J. Lopez
Public Member: Expiration 1/15/2029
J. Lopez, Pasadena. Served as a Forester and retired as Assistant Chief for the County of Los Angeles Fire Department Forestry Division. His work involved forest management, urban forestry, forest nursery operations and reforestation, vegetation management, habitat management and restoration, defensible space, pre-fire engineering, and implementation of the forest and chaparral best management practices. Mr. Lopez received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural-Forestry Engineering. He is a Qualified Logistics Section Chief Type 2 and 3, and an Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team past member. He responded as a member of the Burned Area Response (BAER)Team, Watershed Emergency Response Team (WERT), and as Remote Sensing Infrared Interpreter. Mr. Lopez also acted as Incident Command System (ICS) instructor for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) for Latin America and the Caribbean.
He is a member of the California Fire Safe Council Board of Directors, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Fire Advisory Committee, F&A Federal Credit Union Supervisory Committee, Society of American Foresters, California Licensed Foresters Association, and California Urban Forests Council. He has served on the Society of American Foresters National Board of Directors, chaired the Southern California Regional Area Safety Taskforce, co-chaired The Los Angeles County Weed Management Area and was a board member of the Theodore Payne Foundation. He has also volunteered for the California Fire Science Consortium Advisory Board, FIREWISE USA, and various community organizations.
He is a member of the California Fire Safe Council Board of Directors, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Fire Advisory Committee, F&A Federal Credit Union Supervisory Committee, Society of American Foresters, California Licensed Foresters Association, and California Urban Forests Council. He has served on the Society of American Foresters National Board of Directors, chaired the Southern California Regional Area Safety Taskforce, co-chaired The Los Angeles County Weed Management Area and was a board member of the Theodore Payne Foundation. He has also volunteered for the California Fire Science Consortium Advisory Board, FIREWISE USA, and various community organizations.