Amanda Kimball, P.E., FSFPE, is the Executive Director of the Fire Protection Research Foundation, the research affiliate of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). In her role as executive director, Amanda provides leadership on research initiatives that pertain to fire protection, emergency response, and virtually everything that challenges safety in the built environment. Amanda currently serves as the President of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. She is also a registered professional fire protection engineer in the state of Massachusetts. Prior to her arrival at the Research Foundation in 2011, she worked for seven years in a consultant capacity for Arup providing insights on fire protection engineering, building code life safety, the design of fire protection systems, and the egress modeling of buildings and subway stations. Amanda has her BS in Civil Engineering and MS in Fire Protection Engineering from WPI.