Partnerships

While REMSTTAC was being funded by HRSA’s Office of Rural Health Policy, one of its most important accomplishments was the development of a strong stakeholders group that represented, for the first time, a convergence of EMS and trauma expertise with rural and public health leadership. Even though REMSTTAC no longer has the resources to bring this group physically together to guide REMSTTAC, we continue to build on these partnerships.

REMSTTAC STAKEHOLDERS GROUP

Katrina Altenhofen, MPH, REMT-B
State Coordinator
Emergency Medical Services of for Children
Iowa Department of Public Health

Jane W. Ball, RN, DrPH
Executive Director (Retired)
EMSC National Resource Center
Trauma-EMS Technical Assistance Center

Bethany Cummings, DO
Rural Affairs Ad Hoc Committee
National Association of EMS Physicians

Drew Dawson,
Chief, EMS Division
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Tom Esposito, MD
Medical Director
Rural EMS and Trauma Technical Assistance Center

Christian L. Hanna, MPH
Michigan Public Health Institute
Child and Adolescent Health

Bob Heath
EMS Education Coordinator
Nevada State Health Division
Intermountain Regional EMS for Children Coordinating Council

Marilyn Jarvis
Assistant Director for Continuing Education
Extended University
Montana State University

Douglas F. Kupas, MD
Rural Affairs Ad Hoc Committee
National Association of EMS Physicians

Fergus Laughridge
Program Manager
Nevada State Health Division
EMS Bureau of Licensure & Certification

Tami Lichtenberg
Program Manager
Technical Assistance and Services Center
Rural Health Resource Center

Tommy Loyacono, MPA
National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians

Patrick Malone
Director
Initiative for Rural Emergency Medical Services
University of Vermont

N. Clay Mann, PhD, MS
Center Director of Research
Professor of Pediatrics
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center
University of Utah

Evan Mayfield, MS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Center for Disease Control
Office of the Commissioner

Charity G. Moore, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Carol Miller
Executive Director
National Center for Frontier Communities

Kimberly K. Obbink, M.Ed
Director
Extended University
Montana State University
Jerry Overton, Executive Director
Richmond Amublance Authority

Daniel Patterson, PhD
AHRQ-NRSA Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Davis Patterson, PhD
Research Scientist
Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation

Michael Rotondo, MD
Chair
American College of Surgeons
Trauma Systems Committee

Jacob L. Rueda III, PhD
Project Officer
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Office of Rural Health Policy

Kristine Sande
Project Director
Rural Assistance Center
University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health

Mary Sheridan
Director
State Offices of Rural Health
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

Daniel Smith, MS
President
Earthtalk Studios

Dan Summers, RN, BSN, CEN, EMT-P
Director of Education
Center for Rural Emergency Medicine
West Virginia University

Chris Tilden, PhD
Director
Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Office of Local & Rural Health

Robert K. Waddell II
Secretary /Treasurer
National Association of EMS Educators

Bill White
President
National Native American EMS Association

Gary Wingrove
Technical Consultant
Technical Assistance and Services Center
Rural Health Resource Center

Jill Zabel Myers
Healthcare Consulting
Wipfli LLP