Stephan Hittmann serves as a member of the Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board of Mount Sinai School of Medicine. In this capacity, he promotes education and awareness of this type of injury, as well as services for people who have suffered a TBI. A longtime executive with the Fire Department of the City of New York, Stephan Hittmann helped establish the 911 FUND, an organization that trains and provides apparatus and equipment for fire departments worldwide.