CDF Communiqué Personnel Transactions

Revised Version—October 23, 2001
CDF Communiqué Personnel Transactions
Personnel Transactions will be placed on the Internet and linked to the Intranet
on a quarterly basis. The Public Affairs Office Receptionist, Andrea Clayton, will
continue to gather and prepare the transactions for the Communiqué. Personnel
staff submit personnel transactions for each unit. Check with your personnel
office if you are missing from these transactions.
SACRAMENTO HEADQUARTERS
Appointments: Livia Page to Staff Services Manager I, Budgets; Arleeta
Krowlikowski to Senior Information Systems Analyst, Information Technology;
Andréa Clayton to Office Assistant, Linda Cano to Secretary, Public Affairs;
Kim Spire to Office Technician, Legal; Marc VanZuuk to Transportation Surveyor
Party Chief, John Gilmore to Assistant Land Surveyor, Eric Trotter to Capital
Outlay Coordinator, Mike Duggan to Assistant Civil Engineer, Ray Gallagher to
Associate Mechanical Engineer, Technical Services; Dennis Ryan to Hazardous
Substances Scientist, CUPA Program, Sylvia Gauntlett and Michele DaRonco to
Office Technician, Leslie Billington to Deputy State Fire Marshal III, Code
Enforcement, Caroline Fudge to Office Technician and Brian Breech to

Management Services Technician, State Fire Training Office of the State Fire
Marshal.
Promotions: Florrie Matsueda to Staff Services Manager I, Michelle Sanchez to
Staff Services Analyst, Budgets; Laurie Poole to Staff Services Analyst,
Information Technology; Randy Roxson to Assistant Deputy Director, Gini
Krippner to Division Chief, Ernie Paez to Deputy State Fire Marshal III, Tony
Guevara to Deputy State Fire Marshal III, Rich Arciniega to Deputy State Fire
Marshal III, Lorainne Golbach to Management Services Technician, Office of the
State Fire Marshal; Rich Schell to Staff Chief Fire Plan, John King and Marvin
Hopper to Division Chief, Jeff Harter and Steve Beightler to Battalion Chief, Bob
Monsen to Deputy Chief, Fire Protection.
Transfers: Deputy State Fire Marshal III Pat Sanchez from West Covina to Fire
Engineering, Deputy State Fire Marshal III Dan Najera from West Covina to
Health Facilities Inspection, Deputy State Fire Marshal III Ingrid Icasiano from
San Leandro to Code Enforcement, Office of the State Fire Marshal; Secretary
Alisha Herring from Public Affairs and Dispatcher Clerk Glenn Jenkins from San
Diego Unit to Fire Protection.
Separations: Staff Services Manager Ed Lee, Budgets.

Retirements: Deputy State Fire Marshall III James Tringham, Code
Enforcement, Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Deaths: CDF Archaeologist Mark Gary passed away on June 6, 2001; Retired
Office Technician Wanda Phillips passed away on May 20, 2001.
NORTHERN REGION
Appointments: Avery Parsegian to Staff Services Analyst, Dale Ludwick to
Carpenter II, Mary Ziviello to Office Technician, Mara Johnson and Jeffrey Taylor
to Office Assistant/Typing, Maxine Miller to Program Technician, Caren Eby to
Secretary, John Whatford to Associate State Archaeologist, Johnnie Etheridge to
Electrician, Northern Region Headquarters; Mark Sherrill to Heavy Fire
Equipment Operator, Joseph Madsen, Garrett Quigley, Todd Garber, Abel
Ascencio, Nikole Tippit, James Derington, Matt Caudill, Scott McClean, Cheylse
Jenkins, Garrett Sjolund, Zachary Hawkins, Callie Zimmerlee, and John Mattos
to Fire Apparatus Engineer, Butte Unit; Michael Bradley to Forester I, Dawn
Pederson to Forestry Assistant II, Humboldt-Del Norte Unit; Johnathan Zulliger,
Misty Cary, Homer Garza, Dino Rogersto, Adam Lambert, and Montgomery
Smith to Fire Apparatus Engineer, Douglas King and Daniel McKinley to Heavy
Fire Equipment Operator, Lynn Webb to Forester I, Ina Ford to Office Assistant,
Janet Riggs to Account Clerk II, Mendocino Unit.

Promotions: Wayne Mitchell to Assistant Region Chief, Administration,
Terry Stinson and Randy Lyle to Battalion Chief, Kerry Bradford Jameison to
Secretary, Alleah Haley to Forester II, Suzanne Lang to Research Program
Specialist I, GIS, William Snyder to Assistant Chief, Kimberly Witcher to Forestry
Assistant II, Northern Region Headquarters; Brian Alderman, Gerald Brownell,
Phillip Keen, Michael Lopez, William Sannar, Todd Tindill, and Shannon Garrett
to Fire Captain A, Butte Unit; Dave Short to Battalion Chief, Kevan Fox and Kurt
Dernedde to Fire Captain, Brian Morrison, Mike McFarren, and Orlando Payne to
Permanent Fire Apparatus Engineer, Janis Rohl to Office Technician, Humboldt-
Del Norte Unit; Anthony Richardson to Assistant Chief, Administration, James
Davis and Dean Watson to Battalion Chief, Adam Frese to Forester I, Craig
Pedersen to Forester II, David Hotchkiss to Fire Captain A, Joshua White,
Andrew Glover, Anthony Grim, Kyle Brett Pinson, and George Silva to Fire
Captain B, Mendocino Unit.
Transfers: Battalion Chief Steven McLean from Lassen-Modoc Unit,
Telecommunications System Analyst II Daniel Ramirez and Associate Civil
Engineer Michael Scarbrough from Sacramento Headquarters, and Office
Technician Jo Harmon from Office of the State Fire Marshal, to Northern Region
Headquarters; Forester I Bruce Beck from San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit to
Humboldt-Del Norte Unit; Fire Apparatus Engineer George Silva from Madera-
Mariposa-Merced Unit to Mendocino Unit; Fire Captains William Barrett and
Robert Decosta, Fire Apparatus Engineer Michael McDonough from Madera-

