Dave Winnacker

Dave Winnacker

Consultant, RPMG

ABOUT DAVE WINNACKER

Fire Chief (ret) Dave Winnacker spent 21 years in the fire service in Fresno City, Alameda County, and as chief of the Moraga-Orinda Fire District from 2017-2024. He served as the Western Fire Chiefs Association California Director, as the California Fire Chiefs Association WUI Task Force lead, and as the fire service representative on the California AB9 Wildfire Mitigation Committee and the California AB642 Risk Modeling Advisory Workgroup. 

At Stanford University he is a Hoover Institution Veteran Fellow working on the intersection of wildfire and property insurance with an emphasis on the pricing of risk. In the private sector he was the co-founding advisor to ZoneHaven, an evacuation software in use throughout California and is the co-founder of XyloPlan Risk, a wildfire risk assessment and visualization company.

Prior to joining the fire service, he served on active duty as a Marine Corps Infantry officer from 1997-2004 and remained in the reserve component serving as the Commanding Officer, 4th Force Reconnaissance Company from 2014-2016, as the Deputy Commander, 23D Marine Regiment from 2019-2022, and as the Chief of Staff, Marine Innovation Unit from 2022-2024.

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