Jerry Davies was named Director of Media Relations for the Farmers Insurance Group®, effective September 25, 2006.

He joined Farmers from the Personal Insurance Federation of California, a state legislative and regulatory advocacy trade association headquartered in Sacramento where he served as Director of Communications and has lobbied fire safety issues since 1995.

Davies began his career working in television as a news reporter in Miami, Florida , eventually serving as Press Secretary to the Florida Insurance Commissioner and Director of Research and Consumer Education for the Florida Insurance Department.  After leaving the Florida Department, he became a regional director and later Vice President for the Insurance Information Institute, a national trade association of insurance companies located in New York City.

He is an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America.  He serves on the Board of the Alliance for a FireSafe California and is a director on the Board of the FireSafe Council of California.  He was appointed by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve a four year term on the California State Board of Fire Services.  He is a member of the Communications Committee of the Insurance Information Network of California; a member of the Communications Committee of the Insurance Information Institute, New York, a member of the Communications Committee of the Institute for Business and Home Safety, and is a director on the Board of the Fire State Training Institute of California.

kathryn.mckee@cafsti.net

Kathryn D. McKee, SPHR, is President of Human Resources Consortia, a consultancy specializing in providing solutions to Human Resources issues. Prior to forming her own firm, she was Senior Vice President and Regional Human Resources Director for Standard Chartered Bank, Senior Vice President Human Resources for First Interstate Bank Limited, And SVP Compensation and Benefits at First Interstate Bancorp.

Previously, McKee had been Manager, Corporate Compensation; Director, Equal Employment Opportunity; and Director, Management Development at Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corp.  She also served as Director, Industrial Relations for Cal Custom/Hawk Division, Orion Industries, and Manager, Corporate Compensation at Mattel, Inc.

McKee is a member of the Board of Trustees of the UCSB Foundation; a Director on the Boards of Old Spanish Days and the American Red Cross, Santa Barbara Chapter. She serves on the City of Santa Barbara's Civil Service Commission, the 2009-2010 County of Santa Barbara Civil Grand Jury and is a member of the Human Resources Committee for the Board of the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics.

Rock.Zierman@cafsti.net 

Rock Zierman, has served as chief executive officer of the California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA), since October 2002. Prior to being appointed CEO, Rock served as both the Director of Public Affairs for the California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA), and the Executive Director of the California Natural Gas Producers Association (CNGPA), a wholly owned subsidiary organization of CIPA.

Rock recommends and implements policy for the Association's 50 member Board of Directors. He serves as chief spokesperson for the Association and coordinates all of its state and national legislative activities.

Prior to joining CIPA, Rock served as Chief of Staff to Assemblyman Mike Briggs (Fresno). Rock has also served in the offices of Assembly members Chuck Quackenbush (San Jose), Tom Bordonaro (Paso Robles), and Robert Prenter (Hanford). Rock graduated from Santa Clara University with a business degree in economics.

jdc@cafsti.net 

John David Cameron is a business entrepreneur, artist, writer and former United States Marine who  brings specialized training program development and community relations skills to the FSTI board.

Honorably discharged from the Corps, John has built and presided over companies in the entertainment, manufacturing, and executive security industries. John's community service projects are numerous.  His recent efforts promoting self reliance through emergency preparedness and training has resulted in the creation of the FSTI Hollister Ranch Training Center offering wildfire training to volunteers throughout the state.

Over the past decade John has worked with his brother, James on productions such as Avatar, Last Mysteries of Titanic, Aliens of the Deep and Ghosts of the Abyss  John is currently involved in creating a health organization to raise public awareness surrounding nicotine addiction.