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2025 Speakers

Experts in EMS Operations, Leadership, and Reimbursement
Aarron Reinert
SafeTech Solutions LLC
Partner
Adam Paluka
EMSA
Chief Public Affairs Officer
Allyson Pharr
Acadian Ambulance
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
Amy Gnojek
Apex360, LLC
Founder/Principal Consultant
Andrew Mulcahy
RAND
Senior Health Policy Researcher
Angela McLain-Johnson
Pafford Medical Services
Asbel Montes
Solutions Group Services
Managing Partner
Ben Wasmund
Lakes Region EMS
Brendan Cameron
BCABC
Consultant
Brett Dragun
Global Medical Response
Director Federal Liaison Officer
Carly Strong
Riggs Ambulance Service SEMSA
Chief Operating Officer
Cassandra Ewig-Bruss
Bell Ambulance
Scheduling Coordinator
Chris Anderson
Bell Ambulance
Director of Operations
Chris Lake
International Association Fire Fighters
Deputy Director of Fire and EMS Response System Development
Christopher Kelly
WMK Law Group
Partner
Christopher Way
Kootenai County Fire
Chief
Chuck Kearns
Mercy Ambulance Service
CEO
David Fifer
EKU Paramedic Science Program
Associate Professor
Dixon Marlow
Amerimed
CEO
Domenic Corey II
Northeastern University
Senior Lecturer; EMT Program Director | Public Health and Health Sciences
Donna Hankins
American Ambulance
Director of Billing
Douglas Kupas, MD
Geisinger Medical Center
Medical Director Mobile Integrated Health
Frank Gresh
Medstar Mobile Healthcare
Interim CEO
Frank Nagorka
Medical Express Ambulance Service
Paramedic & Outside Counsel
Gerad Troutman, MD
Global Medical Response
National Medical Director
Heather McGowan
Top-Ranked Futurist; 2x Bestselling Author
James Hadley
Life EMS Ambulance
Operations Coordinator
Jamie Pafford-Gresham
Pafford Medical Services
CEO
Jeremy Miller
Delaware County EMS
Assistant Chief
Jerry Biggart
Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin
Board Member
John Holder
Kentucky Board of EMS
Board Chair
Justin Back
Acadian Ambulance
President
Justin Van Damme
Global Medical Response
Healthcare Alliances Manager
Kathy Lester
Lester Health Law
Principal
Katie Arens
Life EMS Ambulance
Vice President of Customer Access
Kim Godden
Superior Ambulance
Vice President of Legal, Government Relations, Corporate Compliance and Education
Knolan Rawlins, PhD
Delaware State University
Assistant Professor
Loida Howell
Solutions Group Services
Event Coordinator
Macara Trusty
Global Medical Response
Director of Leadership Development & Business Optimization – South Region
Margaret Keavney
Keavney & Streger, LLC
Attorney
Maria Bianchi, CAE
American Ambulance Association
CEO
Maripat Hodges
Global Medical Response
Director of Programs
Marisa Burmaster
Global Medical Response
Director of Quality Assurance
Matt Streger
Keavney & Streger, LLC
Attorney & Paramedic
Matt Zavadsky
PWW|AG
EMS/Mobile Healthcare Consultant
Matthew Herman
Coastal Medical Transportation Services
Data Analyst
Meghan Winesett
American Ambulance Association
Director, Government Affairs
Michael Kaduce
Falck Health Institute
Director
Michelle Anderson
Lakes Region EMS
Director of Administration
Mike Taigman
FirstWatch
Improvement Guide
Monica Mason
Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority
Executive Director
Patrick Fahey
Brewster Ambulance
Vice President of Business Development
Randy Strozyk
Global Medical Response
Senior Advisor
Rebecca Williamson
Southwest Arkansas Regional Medical Center
Chief Compliance Officer
Rob Lawrence
Pro EMS
Director of Strategic Implementation
Rob Razzante
Falck
Learning & Development Specialist
Robert McClintock
International Association Fire Fighters
Director of Fire and EMS Operations
Sarah McEntee
Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services
Executive Director
Scott Helle
Center of Excellence in Rural Health, University of Kentucky
Rural Project Manager
Sean Russell
Global Medical Response
President of the Pacific Region
Shannon Gollnick
PWW|AG
EMS Consultant
Steve Grau
Royal Ambulance, Inc.
CEO
Terence Sheehy
Dare County EMS
Deputy Chief
Thomas Maxian
Global Medical Response
National President, Ground and Support Operations
Tim Baughman
INDYCAR
Senior Director, Track Safety and Medical Services
Tom Baldwin
Global Medical Response
Vice President of Safety
Tristan North
American Ambulance Association
SVP, Government Affairs
Tyanie Gordon
Global Medical Response
Clinical Director, Federal and National Services
Zach Gaumer
Health Management Associates
Managing Principal