Leonard N. Chan is the accreditation manager for the Houston Fire Department. He previously served in a similar role with the Cedar Park, TX, Fire Department. Chan serves as the chair of the Texas Consortium for Public Safety Excellence and is a principal member of the NFPA technical committee on fire analysts. He has mentored fire service-based research projects at Rice University, University of Houston (UH) and University of Texas at Austin and is an adjunct instructor for the UH Master of Public Administration program. Prior to joining the fire service, Chan served as legislative staff for the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission. He graduated magna cum laude from Rice University in political science, religious studies and history and holds a Master of Public Administration from UH.