AUGUST 5–9, 2013
OMNI PLANTATION AMELIA ISLAND     JACKSONVILLE, FL

Faculty

Pinnacle brings together a group of expert presenters to help you explore advanced business and operational practices, develop insight into the most important issues your organization faces, and understand emerging solutions to complex problems. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from and network with some of the nation’s top EMS leaders and innovators.

  • Jeff Beeson, D.O.

    Medical director, MedStar Mobile Healthcare, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Bryan Bledsoe, D.O.

    Professor of emergency medicine and director of the EMS Fellowship, Department of Emergency Medicine, at the University of Nevada, School of Medicine and the Department of Emergency Medicine at University Medical Center in Las Vegas

  • Scott Bourn, Ph.D.

    Vice President of clinical affairs, American Medical Response

  • Jim Broman

    Served as a fire chief in Lacey, Wash.

  • Steve Cotter

    EMS director of Piedmont (S.C.) Medical Center

  • Alan Craig

    Key advisor, American Medical Response, former deputy director of Toronto EMS

  • Scott Cravens

    Publisher of EMS World Magazine

  • Norris Croom

    Deputy chief, operations, Castle Rock (Colo.) Fire and Rescue Department

  • Jay Fitch, Ph.D.

    President, Fitch & Associates

  • Jeffery Fraser

    Director, ambulance operations and community paramedicine, Emergency Medical Care Inc., Nova Scotia

  • Greg Friese, M.S., NREMT-P

    Director of education, CentreLearn Solutions, LLC.

  • Guillermo Fuentes

    Partner, Fitch & Associates

  • Dia Gainor, MPA

    Executive director, National Association of State EMS Officials

  • Alex Garza, MD, MPH

    Medical Director, FirstWatch

  • Michael Greene, MBA

    Partner, Fitch & Associates

  • William C. Gerard, M.D.

    Director of emergency services at Palmetto Health System in Columbia, S.C.

  • Frank Gresh

    Director, information technology, EMSA, the EMS Authority in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla.

  • Scott Hadley

    Director, Sedgwick County (Kan.) EMS

  • Troy Hagen

    Director, Care Ambulance in Southern California

  • Alan Murray

    Managing Director,  Access 24 Unscheduled Care, United Kingdom

  • David Harrawood

    President of the Baldrige Consulting Group, previously the executive director of emergency services for Sarasota County, Fla.

  • A.J. Heightman

    Editorial director of PennWell Public Safety, publisher of JEMS, the Journal of Emergency Medical Services

  • Thomas Judge

    Executive director, LifeFlight of Maine

  • Rick Keller

    Founding partner, Fitch & Associates

  • Skip Kirkwood

    EMS Chief, Wake County, N.C.

  • Paul LeSage

    Advisor, Outcome Engenuity, former paramedic and battalion chief, Tualatin Valley, Ore.

  • David Marx

    Author, aircraft design engineer, lawyer, advisor, Federal Aviation Administration’s Human Factors Research Program and principal consultant, NASA’s major mishap investigation process. Marx is the CEO of Outcome Engenuity.

  • Anthony Minge, MBA

    Partner, Fitch & Associates

  • Paula Poirier

    Chief operating officer, Emergency Medical Care Inc., Nova Scotia

  • Aarron Reinert, B.A., EMT-P

    Executive director, Lakes Region EMS, Minn.

  • Ed Racht, M.D.

    Medical director, American Medical Response

  • Ernesto Rodriguez

    Director, Austin-Travis County (Texas) EMS system

  • Joseph Ryan, M.D.

    Medical director, Regional EMS Authority of Reno, Nev.

  • Roxanne Shanks, CEO

    LifeFlight-Eagle Air Medical Program, Kansas City, Mo.

  • Jerry Socha

    Director of global development, Ferno

  • Brenda Staffan

    Project coordinator, Regional EMS Authority of Reno, Nev.

  • Matt Streger, JD

    Health-care attorney, New York City, former paramedic and deputy commissioner of Cleveland EMS

  • Todd Stout

    President, FirstWatch

  • Pat Songer

    Incident Commander, EMS director for Humboldt General Hospital, Winnemucca, NJ

  • Dan Swayze, Ph.D

    Vice President of the Center for Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh

  • Mike Taigman

    General manager, American Medical Response, Gold Coast Ambulance in Ventura County, Calif.

  • Lisa Tofil, J.D.

    Partner, Holland & Knight Public Policy and Regulatory Group

  • Michael Ward

    Senior consultant, Fitch & Associates 

  • Michael Wilcox, M.D.

    Medical director for 85 Minnesota EMS agencies, and community paramedic program at Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn Park, Minn.

  • Steve Wirth, JD

    Partner, Page, Wolfberg & Wirth, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

  • Doug Wolfberg, JD

    Partner, Page, Wolfberg & Wirth, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

  • Christine Zalar

    Founding partner, Fitch & Associates

  • Matt Zavadsky

    Director of public affairs, MedStar Mobile Healthcare, Fort Worth, Texas

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