Mariposa-Merced Unit, to Santa Clara Unit; Fire Captain Guy Daniels from
Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit to Shasta-Trinity Unit.
Separations: Receptionist Tom Porter and Staff Services Analyst Gerry
Aberbek, Northern Region Headquarters; Office Technician Diane Fales
Humboldt-Del Norte Unit.
Retirements: Fire Captain Richard “Wayne” Kyle, Forester I Sherby Sanborn,
from Northern Region Headquarters; Forester II Danny Walters, from Northern
Operations Center; Heavy Equipment Operator Mervyn Goforth and Fire Captain
B Jeffery Judson from Parlin Fork Conservation Camp, Forester I D. Gary Roach,
Mendocino Unit; Fire Captain Brian Burger Humboldt-Del Norte Unit.
Deaths: Associate State Archaeologist, Mark Gary from Northern Region
Headquarters passed away on June 6, 2001; Fire Apparatus Engineer, David
Ray from San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit passed away on July 26, 2001.
SOUTHERN REGION
Appointments: Fred Batchelor to Assistant Region Chief, Operations, Southern
Region; Craig Forsythe to Fire Captain, Daneil Segale to Heavy Fire Equipment
Operator, Tori Keith to Dispatcher Clerk, Albert Ybarra, Eugene Potkey, Erik
Johnson, Rhonda Spaulding, Steve Ward, Catherine Frazer, Glen Riggs, Michael

Weidner, Preston Fouts, Mark Simmons, Alex King, and Mike Steineke to Fire
Apparatus Engineer, Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit; James Scales to Fire
Apparatus Engineer, Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit.
Promotions: Stan Craig to Unit Chief, Paul Helm to Assistant Chief, Patrick
Kerrigan to Deputy Chief, Roger Simms and Jon Brothers to Battalion Chief,
Orville Fleming, Mike Van Loben Seis, and Mike Mills to Fire Captain, Madera-
Mariposa-Merced Unit; Matthew Dunham to Fire Captain “B”, Renny LeRoy to
Assistant Chief (Supervisory), Joseph Kilgore, Richard Coronado, and Eric Jack
to Fire Captain, Jeff Sanders, Vince Bergland, Ken Warnock, and Marlo
Hernandez to Fire Captain A, Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit.
Transfers: Fire Captain Sherry Schummer from Fresno-Kings Unit, Fire Captain
John Robbins, Jr. from Santa Clara Unit, Fire Captain John Sanders from San
Bernardino Unit, Fire Captain Ed Barajas from Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit,
Battalion Chief William C. Todd, from CDF University to Tuolumne-Calaveras
Unit; Fire Captain Manual Guerro from Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit to San
Benito-Monterey Unit; Dispatcher Clerk Autumn Romberg from Madera-
Mariposa-Merced Unit to Southern Region Headquarters.
Separations: Dispatcher Clerks Cherly Flournoy, Julie Freeman, Cherie
Mentzer Dineen, and Alicia Moore, Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit.

Retirement: Fire Captain B John ‘Rick’ Self, Vallecito Conservation Camp,
Fire Captain B Joseph Padilla and Heavy Fire Equipment Operator Gary Brunius,
Baseline Conservation Camp, Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit;
Fire Apparatus Engineers Richard Boyle and Tom Lueck, Battalion Chief Eugene
Strand, Fire Captain George Haussman, and Division Chief Chris Schrowe,
Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit.
Deaths: Retired Radio Technician Julian “Jerry” Faas from the Fresno Region
Office passed away on July 26, 2001; Retired Firefighter I Richard “Shim”
Shimabukura from San Benito-Monterey Unit passed away on July 8, 2001; Fire
Captain Mitch Pedersen from San Benito-Monterey Unit passed away on July 4,
2001; Retired Fire Captain Chuck French from Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit
passed away on July 3, 2001; Retired Division Chief Frank Villalovos from San
Bernardino Unit passed away on June 29, 2001; Retired Southern Region Chief
Rex Griggs passed away on June 29, 2001; Retired Fire Captain Jim Trammell
from San Luis Obispo/Tulare Units passed away on June 23, 2001; Firefighter I
Chuck Wallace from San Benito-Monterey Unit passed away on June 11, 2001;
Retired Fire Captain Wayne Green from San Diego Unit passed away on June 3,
2001; Firefighter II Wayne Lucas from Riverside Unit passed away on April 24,
2001.