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memorial donations
to the Iaem Scholarship fund
Memorial donations in the name of late IAEM members or their family members, as well as friends in the EM community, are always an appropriate way of recognizing and remembering a family member, friend or colleague.
There is a space on the online donation form to specify that it is a memorial donation.
 (13 July 2009) Our dear friend and colleague Vikki Stempkowski, CEM, IAEM-USA Board Member and current CEM® Commissioner, passed away on July 11, 2009. Vikki had served on the Board of Directors for IAEM for the past decade, first as IAEM Secretary and later as IAEM-USA Secretary. She was Emergency Manager of Plans & Operations for the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Vikki was preceded in death by her father Victor Stempkowski, mother Edith Kremer, and stepfather Charles Kremer. She is survived by her daughter Kelly Roberts Stempkowski, her son-in-law Jeff DeSensi, and her "grand-doggers" Tyler, Henley, and kitten Thor. Those who wish to make memorial donations in Vikki's name to the IAEM Scholarship Fund can do so online or call IAEM Headquarters.
"It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of our dear friend Vikki Stempkowski, CEM," noted Russ Decker, IAEM-USA President in a message to IAEM-USA members. "As you know, Vikki has served as IAEM Secretary for more than a decade, was a current member of the CEM® Commission, and she adopted all of us at IAEM as her second family. We will all be touched with this news and will miss her deeply."
"Vikki Stempkowski was a dedicated member of our association. She has been a cornerstone of our governance throughout the period of unprecedented growth and development of IAEM," stated Arthur Rabjohn, IAEM-Global Board Chairman. "Anyone who has attended an IAEM Annual Conference in the last few years will know Vikki and her daughter Kelly. Their energy, enthusiasm and commitment have been a characteristic of our flagship event. She will be greatly missed by her friends and colleagues, in not only IAEM-USA, but also our whole association. I know that the thoughts of our members are with her family, friends and colleagues at this very sad time."
(07/25/07)
IAEM Headquarters has received word that IAEM Treasurer Rick Cox's father, , passed away on July 24, 2007. Cards and messages of condolence may be sent to: Rick Cox, 665 Hillcrest Circle, Hawesville, KY 42348. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the IAEM Scholarship Fund in memory of Glenn Cox. IAEM expresses sympathy to Glenn's family and friends.
Long-time IAEM member passed away on
May 21 at home in Zephyrhills,
Fla. Chip was a Certified Emergency
Manager® and an early
Certification Commission member
for the first two classes of CEMs®. He served in the U.S. Air Force
for more than 30 years, moving
from fire protection positions that
ranged all the way from firefighter
to fire chief, into the disaster
preparedness field, where he was a disaster preparedness program superintendent, CBRNE (Chemical,
Biological, Radiological,
Nuclear and High Explosive)
research and development program
manager, base inspection manager, and EOC chief. Chip served during the Vietnam era, the Cold War, the
war on terrorism, and Operations
Desert Storm and Desert Freedom. He was a decorated veteran with more than 20 medals.
After he retired, Chip worked as
a U.S. Dept. of Defense CBRNE
consultant for Macaulay-Brown,
Inc., and Battelle Memorial
Institute. He taught EMT and fire
science courses at three colleges.
Chip is survived by his wife
Marti and their three children and
four grandchildren. IAEM expresses
sympathy to Chip’s family
and friends. He will be greatly
missed by his IAEM friends and
colleagues. Shortly before his
death, Chip contacted IAEM
Membership & Marketing Director,
Dawn Shiley-Danzeisen,
specifically to express his personal
request that memorials in his
memory be directed to the IAEM
Scholarship Fund, as he wished to
become a posthumous platinum
donor to the fund.
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