SCBCF Board

  • Ryan Eubanks

    Ryan Eubanks, Board Chair

    SCBCF REGION 1 REPRESENTATIVE

    A member of the South Carolina Fire Service for over 30 years, Chief Ryan C. Eubanks began his fire service career serving as a volunteer in southern Spartanburg County, S.C. in 1991. His career has brought him through the ranks of the fire service as he has served the citizens of Spartanburg, Greenville, and Oconee Counties with increasing levels of responsibility.

  • Heather Burford

    Heather Burford

    SCBCF REGION 2 REPRESENTATIVE

    Heather Burford has a 33-year history with the American fire service. Soon after graduating from Iowa State University, Heather joined the Wilton Fire Department in Connecticut as a volunteer firefighter and fell in love with public safety services. She became a SCBCF board member in 2023.

  • Vacant

    Vacant

    SCBCF REGION 3 REPRESENTATIVE

  • Al Nord

    Al Nord

    SCBCF REGION 4 REPRESENTATIVE

    Big Al is the Burned Children’s Fund Board Member from the Pee Dee Region 4 of the state. He started his career in the fire service where he grew up in Brunswick County, North Carolina in 1993. While serving as the Chief of the Civietown Volunteer Fire Department, he tested for the City of Myrtle Beach Fire Department and was hired there in 1993.

  • Ross Vezin

    Ross Vezin, Vice-Chair

    SCBCF REGION 5 REPRESENTATIVE

    Ross currently serves on the Executive Committee as the chair of the Member Benefits Committee for the South Carolina Firefighters’ Association. He is a Past President of the of the Burned Children’s Fund where he has served as a volunteer camp counselor since 2010. In 2016 and 2022, Ross was selected to attend the International Association of Firefighters National Burn Camp in Washington DC.

  • Rodney Howell

    Rodney Howell

    SCBCF REGION 6 REPRESENTATIVE Rodney Howell currently sits as the Region Six Burned Children’s Fund Board member.

  • Franklin Cloninger

    Franklin Cloninger

    SCBCF REGION 7 REPRESENTATIVE

    Franklin resides in Greenwood, SC and has two kids. He has been a full-time member of the Greenwood Fire Department since 2008 and currently serves as a Captain on Tower 1. Franklin also volunteers at the Highway 34 Volunteer Fire Department in Greenwood County and serves as an Assistant Chief.

  • Vacant

    SCBCF REGION 8 REPRESENTATIVE

SCBCF DEPUTY REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

  • Malcolm Burns

    Malcolm Burns

    SCBCF REGION 5 DEPUTY REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

    Chief Burns is a past President of the SC State Firefighters’ Association, he serves as an At-Large Member of the Burn Fund Board of Directors and has volunteered in the Logistics Group for Camp Can Do since 2014.

SCBCF Ex-Officio Representatives

  • Stephanie Julazadeh

    SCBCF COORDINATOR

    Stephanie joined the fire service as a volunteer junior member of the Independent Fire Company No. 4 in Ranson, West Virginia in 1995. She achieved Firefighter certification and National Registry EMT before going to college at Eastern Kentucky University. There she completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Fire & Safety Engineering Technology.

  • Tiffany Smith

    Tiffany Smith

    MUSC PEDIATRIC BURN TEAM REPRESENETATIVE

    As the Pediatric Burn Program Coordinator of the SC Burn Center at MUSC, Tiffany is devoted to promoting optimal outcomes for burn patients and providing patient, family, and staff education. She was an integral part of the 2022 Camp ‘Can’ Do success story after a two-year pause in camp because of the pandemic. In 2022 and 2023, Tiffany led camper recruitment, camper registration, camp finances, and camp planning.