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44 EMSWORLDEXPO.COM • #EMSWORLDEXPO FACULTY Robert Girardeau, BS, NREMT-P, FP-C, is a critical care/fight paramedic for Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals - JeffSTAT in Philadelphia, PA. David Glendenning, EMT-P, is education coordinator with New Hanover Regional Medical Center Division of EMS and a paramedic instructor at Cape Fear Community College. Michael Gooch, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, ENP- BC, CFRN, CTRN, CEN, NREMT-P, is an emergency nurse practitioner, fight nurse and paramedic who brings over 20 years of EMS and emergency experience. He is also faculty with the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville, TN. Kelly Grayson is a national conference speaker and a frequent contributor to EMS World Magazine. He works as a critical care paramedic for Acadian Ambulance in southwest Louisiana. Ryan Greenberg, MBA, NREMT-P, has focused his career on building hospital-based EMS systems across the northeast, while remaining an active paramedic, frefghter, educator and EMS advocate. He is a board member for the National EMS Management Association and is currently the EMS division chief for a regional trauma center in northern New Jersey. Chris Hamper, NRP, is passionate about advancing EMS through research, high-fdelity medical simulation and community-based health interventions. He developed and delivered several new courses including the frst community paramedic course in Oregon. Jeffrey Ho, MD, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, is an emergency medicine and EMS physician and serves as the chief medical director of Hennepin EMS in Minneapolis, MN. He is a sworn law enforcement offcer in Minnesota and has expertise in several areas where law enforcement intersects with medicine. Jeffrey L. Jarvis, MD, MS, EMT-P, is the EMS medical director for Williamson County EMS in Texas. Anne Jensen, EMT-P, BS, is the Program Manager for the City of San Diego EMS Resource Access Program (RAP). Robin Johnson, MD, is the associate medical director for the Colorado Springs (CO) Fire Department. TJ Kennedy was one of the frst leaders to join the FirstNet team in July 2013 and now serves as president of the organization. He is an experienced executive with a unique leadership background that includes technology expertise and coalition building and as well as hands-on public safety experience in police, fre and EMS. Sean Kivlehan, MD, MPH, is the associate director of the International Emergency Medicine Fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He works as an attending physician in the emergency department, which is a level 1 trauma and burn center and on multiple international emergency medicine projects. Prior to this he was a NYC paramedic and EMS educator for 10 years. Baxter Larmon, PhD, MICP, is a professor of emergency medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the founding director of the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care. Joel Lavender has over 30 years of frefghter/ paramedic experience with the Dallas Fire Rescue Department. He served throughout the department, including positions in the feld, administration, training and dispatch. Rob Lawrence, MCMI, is chief operating offcer of the Richmond Ambulance Authority. Before that he held the same position with the English county of Suffolk as part of the East of England Ambulance. Steven C. LeCroy spent over 30 years with St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue before retiring and going to work for Mercury Medical in Clearwater, FL, as clinical manager for EMS products. He has also been certifed as a Respiratory Therapist for over 35 years. Ofer Lichtman, NREMT-P, has been involved in EMS for the past 20 years. He started his career as an EMT in Israel at the age of 14 and is now working for the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District in California where he serves as a frefghter/paramedic and the agency's Terrorism Liaison Offcer coordinator. Dan Limmer, AS, EMT-P, is a paramedic and police offcer who has been involved in EMS and law enforcement for more than 35 years. He is a lecturer in the EMS degree program at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA, and an EMS instructor/coordinator in Maine. Dan speaks at EMS conferences around the world. He is a co- author of several textbooks including Emergency Care, EMR Complete, the education standards Transition Series for EMT, AEMT and Paramedic, and EMPACT. He develops smart phone and web-based review apps for the emergency service felds through his company, Limmer Creative LLC. Robert Luckritz, Esq., is the EMS director for Jersey City Medical Center. He has nearly 20 years of experience as a clinician and leader and is a board member of the National Association of EMTs and the National Association of Urban Hospitals. Gary Ludwig is the fre chief of Champaign, IL. He has a total of 38 years of fre, EMS and rescue experience, previously managing awarding- winning EMS systems in St. Louis and Memphis. He has a master's degree in management and business. Kevin Mackey, MD, is medical director for Mountain Valley EMS Agency in Modesto, CA. Nancy Magee is managing partner of MEDIC Training Solutions in Louisiana. An EMT with 15 years of experience as a provider and a manager, Nancy combines a business woman's perspective with an EMS volunteer's heart. Craig A. Manifold, DO, is chair of the National EMS Committee, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). Nick Manning, NREMT-P, is a paramedic for New Orleans EMS. He is one of the popular crew members featured on A&E;'s hit TV documentary series Nightwatch. Kevin McGinnis is a nationally recognized advocate for broadband communications within the EMS community and a FirstNet Board Member. He is currently community paramedicine chief of North East Mobile Health Services, the largest paramedic service in Maine. Howard K. Mell, MD, MPH, CPE, FACEP, is EMS Medical Director for Iredell County in North Carolina. Bobbie Merica is the author of Medical Moulage: How to Make Your Simulations Come Alive and owner of Moulage Concepts, an international medical and trauma moulage company that specializes in hospital, trauma, mass casualty and prehospital moulage training, supply and certifcation. Nathaniel Metz is director of operations for Prompt Ambulance Central. John Mezo is general manager of VITAS Hospice Care of Fort Worth. Hank Meyer is a senior special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). He is currently assigned to the ATF/New Orleans Police Department-Multi Agency Gang Unit. Meyer also serves as a tactical paramedic and is assigned to the elite ATF Special Response Team (SRT) providing tactical medical support for high risk deployments throughout the country. Branden Miesemer, NRP, FP-C, is a fight paramedic in the Midwestern United States and an adjunct paramedicine instructor for several local colleges. He is an advocate for leveraging technology and social media to provide low-cost, cutting-edge medical education and training. Jeremy D. Miller, MEd, NRP, is responsible for all certifcation functions at NREMT including recertifcation, accommodations and legal departments. Ronna Miller, MD, is an associate professor of EMS in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UTSW. Anthony Minge, MBA, is a partner with Fitch & Associates, a leading consulting frm in emergency services now celebrating more than three decades of service. Kirk Mittelman is a 35-year public safety veteran. He is currently the program director for Mt Nebo/U of Utah's Paramedic Program. Holly Monteleone, NREMT-P, is a paramedic for New Orleans EMS. She is one of the popular crew members featured on A&E;'s hit TV documentary series Nightwatch.