Mr. Charles D. Hale created Resource Management Associates in 1981. Mr. Hale has served as a consultant in law enforcement to over 500 municipalities throughout the United States since 1973 and is the author of three books on police administration. He is also the author of the chapter “Police Patrol” in the text, Local Government Police Management, published by the International City Management Association. Mr. Hale served as a Police Officer and Police Sergeant in El Segundo, California, during which time he earned a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from California State University at Long Beach.

Mr. Hale has designed and administered several hundred written examinations and assessment centers of the type described herein for police, fire and public safety departments throughout the United States. His clients have included the City of San Francisco, California; Tallahassee, Florida; Providence, Rhode Island; Madison, Wisconsin; Rockford, Illinois; and numerous municipalities in the Chicago area. Mr. Hale is the author of the text, The Assessment Center Handbook for Police and Fire Personnel, published by Charles C. Thomas Publishers of Springfield, Illinois.

Steven Hale has 35 years of experience in designing and administering customized written promotional examinations, oral examinations and assessment centers. During his tenure with the firm, Mr. Hale has designed and administered several hundred testing assignments for various positions throughout several states. Mr. Hale attending college in pursuit of a teaching degree prior to joining our firm in 1988.

Rosetta Ivery has more than 20 years of experience in developing customized written promotional examinations for fire and police departments. As the Written Examination Development Coordinator for the firm, Ms. Ivery has developed and been responsible for processing the results for several hundred customized written promotional examinations. Rosetta attended Northern Illinois University for Business Accounting.

Dan Fry has been with our firm for nearly 10 years serving the various needs of our clients. Dan has spent his entire career in the field of customer service. He is involved in just about every aspect of our firm’s activities, from being primarily the first point of contact with many of our clients to the tireless work he performs in preparing testing materials for the hundreds of customized oral examinations and assessment centers we administer for our fire and police department clients.

Mr. Falese served as a chief fire executive with extensive experience in the delivery of organizational emergency fire and medical services.  Mike served in several capacities with the Elgin, Illinois Fire Department from 1983 through 2007.  As Fire Chief from November 2003 through September 2007, he was responsible for leading and managing all department operations and functions consisting of 129 sworn personnel and 3 civilian staff with a budget of $22 million dollars. During his career with the Elgin Fire Department, he designed a reorganization of the structure, staffing, compensation, and work scheduling. He served as the Training Officer as well as the emergency medical services department director and helped lead a team that conducted a 4-year city-wide risk analysis study to review fire station needs and locations.

Mike served as a part-time faculty member at Judson University in Elgin as well as Elgin Community College. Mike was an instructor with the Elgin Regional Fire Academy for 13 years and was a certified paramedic for nearly 20 years.  Chief Falese holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Northern Illinois University.

In 2007, Chief Falese continued his career with the Bartlett Fire District.  He served with Bartlett from 2007 until 2019.  Mike was extensively involved with the Bartlett community and served as the President of the Bartlett Rotary Club as well.  He was selected as Rotarian of the year on two occasions due to his extensive involvement in the community and fundraising activities for local recipients.  Chief Falese continues to serve as a board member for “Ignite the Courage”, a very active charitable group consisting of members of the Bartlett Fire District.

After retiring from Bartlett Fire District, Mike has been actively involved with our firm in the administration of customized written examinations, oral examinations and assessment centers. Mike’s efforts have been substantial in the growth of Resource Management Associates. Mike also was a very active contributor in the creation of the Illinois Firefighter Memorial Plaza, raising a significant amount of contributions towards its creation.

Chris Sewell entered the Fire Service in 1985 as a Fire Cadet, then paid-on-call firefighter in 1987. In March, 2014, Chris was hired as a full-time Training Administrator for the Flossmoor Fire Department, Illinois, where he served in this capacity until becoming a full-time Fire Chief for Sauk Village, Illinois. In 2009, Chris returned to Flossmoor as their Fire Chief where he continued to serve until retiring In January, 2020. He have served as an assessor and Lead Assessor for Resource Management Associates for 15+ years. Formal Education and certifications obtained throughout my career include: 

• Bachelors in Fire Science Management, Southern Illinois University

• Attended National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program

• Illinois State Certified Paramedic

• Fire Officer III

• Instructor III

• Training Program Manager

• Incident Safety Officer

Geoff Herald retired from the position of Fire Chief in Danbury, Connecticut in 2014 after having worked his way up the ranks over 40 years beginning as a volunteer Firefighter. He is a Past President of the Connecticut Career Fire Chiefs Association.

