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2024 Speakers

2025 Speakers Coming in February!

Experts in EMS Operations, Leadership, and Reimbursement
Aarron Reinert
SafeTech Solutions LLC
Partner
Adam Kuhs
Bell Ambulance
Deputy Director of Operations
Alexa Altman
Sellers Dorsey
Associate Director
Alison Crawford
Diversity & Inclusion Facilitator
Allison Infinger
Mecklenburg EMS Agency
Performance Improvement Manager
Allyson Pharr
Acadian Ambulance
Amy Gnojek
Apex360, LLC
Angela McLain-Johnson
Pafford Medical Services
Angela Sereda
Medavie Health Services West
Senior Manager of Mobile Integrated Health
Ann Jablon
Capitol Counsel, LLC
Partner
Arthur Dixon Marlow, MBA
Amerimed Medical Solutions
Founder & CEO
Ben Mergendahl
American Ambulance Association
Senior Intern
Ben Wasmund
Lakes Region EMS
Billie “BJ” Newbury
West Kentucky Healthcare Coalition
Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator
Brian Werfel
Werfel & Werfel, PLLC
Partner
Carlie Bush
Global Medical Response
VP, HR Service Delivery
Chase Hodges
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance
Chris Anderson
Bell Ambulance
Director of Operations
Chris Lake
International Association Fire Fighters
Deputy Director of Fire and EMS Response System Development
Christopher DiBona
Brewster Ambulance
Christopher Kelly
Amerimed EMS
General Counsel
Christopher Way
Kootenai County Fire
Chief
Danielle Thomas
Lifeline Ambulance
COO
Diahan Underwood
Priority Ambulance
Chief Nursing Officer | Chief Compliance Officer
Donna Newchurch
Bridge Partners
Dr. Doug Swanson
Mecklenburg EMS Agency (MEDIC)
Dr. Richard McKeon
SAMHSA
Senior Advisor, 988 and Crisis Office
Edward “Ted” Van Horne
Global Medical Response
Chief Operating Officer
Grace Nelson
Mecklenburg EMS Agency
Public Relations Manager
Henry Lewis
South Carolina EMS Association
Executive Director
James Pierson
Medic Ambulance
President & Chief Operating Officer
Jamie Pafford-Gresham
Pafford Medical Services
Jeff Keith
Mecklenburg EMS Agency
Deputy Director
Jessica Olsen
Global Medical Response
Vice President of Talent Acquisition
Jim Duke
Com-Care EMS
President
Joanne Piccininni
Bergen Community College
Paramedic Science Program Director
John “JP” Peterson
Mecklenburg EMS Agency (MEDIC)
John Becknell, PhD
SafeTech Solutions LLC
Partner
John Jonas
Capitol Counsel
Jonnathan Busko, MD
North East Mobile Health Services
Medical Director
Josh Brumwell
PatientCare EMS
Chief Operating Officer
Julian Dewberry
Falck USA
Director of Business Development
Justin Back
Acadian Ambulance
Kathy Lester
Lester Health Law
Principal
Katie Arens
Life EMS Ambulance
Keisha Sparks
Acadian Ambulance
Operations Manager
Kim Godden
Superior Ambulance
Knolan Rawlins, PhD
Delaware State University
Assistant Professor
Lance Hester
Global Medical Response
Operations EMS Chief | AMR DeKalb County
Macara Trusty
Global Medical Response
Marc Kilman-Burnham
Global Medical Response
Director of Gov Affairs, Pacific & West Regions
Maria Bianchi, CAE
American Ambulance Association
CEO
Mark Tenia
Richmond Ambulance Authority
Mason Lane
Sellers Dorsey
Matt Zavadsky
Medstar Mobile Healthcare
Meghan Winesett
American Ambulance Association
Sr. Gov Affairs Manager
Meredith A. Lambroff-Brown
Armstrong Ambulance Service
COO
Michelle Anderson
Lakes Region EMS
Director of Administration
Mickey Schulte
Savvik Buying Group
Mike Battis
Ballard Ambulance
Director of Operations
Mike Taigman
FirstWatch
Improvement Guide
Neleen Rubin
Alston Bird
Senior Policy Advisor
Nicole Malachowski
Nicole Malachowski & Associates
Igniter. Advocate. Veteran.
Patrisha Kalich
Acadian Ambulance
Operations Coordinator
Philip M. Fennema
TANDEM365
Chief Operating Officer
Rachel Harracksingh
Life Ambulance Service
President
Randall Mann
Acadian Ambulance
Randy Murry
Pafford Medical Services
Director of Mississippi Operations
Randy Strozyk
Global Medical Response
Senior Vice President, Executive Operations
Richard Hunt, MD
ASPR, HSS
Senior Medical Advisor, Office of Health Care Readiness
Rick Petrie
North East Mobile Health Services
COO
Rob Lawrence
Pro EMS
Director of Strategic Implementation
Robert McClintock
International Association Fire Fighters
Director of Fire and EMS Operations
Ron Quaranto
Acadian Ambulance Service
Regional Vice President
Samantha Hilker
American Ambulance Association
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Sarah Baker
Global Medical Response
Director of Operations, AMR/Medic West Las Vegas
Scott Moore
Moore EMS Consulting
Principal
Shawn Baird
American Ambulance Association
Shelly Miller
Mecklenburg EMS Agency (MEDIC)
Revenue Cycle Manager
Steve Wirth
Page, Wolfberg & Wirth
Tiffany M. Russell, MBA
SAMHSA
Chief of Crisis and Justice Initiatives
Todd Stout
FirstWatch Solutions
Founder & President
Tom Baldwin
Global Medical Response
Vice President of Safety
Tristan North
American Ambulance Association
SVP, Government Affairs
Victoria Reinhartz
Victoria Reinhartz
Interim Executive Director
Wayne Jurecki
Bell Ambulance
Vice President & COO