Leadership Team

Ruben Martin

Fire Chief, Central Marin Fire Authority

Chief Martin was born and raised in Los Angeles and began his fire service career in the early 1990s as a volunteer before relocating to the Bay Area in 1998 as a firefighter-paramedic. He has been a firefighter in Marin for the past 20 years, serving with Marin County Fire, Ross Valley Fire, and Larkspur Fire, and has held the ranks of Firefighter Paramedic, Engineer Paramedic, Captain, Fire Inspector, Fire Marshal, and Fire Chief. He is President of the Marin County Fire Chiefs Association and chairs the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority (MWPA) Advisory/Technical Committee.

Mark Pomi

Fire Chief, Kentfield Fire Protection District

Chief Pomi started his career in 1988 with the San Antonio Volunteer Fire Department in Sonoma County, serving as a firefighter, engineer, and captain. He joined the Marin County Fire Department in 1999 and moved to the Kentfield Fire Protection District in 2003. He holds the Fire Officer designation from the Center for Public Safety Excellence and completed the Executive Education Leadership Program at Dominican University’s Barowsky School of Business.

Jason Weber

Fire Chief, Marin County Fire Department; RVPA Executive Officer

Chief Weber began his career in the mid-1990s and has served as a Seasonal Firefighter, Firefighter Paramedic, Engineer, Captain, Battalion Chief, and Deputy Fire Chief. His leadership spans Administration, Emergency Operations, Fire Suppression, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Communications, Vegetation Management, and Training, along with partnerships with CAL FIRE. He serves on the California Wildfire Coordinating Group, chairs the CAL FIRE Association of Contract Counties, is Executive Officer of the RVPA, and was instrumental in developing the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority.

Dr. Mark Bason-Mitchell

Medical Director

Dr. Bason-Mitchell is the Medical Director for the Marin County Fire Department, the Southern Marin Emergency Medical Paramedic System (SMEMPS), and the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority. He grew up in Menlo Park and worked as an EMT before attending medical school in Chicago and completing his residency in emergency medicine at USC. He and his family live in San Francisco, and he spends much of his free time hiking and biking in Marin.

Heather Price Fair, R.N., B.S.N.

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Specialist

Heather is the CQI Specialist for the RVPA, supporting Marin County Fire, Central Marin Fire Authority, and Southern Marin Fire. She also works in the Emergency Room at MarinHealth Medical Center and is a Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) Instructor. She majored in Biology and Women’s Studies at UC Santa Cruz and earned her R.N. and Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of San Francisco School of Nursing.

Bridget Peterson, R.N.

EMS Nurse Educator

Bridget is the EMS Nurse Educator for Marin County Fire, the RVPA, Central Marin Fire Authority, and SMEMPS, and works as an ER and charge nurse at MarinHealth Medical Center. For the past 12 years she has overseen the continuing education program for the agency’s paramedics and EMTs, covering stroke, heart attack, trauma, and other emergencies, including ACLS, PALS, trauma care, monthly lectures, and scenarios.

Matt Watson

Battalion Chief and EMS Officer, Marin County Fire Department

Jennifer Glazier

EMS Specialist, Marin County Fire Department