Leadership

Bio coming soon.

Adam Searle is a member of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept. (VVFD), Company 2, where he serves in operational leadership as the Suppression Captain. Adam is the Vice President of Operations for the Fairfax County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association and serves on the Volunteer Fire Commission.

Adam began his volunteer EMS/fire career in the United Kingdom with his local ambulance station when he became a first aid provider for his collegiate rugby team. When he moved to the United States his desire to continue as an EMS volunteer crossed the Atlantic with him.

Adam joined Vienna in 2012 and quickly expanded his qualifications to include firefighting, completing firefighter training in 2014, becoming a fire engine driver/operator in 2014, and achieving certification as a volunteer officer in 2021 holding the FCFRD operational rank of Lieutenant.

Shawn P. Stokes is the Vice President of Administration for the Fairfax County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association and Chairman of the Fairfax County Volunteer Fire Commission, a Board of Supervisors (BoS) appointment to advise the BoS and the County Fire Chief on all issues and items pertaining to the volunteer fire service in Fairfax County.

Additionally, Shawn is the Fire Chief of the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department where he leads the operations of a 70-member department. A second-generation member of the fire service, Shawn has been with Dunn Loring for 25 years and has previously served as Treasurer, Secretary and President.

Shawn has spent 20 years in national and international fire service policy with a focus on wildland, volunteer and technology issues including development and evaluation of leadership, recruitment, and retention programs for volunteer fire departments. Additionally, he is a subject matter expert representing the fire service in the cooperative purchasing space working with a major national cooperative purchasing program helping them expand in the public safety market.

He has a Masters of Aeronautical Science in Aviation Operations and a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Business Administration from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL.

Raj Mehra is a member of the Mclean Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD), Company 1, where he is an administrative volunteer. At the MVFD, Raj is on the Financial Review Committee and the Fundraising Committee. Raj is also on the board of the Mclean Citizens Association and has been a board member and Treasurer for the Mclean Community Center and the Tysons Mclean Orchestra.

Outside the fire service, Raj is a seasoned banking executive with over 33 years of experience in the field. Currently, he is the Chief Financial Officer of The Freedom Bank of Virginia (“Freedom Bank”), a community bank which is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. Prior to Freedom Bank, Raj was the Chief Financial Officer at Middleburg Financial Corporation, a publicly traded bank holding company and he also served as Director of Financial Risk Management at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Mehra has also held positions in fixed income trading at JP Morgan Chase and Credit Suisse in New York City. Mr. Mehra obtained his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA (‘UMass’) as well as an MS in Mechanical Engineering, also from UMass and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India. Raj and his wife, Urvashi reside in Mclean, Virginia.

Bob Mizer has been a member of the Burke Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department since 1987, was an EMT for 20 years and helped found the county’s successful volunteer EMS-only program. Bob served as President of the BVFRD from 1990 to 2000. From 2000 until retiring in 2008, Bob served as Volunteer Liaison with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, where he was part of the team the developed the CERT program, the High School EMT program and the MOU under which the partnership between the FCFRD and the volunteer corporations was codified. Bob has served on the Volunteer Fire Commission since 2008 and is a member of the LOSAP Board.

Bob is a retired Naval Officer who graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1964 and received an MS in Management from the US Naval Postgraduate school in 1979. After retiring from the Navy as an O-5, Bob served 14 years as a program manager and technical director for two 8A contractors providing logistics development and support for US Navy shipbuilding programs.

Maria Monroy-Osorio is an operational member of the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department where she serves as the Operations Captain. Maria joined DLVFRD in March 2020 and completed her EMT-B certification in December of 2020 and shortly afterwards became a BLS Lead and Ambulance Driver. In 2022, Maria was awarded the Volunteer of the Year Award and in 2024 she was named the BLS Provider of the Year. 

Outside of the fire service, Maria is a Regulatory Health Project Manager with the FDA. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia and is pursuing a Master of Professional Studies in Emergency and Disaster Management from Georgetown University. 

Mike Wendt is the Fire Chief of the Centreville Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD), and is a past President and current Board member of the Fairfax County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association (FCVFRA). He joined the fire service in 2007 and has worn multiple hats for both CVFD and FCVFRA. He also served on the organizing committee of the 2016 Virginia Fire Equity and Diversity Conference when it was hosted by Fairfax County Fire and Rescue.

Outside the fire service, Mike is an IT operations executive and has worked for several managed services providers. He is passionate about helping organizations fulfill their missions and create value using technology – a passion that he brings to the fire service.

Mike earned a Masters of Science in the Management of Information of Technology from the University of Virginia.