Michael W. Lovelace, President

Michael has an extensive background in fire science, risk engineering, industrial safety, business continuity, emergency preparedness/response, and the public fire service.  Prior to forming L & N Risk Engineering, he was the Director of Risk Engineering for Hughes Associates, a fire protection engineering firm.  He has many years of worldwide risk engineering experience in the, oil, gas, utility and HPR industries as well as over 23 years of progressive public fire service experience ranging from Firefighter-Paramedic to Chief Officer.  

Michael is a member of NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) and served on its Loss Prevention Practices technical committee and is an active member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the American Society of Safety Engineers.   

Michael holds a B.S. degree from the University of Maryland and is a Certified Safety Professional and Certified Business Continuity Professional.  In addition, he is a Certified Professional Fire Officer and Certified Professional Fire Instructor and noted speaker having presented on various risk related topics at conferences worldwide.

 Kathy Notarianni, Executive Vice President

Kathy is the Head and Chair of the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). As such, she works with the university's fire protection engineering faculty to plan for the future of graduate studies and research in fire protection engineering, which incorporates elements of civil, structural, electrical and chemical engineering to make structures, vehicles, clothing and people safer from fire.

Prior to joining WPI, Kathy spent 15 years with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Building and Fire Research Laboratory where she managed a group of scientists and engineers in a technical program of integrated performance assessment and risk. The program produced tools to quantify fire events for fire hazard and risk assessment; fire fighting operations and training; fire investigations and performance evaluations of fire protection systems in buildings; and transportation networks and vehicles in response to fire.

Kathy is a member of numerous professional groups including the International Association for Fire Safety Science, the Society of Risk Analysis, a member of NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) and its technical committee on Fire Risk Assessment Methods and a fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). She is a registered professional engineer.  Kathy holds a B.S. in chemical engineering and a M.S. in fire protection engineering, both from WPI. She later earned a Ph.D. in engineering and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University, where she did her doctoral dissertation on "The Role of Uncertainty in Improving Regulation: A Case Study in Fire Protection."