Reginald D. Freeman is the fire chief/emergency management director for Hartford, CT. Previously, he served as the international fire chief for Lockheed Martin and as a civilian fire chief in Iraq for the U.S. Department of Defense. He holds a bachelor’s degree in leadership from Bellevue University and a master’s degree in executive fire service leadership from Grand Canyon University. Freeman is pursuing his doctorate in organizational leadership. He also is a graduate and Fellow of Harvard University’s Senior Executives for State & Local Government program at the Kennedy School of Government. He served as the chair of the Industrial Fire and Life Section for the International Association of Fire Chiefs. Freeman serves on the board of directors for NFPA. He is an adjunct professor for Anna Maria College and the University of Florida, where he lectures in both undergraduate and graduate fire science and public administration programs.