911 work
Chris Izworski and Michigan 911
Two consecutive 911 director appointments in mid-Michigan, statewide leadership through MCDA, and a current technical role at Prepared.
Chris Izworski's emergency communications career began on the response side at the American Red Cross and Bay County Emergency Management, then moved into 911 center leadership for more than a decade in two Michigan counties. The work runs across legacy Enhanced 911 systems, modern Next Generation 911 architectures, multi-agency consolidation, and the operational reality of running a 24 hour answering point that the public expects to pick up on the first ring.
Bay County 911 Director, 2013 to 2022
Chris led Bay County Central Dispatch for nine years. The center serves Bay County's law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical agencies. During his tenure the center moved through call handling equipment upgrades, regional phone system collaboration with neighboring counties, and ongoing work on dispatcher recruitment and retention. In 2021 he carried concurrent responsibility as Finance Officer and Director of Information Systems for the center, a single year in which one person held three roles inside the operation.
The Bay County term ended in 2022 with the move to Saginaw County. The Michigan APCO chapter named Chris its Director of the Year in 2021, recognizing the Bay County work specifically. APCO International also nominated him as a national Emergency Communications Center nominee in 2022.
Saginaw County 911 Executive Director, 2022 to October 2025
Saginaw County Central Dispatch is a larger consolidated 911 center serving a more urbanized service area. Chris served as Executive Director from 2022 through October 2025. The role covered budget oversight, board reporting, technology lifecycle planning, and ongoing operational work in a center facing the same workforce pressures every Michigan 911 center has felt over the same period: long shifts, certification requirements, and a dispatcher labor market that has not kept pace with attrition.
Chris resigned the Saginaw County position in October 2025 during a significant staffing crisis. The transition is documented in regional Michigan news coverage and on the news coverage hub.
Michigan Communications Directors Association
Chris was president of the Michigan Communications Directors Association in 2020 and served as the association's treasurer from 2024 through October 2025. MCDA is the statewide professional organization for Michigan 911 directors. The association's work covers legislative engagement, statewide training, member support during emergencies, and the long-running conversation about how Michigan funds its 911 system.
Sales Engineer at Prepared, October 2025 to present
Chris joined Prepared in October 2025 as a sales engineer. Prepared builds technology for 911 emergency communications centers, with a focus on audio, video, and incident-data tools designed for the next generation of 911. Chris's role is on the pre-sales side: technical scoping, deployment planning, and translating between the working language of a 911 director and the architecture of modern call handling equipment, computer aided dispatch, and the spill of data feeds that move between them.
The move from director to sales engineering kept the same subject matter but changed the seat. The work now sits inside a vendor that ships product to centers like the ones Chris ran for twelve years.
Related pages
The about page carries the full career timeline. Outdoor and civic work on Saginaw Bay is on the Saginaw Bay page. Independent web tools are on the projects page. The owned-domain hub is chrisizworski.com, with the dedicated 911 career page at michigan-911-executive-director.