sarah Wilson is the Vice President of the Grant Division at Lexipol. She has been with the company since 2007 and started the Grant services division in 2009. The mission of Lexipol is to use content and technology to create safer communities and empower the men, women and organizations that serve them. Sarah’s team is responsible for generating nearly $500M in funding and currently servicing a network of 60k departments and municipalities for grant help as well as supporting 60 corporate sponsors. Prior to Lexipol, Sarah held various marketing and organizational management positions within financial services. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Davis. A west coaster her entire life, Sarah was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, raised in Southern California and currently calls Sonoma County home.