About Us

 All of our staff come from various backgrounds, but a lifetime's worth of dedication to public safety and emergency management. 

 

Brad Call - Director

Director Call is originally from Arizona.  Where he was an educator for over a decade.  He earned his Masters Degree in Emergency Management from Arizona State University.  He started his career in Northern Arizona in Emergency Management.  He then went to Kansas City, Missouri.  He then went onto Montana as an Emergency Manager, after participating in numerous disasters and recoveries, before settling in Santa Fe with his family.   Brad wishes to retire from Emergency Management and Santa Fe County.

 

Kyle Russell - Communications and Outreach Coordinator

Kyle is originally from California, joining the U.S. Army in 2005. He then settled in Santa Fe, where he worked for Christus St. Vincent's Hospital for several years participating in Security, HICS, and HAZMAT response.  From there, he attended the NM DPS Academy and was a Senior Officer with Santa Fe Police Department and then a patrol sergeant with Edgewood Police Department with a decade in law enforcement before coming on board with Santa Fe County.  Kyle has since earned his FEMA Basic Academy Certificate and Public Information Officer from FEMA, and wants to stay with Santa Fe County for the duration of his career.

 

Hanna Padilla - Coordinator

Hanna is Santa Fe born and raised.  She started her professional career with Santa Fe County well over a decade ago.  Starting with the Santa Fe County Regional Emergency Communications Center (RECC) as a dispatcher, then moving up the ranks. From there, she worked with our Community Services Department and I.T. as an administrator.  She hopes to stay in Emergency Management and eventually retire from the county.  She is currently studying hard for her FEMA Basic Academy Certificate and has obtained several other certificates and trainings while here. 

 

Angelina Basile - Coordinator

Our most recent hire, Angelina is orginally from Massachusetts where she worked in EMS, while working on her Bachelors of Science in Emergency Management, which she recieved from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.  She then volunteered to deploy with FEMA to California, to assist in the Covid Emergency in 2020.  After that mission, she settled in Santa Fe and worked for the New Mexico Department of Health as their emergency management training coordinator.  From there she joined our team and wishes to be a leader in Emergency Management.