Profiles: Past CT Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) Wayne Gronlund, N1CLV
Wayne Gronlund, N1CLV, held the appointment of the Connecticut Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) from January 2009 - November 2017.

CT ARES currently has over 750 registered members supporting the five Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (CT DEMHS) Regions and SKYWARN. From 2005 to 2008 he was the District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) for Region 4 (Eastern Connecticut). During TOPOFF 3 in 2005 he was the primary tactical Net Control Station for the nearly 100 amateurs who supported this week long national level exercise.

Annually, Wayne is the organizer of Amateur Radio support for numerous public service events including AngelRide, a 135 mile charity bike ride that supports Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a specialized summer camp for children with life-threatening diseases. Wayne assisted Region 4 ARES in obtaining grant funding to build a mobile communications unit (MCU) that deploys to support public service events and is available for emergency response if needed by the American Red Cross and other partner agencies.

Thanks to the Connecticut State Police Amateur Radio Club (W1SP) and many other Amateur Radio clubs, individual amateurs, and a few municipalities, CT ARES now has a Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) network to support emergency and disaster operations. Thirty networked repeaters provide nearly complete coverage of the entire state. In addition to a statewide Talk Group, several user activated Talk Groups permit the configuration of tactical sub-networks at the Region and local levels. More details about this network can be found here.

First licensed as a Novice in 1963 with call WN2GID, Wayne currently holds an Amateur Extra class license. He is active in emergency communications, data, and digital voice communications. He is certified as a FEMA Type 3 Communications Unit Leader (COML) and Communications Technician (COMT). He is Secretarial Administrator for the Region 4 Incident Management Team (CT-IMT4) and a crew member for the Region 4 Mobile Communications Vehicle (MCV4). He is currently Co-Chair of ESF-2 Communications for Region 4. In his role as CT ARES SEC, he sits as a member of the state's interoperability executive committee.

Wayne is a retired U. S. Coast Guard Captain, having commanded Coast Guard Cutter CAPE GULL and Coast Guard Group Atlantic City, New Jersey. He is Professor Emeritus from the U. S. Coast Guard Academy where he taught chemistry for 25 years. He has served as Navigator and Deck Watch Officer on Barque EAGLE, the Academy's square-rigged training vessel. After retiring from active duty in 2000, he was President of the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association for four years where he raised funds to support excellence at the Academy. In 2004 he became Manager of the Coast Guard Marine Safety Lab, the Coast Guard's forensic laboratory for fingerprinting oil spills and determining their source. He retired in 2013 with a total of 48 years of service to the Coast Guard.

Wayne has a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering from the Coast Guard Academy. He earned a Master's in Physical Science and a PhD in Chemistry from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

ARRL Connecticut Section Manager Betsey Doane, K1EIC, says "It's really been a privilege having Wayne as my SEC. He's got lots of support here. He's amazing."

Source: www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/?issue=2015-04-15