About Bainbridge Prepares

Our shared mission is to create a safer and more resilient Bainbridge Island. We seek to continuously improve the resilience and readiness of our community and the ability to respond to and recover from natural and human-caused disasters. We view community preparedness through a lens of love rather than fear.

Our Partnership

The Bainbridge Prepares partnership has made Bainbridge Island the leading prepared community in Washington State. Our volunteer-led emergency preparedness network was voted the Volunteer Organization of the Year by the International Association of Emergency Managers in 2022.

Since launching in 2011, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit has worked in partnership with the Bainbridge Island Fire Department (BIFD). The City of Bainbridge Island (COBI), which includes our town’s police and emergency management departments, joined our partnership in 2016.

Executive Team

City of Bainbridge Island Emergency Manager Anne LeSage
Bainbridge Island Fire Department Chief Jared Moravec
Bainbridge Prepares Executive Director Stephen Richardson
Bainbridge Prepares Program Director Pascal Schuback

Board of Directors

Erik Hovey: Employee at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. He is a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer and has served on multiple local Boards and Commissions. BP Board Chair.
Maradel Gale: Associate Professor Emerita, University of Oregon. BP volunteer at the Emergency Operations Center; BP Board Vice Chair.
Roger Coulter: Chief Operating Officer at Dakota Lithium; BP Board Treasurer.
Devin James: Chief Technology Officer for AI technology companies; EMT/Firefighter. BP Training Team Lead; BP Medical Reserve Corps Team Lead.
Randi Brown: Longtime community leader who believes deeply in the power of connection and service; Co-owner of Sisters’ Cider House; Managing Broker at John L Scott.
Michael Ditmore: Executive Director of the scientific nonprofit The Novim Group and co-founder of the Indian medical diagnostic company Mardamed. Michael is also the manager of the Washington State Emergency net, organized under state leadership to provide emergency communications across the state. A serial entrepreneur, he has founded six for-profit companies and two nonprofits. BP BIGWEELS Team Co-Lead.
Kathy Haskin: Current Director of Strategic Initiatives and former Executive Director at Peacock Family Services. Semi-retired from a career in education leadership.
Michael Kleeman: Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of San Diego.
Joanne Maher: Executive Director at Island Volunteer Caregivers.