Michael Leo is a captain with the FDNY. While earning a bachelor’s degree in fire and emergency management at John Jay College, Leo studied the expanding role of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for use in emergency management. He has presented his work at the NFPA annual conference, AUVSI XPOTENTIAL conference and the International Research Society for Public Management’s annual conference in Budapest, Hungary. Leo represents the FDNY as a member of the NFPA 2400 technical committee, the National Council on Public Safety for UAS and several robotic joint-working groups.