Debra Jarvis:  

Life Debra J. Jarvis is a retired fire chief with 28 years fire service experience in Indianapolis and the Chicago suburbs. In 1996 she was among only approximately six women career fire chiefs in the country, with her most recent public safety service as Fire Chief in Oak Brook, Illinois from 1997-2003. Chief Jarvis consults, trains, and does research with public safety and not-for-profit organizations, including the Department of Homeland Security. Her expertise includes strategic planning; leadership development programs; public safety interagency coordination, budget and project management; developing and implementing hiring, recruitment and promotional systems; labor/management negotiations; and numerous diversity initiatives. Chief Jarvis is a Harvard fellow of the Senior Executives in State and Local Government program and has a Master’s degree in Leadership Studies from Lewis University, IL, a Bachelor’s degree in Management from Indiana Wesleyan Universi...Expand for more