INSPIRING OUR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
OUR TeaM
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2026-2029
MEET THE HEARTBEAT
SERVANT-LEADING FRLN
BRYAN
LANE JR.
DIRECTOR OF CULTURE & STEWARDSHIP
Bryan Lane Jr. is a firefighter with the Irving Fire Department in Irving, Texas, where he was named the department’s 2025 Firefighter of the Year. A former University of Nevada football player, Bryan has carried his commitment to discipline, teamwork, and continual growth from athletics into public service, youth mentorship, and aviation.
Beyond the fire service, Bryan is an FAA-certificated Commercial Pilot, Certified Flight Instructor (CFI), and Certified Flight Instructor–Instrument (CFII), and currently serves as a flight instructor helping prepare the next generation of aviators. Across each of these roles, Bryan reflects a quality central to FRLN’s culture: the belief that professional achievement should never become an excuse for personal complacency, but instead increase our capacity and responsibility to serve others.
As FRLN’s Director of Culture & Stewardship and FRLN’s National Advisory Council (NAC) Inaugural Board Director Emeritus, Bryan helps safeguard the character and standards we intend to pass to future generations of first responders. His combination of competence, humility, mentorship, and continual self-development represents the kind of public servant we hope FRLN youth and young adults learn to become: poised in uncertainty, capable amid chaos, and committed to using what they have built in service of others.
sAVANNA
naGORSKI
SECRETARY | DIRECTOR OF GIS SERVICES
Savanna is a proud wife and mom to wonderful twin daughters.
As a military and firefighter spouse, she has been deeply influenced by the genuine people in her family's life who routinely protect & serve their communities with little asked for in return. While holding down the fort and caring for their babies and supporting her husband as he served our Country, she completed a Masters of Science in Geospatial Technologies. She currently works as a public-safety GIS Administrator and certified Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) at Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority; and also serves as a wildland fire GISS-T with the SE Washington State Type 3 Incident Management Team. Now located in the DFW metroplex, Savanna looks to continue these roles on a national footprint.
With the humbling perspective that her own husband was a direct end user on the very pre-incident fire plans that she analyzed and created, it is needless to say, her passion for accurate public-safety GIS analysis and mapping extends well beyond mere office walls and in support of the first responders (and their families) that she serves.
At FRLN, Savanna leverages niche technologies to deliver impactful solutions that are easily applied when coaching the youth & young adults toward their dream careers as law enforcement officers, structure/wildland firefighters, paramedics and 911 dispatchers.
Grateful for the opportunity to contribute in establishing FRLN, Savanna possesses practical technical skills and a passion for bringing innovative solutions to her community. The potential for constructive change, vulnerable authenticity, personal growth, and positive generational impact is limitless and awe-inspiring!
Gramm
Guillory
TREASURER
Gramm's background as an Army Ranger has shaped his vision to make EMS careers more rewarding, beginning with making them more accessible through similar training models that are used by the military. His dedication to every future first responder is clearly evident in his commitment to removing archaic barriers to their entry-level employment. His innovative approach to FAST EMS is different from traditional higher education. As an Emergency Medical Technician and experienced leader, Gramm is committed to serving the EMS community and tackling its biggest problems.
Gramm’s desire is to see all individuals grow in self-confidence, and operational competence. Combined with his visionary spirit and reassuring teaching style, he fits perfectly with the FRLN Ethos of servant-leadership, self-accountability and achieving personal excellence. FRLN is grateful to have him as an Ambassador lighting the path for this next generation of hidden talent.
eIGHT MORE
OPEN DIRECTOR Roles
x8 PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTORS
FRLN is seeking eight additional Directors to serve during our 2027–2029 building term:
911/Dispatch Communications Director 1
911/Dispatch Communications Director 2
Law Enforcement Director 1
Law Enforcement Director 2
EMT/EMS Aviation Director 1
EMT/EMS Aviation Director 2
Fire Service Director 1
Fire Service Director 2
We would especially like to hear from mid-career first responders who are still running calls, working the streets, answering the radios, flying missions, and serving alongside the teams they lead. We are interested in professionals involved with Police FTO/PTO programs, recruit training academies, live-fire acquired-structure programs, SWAT/tactical paramedicine, law-enforcement K9, dispatch training, flight paramedicine, rotary-wing EMS aviation, or peer support teams from their prospective agencies. Of note, we want an even distribution from the four branches of public safety. Also, prior members of the 75th Ranger Regiment and other JSOC communities are also welcome to apply. More important than a particular title or résumé, however, is an interest in professional culture, mindset, mentorship, and holding ourselves to the same standards we ask of the people coming behind us.
We also want prospective Directors to understand what they are joining. FRLN has a working Board, not a ceremonial Board. During our 2027–2029 building years, Directors will be asked to contribute their professional experience, participate in discussions, help us identify blind spots, and occasionally help move specific pieces of work forward. At the same time, we are not asking Directors to walk into an undefined role and figure everything out alone. FRLN leadership will provide clear guidance, direction, and expectations—and we will eagerly listen when our Directors tell us there is a better way to do something. We are still building our organizational scaffolding and personnel bench, so patience, curiosity, and a willingness to build alongside us matter. The initial term runs through 2029, when Directors may stand for re-election to a second three-year term.
Interested individuals are invited to email admin@frln.org with the subject line “2027–2029 Board of Director Interest.” Share your thoughts and questions and we are more than happy to get back to you.
