Speakers Bureau

Some members of the Delray Beach Police Department and Fire-Rescue Department have probably visited your homeowner's association or condo association in the past to impart valuable information to you regarding crime prevention, fire safety, and other useful topics.

The City of Delray Beach also conducts a Resident's Academy twice a year that has become very popular. Everyone who has ever attended has expressed their gratitude enthusiastically.

We would like to expand our outreach to the community to provide all our residents with the most current and correct information regarding City affairs and the many projects that are in progress around Delray Beach.  With that in mind, we have organized a Speakers Bureau to speak or make a presentation to your organization. Below is a list of City department heads and staff professionals who are available to give a talk and answer questions about their specialty.

If you would like to invite one or more of our staff to speak to your group, we ask that you follow these procedures:

1. Please select a first choice, second choice, and third choice from the accompanying list.
2. Please give us at least one month's (20 business days) notice prior to your meeting.
3. Provide us with the phone number, cell number, e-mail address, and street address of your association, along with a contact person.
4. Include the date, time and location of the meeting.

This office will contact you soon after receiving your request to let you know if your selected speaker is available on the date you indicated. If so, we will get directions to your meeting site at that time.

To make a request, contact Public Information Office, (561) 243-7190 or e-mail, dechicchio@ci.delray-beach.fl.us during business hours weekdays.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Available Speakers

The following department heads and staff make up the City's list of speakers available to speak and/or make presentations to local civic organizations, home owner and condominium associations, citizen and church assemblies:

David T. Harden, City Manager 
 The Delray Beach Experience: 15 Years.

Joseph Safford, Finance Director 
 After the Storms: FEMA, the State, the County and the Financial Status of the City

Bruce Koeser, Human Resources Director 
From Private Sector to Public Service

Scott Aronson, Parking Management Specialist
The Trouble With Parking

Robert Barcinski, Assistant City Manager 
Special Events / Golf & Tennis Facilities

Douglas Smith, Assistant City Manager
City Manager Form of Government

Lula Butler, Director of Community Improvement
It's All About The People

Guy Buzzelli, Chief Information Officer (Info. Technology) 
 Connecting With City Hall.

Paul Dorling, Planning & Zoning Director 
 How Does Our City Grow?

Richard Hasko, Director of Environmental Services 
Water and Reclamation

Chevelle Nubin, City Clerk 
Services: All You Need To Do Is Ask.

Randal Krejcarek, City Engineer 
 On going projects that are affecting the community.

Janet Meeks, Education Coordinator 
Education issues and community programs and resident participation

Rodger Ribeiro, Recreation Superintendent 
Programs and events available.

Susan Ruby, City Attorney 
There Ought to Be a Law: How an ordinance is born.

Bob Taylor, Ocean Rescue Superintendent 
Life Is A Beach: A Day In The Life

CRA / Community Land Trust

Diane Colonna
Downtown Redevelopment / Affordable Housing

Joe Gray
Redevelopment / Affordable Housing

Patricia Westall
 Affordable Housing / Participatory Governance

A video presentation on the Community Land Trust is available (approximately twenty minutes).

Fire-Rescue Department

Fire Chief David James 
General matters related to Fire-Rescue deployment. 

Battalion Chief Russell Accardi 
Deployment Missions with an Urban Search and Rescue Team (from the World Trade Center to Hurricane Katrina.

Division Chief Danielle Connor 
The Fire-Rescue Department's Role in Comprehensive Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Service. Division Chief Connor can also address the topic of recruitment.

Lt. Trisha Dunkelmann 
Public Safety Education, Public Access to Automatic External Defibrillators and effective use of Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation techniques.

Lt. Hal Knabb 
Hurricane Preparedness and Planning.

Police Department

The Police Department list includes Chief Anthony Strianese, Major Craig Hartmann and our four Captains: Mark Davis, Ralph Phillips, Joseph Milenkovic and Tina Heysler.

Law enforcement, security and all related subjects are their topics.
Community Relations Officer, Jeff Messer, has visited associations and civic groups for years delivering information on crime prevention and home safety issues