Emergency Management Staff
Lori R. Hodges
Lori Hodges has over twenty years of experience at both the state and local levels in the emergency services and emergency management fields. She currently works as the Director of Emergency Management for Larimer County, Colorado.
Lori is a Certified Emergency Manager through the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and the State of Colorado. She is also a graduate of the Executive Leaders Program and the master’s program through the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School. Additional education includes a master’s degree in Political Science and Public Policy and a bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management and Planning. She received the Emergency Manager of the Year Award from the Colorado Emergency Management Association (CEMA) in 2008 and 2013 and received the CEMA President’s Award in 2020.
Kohl Parrott
Kohl Parrott is the Deputy Emergency Manager for Larimer County and assists in managing the Larimer County Office of Emergency Management. Kohl has over 6 years of experience in emergency management at both the private sector and local level. Kohl currently oversees the Operations Program within Larimer County OEM and is the current Operations Section Chief in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Kohl is also a certified EOC Logistics Section Chief through the Colorado Emergency Management Association.
Josh Roberts
Josh is the Mitigation Coordinator for Larimer OEM, coordinating disaster mitigation programs to help reduce risk and the impacts of disaster. Josh has over 15 years of experience at state and local emergency management agencies and has responded to over 30 state and federally declared disasters and large-scale special events. Josh has a Master of Public Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Emergency Administration and Planning from the University of North Texas, where he was awarded as “Alumni of the Year” in 2016.
Camille Millard
Camille Millard is the Preparedness and Resilience Emergency Management Coordinator for Larimer OEM. Camille provides programs, activities, and technical expertise for resilience-related activities within OEM and manages the Larimer Connects Program to increase social capital throughout the county and works to engage with community partners to build community connections. Camille also develops and maintains the community education programs within OEM.
Ricardo Perez
Ricardo is the Inclusion and Engagement Emergency Management Coordinator for Larimer OEM. Ricardo provides public information management services for OEM, develops public-facing materials in English and Spanish and maintains relationships with the media. This position also works heavily on equity and inclusion in Emergency Management, including relationship building with under-resourced populations, translation and interpretation services, access and functional needs coordination, and data analytics to support OEM operations. Ricardo holds a master’s degree in Data Analytics from Southern New Hampshire University, a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Creighton University, and is currently working on a master's of Business Administration with a concentration in Public Administration.
Loren Barnes
Loren is the Business Operations Coordinator for the Larimer County Office of Emergency Management. She has a background in business management and accounting. She joined OEM with over 10 years of accounting and database management from the State and Federal level. She oversees a wide range of financial management functions for disaster work and administrative duties as part of the OEM.
