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REGISTER ONLINE AT EMSWORLDEXPO.COM 45 Anne Robinson-Montera, RN, BSN, is the co- creator and public health partner for the frst National Community Paramedic Pilot Program in rural Eagle, CO. She led a team of educators and experts in developing the 3.0 version of the Community Paramedic Curriculum in 2011, and is currently leading the training program for the California Community Paramedic Pilot Project. Asbel Montes is vice president of Governmental Relations & Reimbursements at Acadian Ambulance Service. Jeff Myers, DO, has a 27-year career in EMS as a paramedic, educator, author and EMS medical director. He currently works at CaroMont Regional Medical Center, a level 3 trauma center in Gastonia, NC, and is the System EMS Medical Director for Gaston County EMS. Matthew Ozanich, MHHS, NRP, is the director of prehospital care for Trumbull Memorial Hospital and pharmacology instructor for Health Professions at Youngstown State University. He has been a practicing paramedic for 11 years and has experience in fre-based EMS, private EMS, mobile intensive care, tactical EMS and EMS administration. David Page, MS, NRP, is director of the Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCLA. He is a senior lecturer and PhD candidate at Monash University. He has over 30 years of experience in EMS and continues to be active as a feld paramedic for Allina Health EMS in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Louisa Partain, EMT-P, has spent her career in EMS working in the fre service and private EMS, as well as education. Currently she is the quality improvement and education coordinator for Washington County EMS Offce's Division of Public Health. P. Daniel Patterson, PhD, MPH, MS, NREMT-P, is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine. He is principal investigator of a federally funded project to develop evidence- based guidelines for fatigue risk management in the EMS setting. Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH, FACEP, is professor of surgery, medicine, pediatrics, public health and Riggs Family Chair in Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, TX. He is also director of the City of Dallas Medical Emergency Services for Public Safety, Public Health and Homeland Security and lead medical director for Dallas Metropolitan BioTel (EMS) system. Ryan Pietzsch is director of education and training for VFIS. Ed Racht, MD, is the chief medical offcer for American Medical Response. Audrey Reichard is an epidemiologist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Neal Richmond, MD, is medical director of MedStar Mobile Healthcare in Fort Worth. Vincent Robbins, FACHE, is president and CEO of MONOC, New Jersey's largest EMS and mobile healthcare shared service hospital cooperative. He has also served in the administration at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia and with the New Jersey State Department of EMS. He is president-elect of the National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA). Paul Rosenberger, MPA, EdD, NRP, has over 30 years of extensive EMS experience with 14 years of adult education instruction. Kenneth A. Scheppke, MD, FAAEM, is EMS medical director of the following: Palm Beach County, Palm Beach Gardens, Boynton Beach, West Palm Beach, Town of Palm Beach Greenacres, Palm Beach State College EMS Academy and JFK Medical Center. Charles W. Sheppard, MD, FACEP, is medical director for Mercy Life Line. In EMS for over 40 years, he has been the medical director for an active air ambulance service for 19 years. He is a board member of the Air Medical Physicians Association and a speaker at multiple national and international EMS conferences. Todd Sheridan is a senior consultant for Fitch & Associates, a leading consulting frm in emergency services. Doug Smith is a co-founder of Platinum Educational Group. He is a licensed paramedic and instructor coordinator in Michigan and has been involved in EMS for 30 years. He has a Master's Degree in Education and has taught numerous instructor courses. He has also spoken at numerous state and national conferences. Scott H. Smith, EMT-P, is with the Divers Alert Network (DAN). Kurt Steward, PhD, is the former CFO for the Dallas Fire Rescue Department. He worked over 10 years in local government in various roles, focusing on improving operational performance, reducing costs and increasing workforce effciencies. He is currently vice president at Infor where he focuses on strategic market analyses, go-to-market plan development, product enhancement and expansion opportunities. Dan Swayze, DrPH, MBA, MEMS, is the vice president and chief operating offcer of the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania. He has a doctorate in public health, an MBA and a master's degree in EMS. Dr. Swayze is widely considered a pioneer in community paramedicine. Titus Tero, NREMT-P, is a paramedic for the New Orleans EMS. He is one of the popular crew members featured on A&E;'s hit TV documentary series Nightwatch. Jonah Thompson is a full-time community paramedic with the CONNECT program, based out of the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western PA in Pittsburgh, PA. He has over 20 years of EMS, disaster response and military experience. Kristopher L. Thompson, BSN, NREMT-P, RN, CCEMTP, CCRN, CEN, CFRN, FP-C, is an emergency room and intensive care unit charge nurse and preceptor at the University of Missouri's level one trauma center and tertiary referral center. He also practices as a paramedic with both the University and Cole County EMS. Lee Varner is the EMS Project Manager for the Center for Patient Safety, an independent, not-for- proft organization dedicated to promoting safe and quality healthcare through the reduction of medical errors. He has been involved in EMS since 1986 and has authored many papers relating to safety, advocacy and outreach for EMS issues at the local, state and national level. Oren Wacht, PhD, EMT-P, is a professor in the department of emergency medicine in Ben Gurion University. He is also a paramedic in the Israeli EMS system and army reserve, and an advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Health. Jonathan Washko, MBA, NREMT-P, AEMD, is assistant vice president for the Center for Emergency Medical Services with North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System in New York City and Long Island, New York. He is considered a leading industry expert on EMS system design, system status management and high performance EMS concepts. Katherine H. West, BSN, MSEd, is an infection control consultant for Infection Control/Emerging Concepts in VA. Brent Williams is FirstNet's Senior EMS Advisor. He joined FirstNet from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services where he served as an EMS Radio Communications Consultant to the EMS and Trauma Systems Section since 2002. In that role, Williams was the subject matter expert on EMS radio communication systems and requirements. Christopher Wistrom, DO, started his career in EMS as a volunteer in his home town. He has worked in private, hospital-based and fre-based EMS as an EMT and paramedic. He is associate EMS medical director for the Mercy Health System in Wisconsin. James Woodson, MD, is a start-up entrepreneur stuck in an emergency physician's body. Much more comfortable in fip fops and a fannel shirt, James left his burgeoning medical practice in East Texas to pursue his dream of simplifying healthcare and has been on an endless pursuit to redefne mobile health Michael Wright has been in public service since 1982 beginning as a U.S. Paratrooper with the 101st and 82d Airborne divisions. He is currently licensed as a Nationally Registered Paramedic, ACLS instructor, State of WI Tactical Medic, State of WI EMS Instructor II, Community Paramedic and president of Southeast Tactical LLC. Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, EMT, is the public affairs director at MedStar Mobile Healthcare, the exclusive emergency and non-emergency EMS/ MIH provider for Fort Worth and 14 other cities in North Texas and the recipient of the EMS World/ NAEMT 2013 Paid EMS system of the Year.