Jay Stalnacker

Jay Stalnacker is currently the Technical Lead for Wildfire at XPRIZE, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s greatest challenges. He has spent his career in the emergency and disaster management field, including serving as Operations Branch Director for the Pacific Northwest Federal Type 1 Incident Management Team (PNW2). PNW2 is one of the only eight federal teams that respond across the world for complex disaster management. He was also a member of the elite Federal Smokejumper Program, parachuting directly into wildfire sites as a first responder.