Commerce Sec Ross Appoints FirstNet Board Members

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the appointment of six individuals to serve on the Board of the First Responder Network Authority, including five new members. 

• FirstNet Chair Edward Horowitz
• Chief Richard Carrizzo, Southern Platte Fire Protection District, Kansas City (MO)
• Welton Chase, Former General officer, US Army, Cyber & Army Information Technology (Signal Corps)
• Neil Cox, CEO, Repio, Inc.
• Brian Crawford, Chief Administrative Officer, City of Shreveport (LA)
• Billy Hewes, Mayor, Gulfport (MI)
• Paul Patrick, Division Director, Family Health and Preparedness, Department of Health, State of UT