The Greene County Commission has selected Chet Hunter, 37, pictured, as the new director of the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management (OEM). He will be begin his position July 7, 2014, at a salary of $55,800.
"I am so pleased and humbled to have been offered this wonderful opportunity," Hunter said. "I know that the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management has a regional, state-wide and national reputation of excellence in the profession, and to be selected as the director at this point in my career is a dream come true for me and my family."
Hunter was most recently the emergency management director in Lawrence County, a position he has held since 2009. He also has been an EMT-B with Mercy Emergency Medical Services since 2002. He is a 2000 graduate of Baptist Bible College with a bachelor's degree and was credentialed as a Missouri Certified Emergency Manager (MoCEM) in 2010. In 2011 he received his Professional Development Certification from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Hunter is currently serving on the Region D WebEOC Administration Team, Region D Exercise Planning Team and is a MOCERT1 team member.
"Chet emerged as the best, most qualified choice from a very diverse and talented pool of candidates," Springfield City Manager Greg Burris said. "The citizens of Springfield should know that Chet brings a solid understanding of emergency management, coupled with his proven skill set to work along side city and county command staff and jurisdictions."
Chet and his wife Cortney have three children.
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