Dr. Michael A. Cunningham serves as Chief of Staff to the Fire Chief with Cobb County (Georgia) Fire & Emergency Services (CCFES). He has spent his career as a firefighter and fire officer, as a training division instructor, and as a member of the administrative senior staff educating firefighters in the areas of fire behavior and firefighting tactics, leadership, career development, and diversity and inclusion. Dr. Cunningham has a Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology, a master’s degree in business administration, a bachelor’s degree in computer science, a bachelor’s degree in professional aeronautics, and an associate degree in avionic systems technology. Additionally, he received his Chief Fire Officer (CFO) designation from the CPSE Commission on Professional Credentialing, is a graduate of the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institute of Government EXCEL Management Development program and is a member of the 2023 Cobb Chamber Leadership Cobb leadership program. Cunningham is a U.S. Air Force veteran and has served in the fire service since 2005.