A History of Emergency Management in Florida-from Civil Defense to 1985 Click below to download the PDF View/Download Files Size (kb) A History of Emergency Management in Florida-from Civil Defense to 1985 79 Past Presidents Year        Name 1957-58  Jack Weatherford 1959-60  Bob Betts 1961       Roland Johnson 1962       Al Martin 1963       Oliver Lovendahl 1964       Russell Bevan 1965       Wesley Gunn 1966       Al Keaton 1967       Ellis Altman 1968       Jack Sheppard 1969       Ben Waller 1970       George Duck 1971       Lyle Fox 1972       Tom Chapman 1973       R. C. Carver 1974       Wesley Gunn 1975       Phillip Thompson 1976       Robert Owen 1977       William Hall 1978       Paul Reid 1979       George Allen 1980       Bunky Atkinson 1981       Harry Carter                Robert Lewis 1982       Robert Lewis 1983       Buck Renfroe 1984       Philip Rodi 1985       Carl Aleck 1986       Richard Smith 1987       Guy Daines 1988       Al Pyfrom 1989       Keith Holman 1990       Sherman Carper 1991       Kathleen Hale 1992       Craig Fugate 1993       Fred Murphy 1994       John Wilson 1995       David Miller 1996       John King 1997       Michelle Baker 1998       David Cash 1999       Karen Windon 2000       Larry Gispert 2001       Ron McQueen 2002       David Brown 2003       John Wilson 2004       Chad Reed 2005       Linda Stoughton 2006       Tony Carper 2007       Richard Smith Our History FEPA: Over 40 Years of Service to Florida FEPA was created in 1957 to help professsional Emergency Managers work to protect the people of Florida. Now completing it's 43rd year of service, the organization has established a goal of re-discovering it's past. This page will be dedicated to the men and women who began, nurtured, expanded, and dedicated themselves to, the Florida Emergency Preparedness Association. If you have information that would enrich our our restoration of FEPA's history, or were formerly involved in the Association and would like to help, contact FEPA today.