Chief Herald holds his MS degree in Safety, Security and Emergency Management from Eastern Kentucky University. He also received his Chief Fire Officer (“CFO”) certification in 2012. He has successfully completed numerous courses at the National Fire Academy including among others Unified Command Training, Command and Control of Natural and Manmade Disasters, Executive Development, Command and Control of Multi-Alarm Response and Incident Command—Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Chief Herald has been an active member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (“IAFC”) and has served on its regional Safety and Health Sections. He is also a member of the National Fire Academy Alumni Association, the National Fire Protection Association (“NFPA”) and has been on the Rewrite Committee on Orientation and Technology for the International Fire Service Training Association (“IFSTA”).

John Tierney’s professional career spanned 32 years. Starting in 1985, he was hired as a firefighter in the Village of Broadview, IL. He completed his paramedic training at good Samaritan Hospital. He quickly moved up the through the ranks, becoming a Lieutenant and later he was promoted to Captain of the shift.  Mr. Tierney was appointed as the Fire Chief, serving in that capacity for 16 years.

Throughout his career, Mr. Tierney continued his professional education including the Hazardous Materials Division team and the Technical Rescue Team.  John was also assigned to the State of Illinois Incident Management Team.

Due to his management ability, John was put in charge of the  Mutual Aid Box Alerting System (MABAS) for Division 20, in Illinois.  When Illinois was called in to assist with Hurricane Katrina, John was assigned as the team’s Operation Section Chief. Mr. Tierney also assisted California with wildland fires in this capacity.

Mr. Tierney is a past President of MABAS Division 20, Illinois Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association. He is on the Illinois Fire Chief’s Conference Committee, Serving as its Chairman. Following retirement, John was appointed by the Mayor of Broadview, IL, to serve on the Fire and Police Commission. Later, was elected to the Village Board. As  a Village Board member, John Served as the Chairman of both the Finance and Police and Fire Committees.

John has been with Resource Management Associates since 1997 as an assessor for professional advancement of firefighters through  comprehensive testing.  Mr. Tierney is current on all the continuing education requirements pursuant to his responsibilities. John continues to work for the advancement  of customized public safety promotional testing and has worked in several states, including Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Connecticut.

John is currently our Principal Associate serving the testing needs of public safety agencies throughout the Southeastern United States. In this role, he will be our lead consultant providing our wide range of testing services to communities in that region.

Sheldon Cohen has worked with RMA for 40 years. As a consultant since 1980, Mr. Cohen has worked with more than 200 local governments in 28 states from Maine to California He has been involved in consulting with more than 100 fire-service agencies in over 15 states and has managed over 200 projects.

Mr. Cohen has been invited to make presentations to meetings of many professional organizations including among others the International City/County Management Association (“ICMA”), American Society for Public Administration (“ASPA”), Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and the New England Women Business Owners. He has also managed or participated in numerous 9-1-1 studies; most recently in 2015, the bill he drafted at the request of the State 911 Department to enable the organization of regional emergency communication centers in Massachusetts was enacted into law.

Mr. Cohen is a cum laude graduate of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and received his Master’s in Public Administration from Cornell University. He will assist Mr. Hale as needed in these Promotional Testing Services.

Mark Field has 39 years of experience in policing, beginning as a Patrol Officer and rising to Chief of Police in Wheaton, Illinois from 1996 until he retired in 2015.  As Chief, he was responsible for an agency with 66 sworn officers, 15 civilians, 33 part-time employees and a budget of $14-million.

Chief Field has taught since 2000 as an Adjunct Professor at the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety.  He has also taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the College of DuPage, Governors State University and Kankakee Community College.  He has been involved in the screening and assessment of over 500 police leaders through assessment centers and competency-based interviews.

Chief Field is the co-author of two published textbooks, Police Chief: How to Attain and Succeed in This Critical Position; and, Police Officer Selection and A Handbook for Law Enforcement Administrators both published by Charles Thomas Publishers of Spring-field, Illinois.

 Chief Field received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Olivet Nazarene University and his Masters in Public Administration from Governors State University.  He is a 1981 graduate of the Southern Police Institute and the Northwestern University Traffic Institute’s Executive Institute.  He also graduated from the FBI’s Midwest Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar.

An FBI Academy Graduate and graduate of Northwestern Staff and Command, Robert LaDeur served as Police Chief for 22 years of his 29 year tenure at the Warrenville Police Department. During his tenure, the department grew rapidly in the number of personnel and diversity of services, requiring the planning and construction of a new police facility.

With over 20 years of experience with RMA as a police assessor and test question writer, Mr. LaDeur brings the knowledge and expertise to provide a consistent and quality assessment testing experience to your police department.