Executive Committee Members

Butch Womack President	John Bowers 1st Vice President	Morris Russell 2nd Vice President
Alvin Payne 3rd Vice President	Ken Kerber 4th Vice President	Joe Palmer Immediate Past President

Tim Cobb Member Benefits Committee	Doug Eggiman Safety and Health Committee	Janene Schmidt Finance and Audit Committee
Jonathan Jones Training and Education Committee		Mike Sonefeld State Supervisory Committee

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The South Carolina Firefighters' Association is governed by elected officials for a term of one year or until the next annual conference at which time the positions are re-opened for elections of new officers or the successors will take their appointed positions. These officers must meet the requirements of 1) Be a Regular Member of the Association in good standing, and 2) Be a registered firefighter in the state of South Carolina. The executive members are the officers that hold the position of:

• President
• First Vice President
• Second Vice President
• Third Vice President
• Fourth Vice President

In-turn the Executive Committee will then elect an Executive Director who will act as the CEO for the Association, manage and conduct the affairs of the Association, employee and supervise staff members and approve all expenditures of the Association. The Executive Committee will then appoint:

• General Counsel
• Accountant
• Medical Director
• Chaplain

Committees

The South Carolina Firefighters' Association currently has five different designated committee categories and one "other committees" category for general Ad-hoc committees and work groups appointed by the President as necessity arises. These committees are:

• Executive Committee
• Standing Committees
  • Training and Education
  • Health and Safety
  • Finance and Audit
  • Member Benefits
  • Strategic Planning
  • Advisory
  • Legislative
• Special Committees
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Emergency Management
• State Supervisory Trustees
• Election Committee
• Other Committees

These committees consist of four to six members with the exception of the Executive Committee with five members and the State Supervisory Trustees with only three members. The members of these committees have an appointment period of one year with exception to the one appointed member to the State Supervisory Trustees Committee who has the appointment for three years.