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Welling Clark is Secretary of the Council of Neighbors and Organizations, having been appointed to the position in October 2008. From 1999 through 2004 he served as Chair of the CONO Public Safety Committee.
Welling has served as President of the Organization of Westside Neighbors (OWN) since 2006. He previously has served OWN as Secretary and Vice-President. Welling, and his wife Sallie (now El Paso County Commissioner), became involved in neighborhood issues when they led the fight to save Fire Station 3 from closure in 1997. Since that time they both have become very involved in all aspects of public safety for the City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, and on a national level.
Welling and Sallie moved to Colorado Springs in 1985, opened their bed & breakfast inn in 1986, and founded the state B&B trade association, and helped to established numerous state laws and regulatory criteria for the Colorado B&B industry. They are the longest established B&B innkeepers in the state of Colorado, running the Holden House-1902 B&B inn with their two cats Mei Lin and Mingtoy. Welling currently works at ITT Corporation (formerly Kaman Sciences Corporation) as a Principal Engineer.
Welling served in the U.S. Navy as both enlisted and commissioned. He was on active duty from 1978-1985 and reserve duty from 1985 through 1990. As an officer he served as a combat systems officer, Unrestricted Line - Surface Warfare with expertise in multi-threat environment response.
Education:
- B.S., Operations Research, 1978, U.S. Naval Academy
- M.S., Applied Statistics & Research Methods, 1992, University of Northern Colorado
- Graduate Studies, U.S. Naval War College
- FEMA, Emergency Management Institute correspondence program, 2005-present Co-sponsored with U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Past and present community service:
- Board of Directors, Colorado Bed & Breakfast Association
- Founding Co-President, Colorado Bed & Breakfast Association
- Board of Directors-Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association
- Board of Directors-Professional Association of Innkeepers International
- Committee Member, Colorado Office of Regulatory Reform Bed & Breakfast Commission
- Contributing author of “Standards of Response Coverage – for Fire Departments”, 3rd & 4th Editions published by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI)
- Co-Chair of the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Data Evaluation Committee at the “Mapping The Future of Fire, Technology Summit” sponsored by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI)
- Grant evaluator for the “Firefighters Grant Peer Review Panel” for the FEMA Assistance to Fire Fighting Program
- Public Safety Sales Tax Oversight Committee, City of Colorado Springs
- Research/Testing Committee Member, National Fire and Protection Association (NFPA) "Fire and Emergency Services Organization and Deployment-Career" 1710 Technical Committee
- Standards of Coverage Analysis for the San Jose & Minneapolis Fire Departments
- Vice-Chair, Public Safety Committee, Springs Community Improvements Program
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