PS - If you are an executive public safety chief / leader, please inquire about our National Advisory Council (NAC) if interested in serving on FRLN’s multi-state National levels. Interested NAC individuals are invited to email admin@frln.org with the subject line: “2030–2033 NAC Interest.” See www.frln.org/nac for more info.
open
role
DIRECTOR OF INSTITUITIONAL ADVANCEMENT
FRLN is seeking a Director of Institutional Advancement who enjoys connecting good people, good ideas, and the resources needed to bring them together. This individual will help strengthen relationships with foundations, businesses, colleges, nonprofits, community organizations, and individual supporters who believe in investing in the next generation of first responders. Applicable backgrounds may include nonprofit development, social work, education, public administration, fundraising, grant writing, community engagement, business development, or philanthropy—but we are equally interested in someone with strong character, curiosity, and follow-through who is willing to learn alongside us. FRLN's model includes grants, donations, sponsorships, in-kind support, fundraising events, and community partnerships rather than relying on any single source of support. ^^^FRLN Member Manual v2.0
The DIA will help identify promising funding opportunities, nurture relationships with sponsors and donors, connect FRLN programs with potential institutional partners, and keep those relationships organized and cared for. They will also help us think through how we ask for support, what we can reasonably promise in return, and whether an opportunity fits our mission. They will not be figuring this out alone. FRLN already has a yearly rhythm for sponsorships, donations, grants, fundraising events, and community outreach, giving the DIA a practical framework to step into and gradually improve. ^^^FRLN Member Manual v2.0
Most importantly, we are looking for someone willing to grow with us. The person stepping into this seat does not need to know how to build a national nonprofit or arrive with a huge network of donors. We will provide guidance, coaching, introductions, and room to learn—and we genuinely want their ideas, questions, professional experience, and tactfully opinionated perspective. During our 2027–2029 building years, success means helping FRLN become more organized, better connected, and increasingly capable of supporting the programs and people already in front of us. We will learn together, adjust together, and allow the right person to grow into the position.
Nick
mott
VICE CHAIR
Nick Mott is the founder of Seven Five Media and Vice Chair of the First Responder Liaison Network’s Board of Directors. Before entering the media industry, Nick served in the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment, where he served as the Regimental Commander’s aide-de-camp lead RTO—a position requiring technical competence, reliability, and the ability to communicate when clarity matters most.
Today, Nick brings that same commitment to communication into his work as an international Telly Award-winning media producer. Through Seven Five Media, he produces cinematic media for racing, adventure, and mission-driven organizations across the country. As an FRLN Premier Partner, Seven Five Media also serves as the production partner behind the HARDCHARGERS Podcast, helping FRLN capture the experiences, ideas, and hard-earned lessons of first responders and other upstream thinkers so their knowledge can reach far beyond a single conversation.
As FRLN’s Vice Chair, Nick brings the perspective of a fellow Ranger, entrepreneur, storyteller, and longtime trusted teammate to the organization’s governance. His involvement reflects a principle shared by both Seven Five Media and FRLN: accolades mean very little if the lessons behind them are not carried forward. Nick helps ensure the stories and experiences entrusted to FRLN are treated with respect, communicated with purpose, and passed forward so the next generation can go farther, serve better, and accomplish more than we ever could.
BRITT
YEOMANS
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
The Director of Strategic Partnerships helps FRLN build trust and stay connected with the people and organizations around us. That might mean getting to know someone at a school or fire department, meeting another nonprofit, following up with a local business, or simply recognizing that two organizations should probably know each other. This position is designed for someone willing to grow with FRLN, learn alongside us, and become more confident in the role over time. We are not looking for someone who already knows everything—we are looking for good character, curiosity, follow-through, and someone who genuinely enjoys working with people.
The Director must also be tactfully opinionated. FRLN does not need someone who simply agrees with leadership or waits to be told what to do. We want someone willing to ask good questions, offer a different perspective, respectfully disagree, and say when something does—or does not—make sense. During our 2027–2029 building years, some partnership work will be done together with other FRLN leaders, while other responsibilities will gradually become the Director's own. The goal is to grow the person while we grow the position.
Schuyller “ski”
Nagorski
FOUNDER | BOARD CHAIR
Ski is a grateful husband, father, and peer support advocate based in Fort Worth, Texas. Currently training to become a Licensed Master Social Worker for veterans, first responders, and their families. With over a decade of service as a SOF tactical paramedic and civilian firefighter, his professional path has always centered around one purpose: caring for those who serve.
Recognized as a Firefighter of the Year, Outstanding Lateral Awardee, and Honor Graduate of both the 75th Ranger Regiment’s selection course and U.S. Army Ranger School. Having served his Brothers and Country with distinction, Ski intimately grasps what true leadership requires: tactical competence, rejecting personal complacency, sincere empathy, and the courage to welcome personal risk to tangibly care for others.
But for Ski, the true reward is contributing to a transformative legacy. He believes personal accolades only hold value when they serve a greater mission—and are publicly shared with a principled team committed to that united purpose.
That’s why he helped create First Responder Liaison Network (FRLN)—a community-driven nonprofit focused on preparing the next generation of public servants and community guardians through mentorship, emotional intelligence, and tactical readiness.
FRLN Ambassadors, Mentors, and Liaisons are united by a shared belief: We must model strength, sincerity, compassion, and resilience—so others can rise into their purpose, and realize the greatness that’s already within them.
“Everything we want is on the other side of fear.”
At FRLN, we walk with you through the hard work
that creates meaningful growth. Hard work pays off!
Let’s chase your horizon—together.
#WeRiseAndFallTogether