Goal 1: Listen for needs

  • of communities
  • of colleagues
  • of neighbors
  • of nature

Goal 2: Prepare

  • skills
  • teammates
  • two-way communications
  • resilience

Goal 3: Follow through

  • think globally, activate locally
  • efficiently
  • balanced
  • curiously

Goal 4: Propel

  • Parenthood
  • FD recruitment & retention
  • Rooting4STEMTM
  • Compliment & Complement
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FAMILY

  • son of Dorothy & Cliff Gulbransen; of Elsie & John Loretan and Jane & Segur Gulbransen
  • husband of Suzanne, together since 1981; father of Ryan & Leigh
  • Long Islanders, with a twist of New England
  • URI ‘82; SBU ‘84; Harvard Univ ‘88; Battelle Memorial Institute ’85-present
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EXPERIENCE

  • Environmental research 40 years
  • Corporate non-profit 37 years
  • Volunteer fire & EMS 25 years
  • Municipal positions 18 years
skills

GOVERNANCE

  • FD Captain
  • Village Trustee, Environmental Conservation Commissioner
  • County Environmental Quality Council
  • Federal Program Director
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PREPAREDNESS

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family<–>neighborhoods<–>ecosystems<–>organizations

create<–>promote<–>appreciate<–>preserve<–>improve

love<–>laugh<–>listen<–>learn<–>lead<–>let