Erik Litzenberg, the Los Alamos County Fire Chief, will be the speaker for Lunch with a Leader on September 17. Litzenberg is a Wildland Fire Advisor for the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), serving as Chair of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Executive Board. He also owns Liderazgo Consulting, which focuses on government, leadership, and team building. Litzenberg has spent the majority of his career working for the City of Santa Fe, where he served as Fire Chief and then City Manager before returning to the Santa Fe County Fire Department where his career began. Through 25 years of service, he has also worked for New Mexico State Forestry and as part of multiple Incident Management Teams. Fire Chief Fire Chief Erik Litzenberg. Courtesy losalamos.gov For many years Litzenberg owned Santa Fe Wildfire, which provided resources for large scale incident management and response. He holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of New Mexico (UNM), an MS in security studies from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a PhD in sports administration from UNM. His research focused on organizational culture and leadership, as well as physiology and performance. He lives in Santa Fe with his wife and kids and enjoys participating in triathlons as a route to maintain physical and emotional health.