Howard County Fire & Rescue Services promotes first Black woman, Cerisa Speight to Chief Officer baltimoretimes-online.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltimoretimes-online.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Speight has completed the Northern Virginia Fire and Rescue Leadership Development Institute and is currently in the Carl Holmes Executive Development Institute. (Photo Courtesy of Howard County Government)
HOWARD COUNTY, MD Howard County s first Black female chief officer was pinned Friday during a special ceremony held by the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services. Battalion Chief/Paramedic Cerisa Speight has served in Howard County since 2009.
As a rising star within the department, she furthered her education and training to become a member of the special operations team, a Battalion Chief Aide, and an on-call public information officer before being promoted to lieutenant. She again rose up the ranks and was promoted to captain while working on her bachelor s degree in business administration and is currently working on her master s degree in business administration.
First Black Woman Promoted To Chief Officer With HoCo Fire Dept msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.