Employees
William Turner : Director
William R Turner comes to Campbell County
having served the past ten plus years as Butler County, Ohio’s
Emergency Management Director.
Turner spent the prior ten years serving as the Area 10
Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator for the Kentucky
Division of Disaster and Emergency Services (DES). He is a graduate
of Owsley County High School and Eastern Kentucky University.
Mr. Turner has a broad background in
emergency management and emergency services having worked as Owsley
County DES Director prior to working for Kentucky State Government.
Turner has also served as Chairman of the Owsley County Chapter of
the American Red Cross, Chairman of the Owsley County Local
Emergency Planning Committee, as both President and
Secretary/Treasurer of the Owsley County Rescue Squad, Chief of the
Booneville-Owsley County Fire Department and Secretary of the Owsley
County Fire District Board of Trustees. Turner was also a member of
the Kentucky Emergency Management Assistance Committee for the state
of Kentucky and served on the Governors Health Care Reform Round
Table on Emergency Management and Medical Services.
While serving as Area Coordinator,
Turner led the response to thirteen separate Presidential Disaster
Declarations which included floods, tornado’s and winter storms. As
Area Coordinator, Turner coordinated eight county emergency
management agencies and supervised eight county EMA Directors. While
serving as Owsley County director Turner obtained funds and
supervised construction of the Owsley County Emergency Management
Center and gained county funding for both the county EMA program and
the county rescue squad.
Mr. Turner has
been recognized for his work in being named Outstanding Employee of
the Year with in the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs in
1991, the Meritorious Service Award by the Kentucky Division of
Disaster and Emergency Services in 1998 and named the Volunteer of
the Decade by the Owsley County Emergency Management Agency in 1995.
Ron Schneider : Deputy Director
Under Development
John Griswold : Deputy Director
Native resident of Campbell County, John has served as a Volunteer Fire Fighter for 12 years with the Highland Heights Volunteer Fire Department, Weather spotter for 10 years with a national weather research and education group. John maintains the technical operations of the EMA office. including UASI assets, Outdoor Warning Systems and Communication systems. John also trained at the USAF/USCG Inland Search And Rescue Program (NASAR) in TRACOM VA.