Tim moved from Maryland to Moraga in November of 2018 and was immediately motivated to become involved in wildfire-related volunteering. After the Camp Fire devastated Paradise he enrolled in a course through Lamorinda CERT to learn about local emergency preparedness and response. He became a Block Captain in the Campolindo Firewise group in 2019, and an MOFD Community Ambassador in 2025. He currently serves on Moraga's Local Sales Tax Oversight Committee. Before moving to California, he had a career in digital marketing and web development and is now a local handyman who enjoys exploring the natural environments of the West Coast with his family of four.

Rebecca Verity currently leads the Western Region climate adaptation practice for an international engineering firm. Her 20+ years of experience in climate change and infrastructure includes the preparation of adaptation plans to safeguard cities, counties and regional infrastructure against floods, wildfire, and extreme weather. She has authored national guidance on climate risks and resilience, and op-eds on surviving a more combustible California. An award winning communicator, she has helped her clients win millions of dollars in community resilience grants.

Concurrent to her consulting career, Ms. Verity has volunteered for multiple nonprofits, served as a planning commissioner for the city of Orinda, served four years as a Moraga-Orinda wildfire ambassador, and has been known to take leaves of absence from work to teach summer courses at UC Berkeley.

She is passionate about working with community members to protect what matters most.

Rob Schroeder serves as the Executive Director for Fire Safe Moraga Orinda and is the ‘Boots on the Ground” member of the organization. Rob first became involved with wildfire safety after moving into the Sleepy Hollow neighborhood of Orinda. He soon volunteered to be the Fire Safety Liaison for his neighborhood and is a Firewise leader as well. Rob is a MOFD Wildfire Safety Community Ambassador and is the current president of the Rescue 1 Foundation non-profit.

Melanie Light has been a resident and volunteer in Orinda for over 25 years. She founded the Orinda Firewise Council and served on Orinda’s Supplemental Sales Tax Oversight Committee for three years. She has also served on various committees for her daughter's elementary school, Orinda Park Pool and the steering committee of the American Photographers Archives Group West, among others. Melanie has had an extensive career in the photography and art fields, including, as founder and executive director of Fotovision, a nonprofit in support of documentary photography. Currently, she works as an art consultant and art appraiser.