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Meet the 2024 Stars

Samantha Blackwell

Acadian Ambulance

Taylor Gibson

Assistant Supervisor - Emergency Communications

Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service

Heather Teague

Paramedic Crew Chief

Mecklenburg EMS Agency

Glenn Arremony

Operations Manager

Hartford HealthCare EMS Network

Robyn Asher

Training Administrator & Quality Assurance Manager

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Keone Bareng

Paramedic Supervisor

Life EMS Ambulance

Patti Ludvig McCartney

Integrated Care Paramedic

Life EMS Ambulance

Cheryl VanSeters

Control Center Trainer

Life EMS Ambulance

Amie Ebarb

Emergency Medical Technician

Southern Oklahoma Ambulance Service

Yahya Elshawarbi

Emergency Medical Technician

Aidan Enders

Paramedic Chief Supervisor

Mohawk Ambulance Service

Jessicah Sweet

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Monticello Ambulance Service

John Hathaway

Emergency Medical Technician

Spirit Medical Transport, LLC

Ronnie Zermeno

Paramedic Supervisor

Dalton Stewart

David Trimberger

Paramedic Field Training Officer

James Martin

Critical Care Paramedic

Eric Foell

Training Officer

Regional Ambulance Service, Inc.

Henry Barsh

Emergency Medical Technician

American Medical Response

Frank Alba

Critical Care Paramedic, Field Training Officer

American Medical Response

Aubree Arneson

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Cal-Ore Life Flight

Johan Alvarado

Flight Paramedic

Air Evac Lifeteam

Krystal Barboza

Community Outreach Coordinator

Hall Ambulance Service

John Basile

Emergency Medical Technician

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Indiana

Jason Baum

Paramedic Supervisor

Falck - San Diego

Alec Belau

Field Training Officer, Paramedic, Maricopa Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Antoine Berenger

Firefighter / Emergency Medical Technician

Rural Metro Fire

Cornelius Brady

Chief Strategy Officer

VMSC Emergency Medical Services

Spencer Brittain

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Gregg Bulman

Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance

Jade Calvin

Critical Care Paramedic

Bell Ambulance, Inc.

Jeremiah Capps

Operations Manager

Superior Mobile Health

Josh Cavaness

Flight Paramedic

EagleMed/Med-Trans Corp.

Adam Aronberg

Northwell Health System Center for EMS

Sam Swanson

Hall Ambulance Service

Emily Chandler

EMS Programs Manager & Program Director, NCTI of Massachusetts

American Medical Response

Cassandra Clark

Paramedic Supervisor

Medix Ambulance Service Inc.

Eric Constantine

Operations Manager - Sonoma County

Medic Ambulance Service Inc.

Jason Cooke

Vice President of Operations, Medshore Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Bernard Cote

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Janiece Cox

Critical Care Paramedic/911 Contract Manager

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Indiana

Brandi Crist

Metropolitan EMS

Andrew Davalos

American Medical Response

Dwight Derby

Emergency Medical Technician

Advanced Life Systems, Inc.

Michael Dobrosky

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Ohio

Dianna Drake

Emergency Medical Technician & Field Training Officer

Hartford HealthCare EMS Network

Nate Dutt

Sanford Ambulance

Josh Frierson

Operations Manager

Lifenet, Inc - Texas

Riggs Egolf

American Medical Response

Steve Emery

Emergency Medical Technician, Seals Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

William Loftus-Rooney

Emergency Medical Technician

Cataldo Ambulance Service, Inc.

Kevin Moore

Cataldo Ambulance Service, Inc.

Steve Jaskot

Community Paramedic

Emergent Health Partners

Wayne Gooding

Community Paramedic

Emergent Health Partners

Juvencio Estrada

Air Evac Lifeteam

Brent Fisher

Flight Paramedic

Air Evac Lifeteam

Jason Florance

American Medical Response

Robert Ford

Emergency Medical Technician

LifeNet Inc. - Oklahoma

Jorge Garcia

Emergency Medical Technician

Umpqua Valley Ambulance

Hope Garrison

Operations Manager

LifeNet, Inc. - Arkansas

Craig Gesterling

Shift Commander & Paramedic

Sunstar Paramedics

Jacob Gilmore

Emergency Medical Technician

Mohawk Ambulance Service

Jessup Grogan

Sergeant & Emergency Medical Technician

Metropolitan EMS

Kenneth Guzman

Northwell Health System Center for EMS

Diamond Hall

Emergency Medical Technician

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Illinois

Scotland Hamlin

Field Training Officer, Emergency Medical Technician

American Medical Response

Kayleen Harding

Emergency Medical Technician, Frontier Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Josh Harrington

Assistant Supervisor & Paramedic

Sunstar Paramedics

Robert Hatzikonstantis

Paramedic & Field Training Officer

Armstrong Ambulance Service

William Hehn, Jr.

Air Communications Specialist

Jason Henry

Fire Captain Paramedic

Rural Metro Fire

Ambrose Stevens

Operations Manager, Paramedic

American Medical Response

Kylend Hetherington

Medstar Ambulance

Lori Peterson

Paramedic & Field Training Officer

Medstar Ambulance

Jon Hibbard

Paramedic Supervisor

Action Ambulance Service, Inc.

Timothy Hinchcliff

Managing Director

Burholme Emergency Medical Services

Jason Hodges

Operations Supervisor, Honor Guard Commander

American Medical Response

Royce Hsiung

Lakes Region EMS

Alan Hughry

Medic Ambulance Service Inc.

Kristen Hunter

Emergency Medical Technician Supervisor

Action Ambulance Service, Inc.

Heather James

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

American Medical Response

Morgan Halliburton

Emergency Medical Technician

ProMed Ambulance

Lillie Jamison

Supervisor and Compliance Specialist, Baptist Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Brian Keith

Emergency Medical Technician

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Wisconsin

David Kingdon

American Medical Response

Alissa Krisher

Critical Care Paramedic

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Wisconsin

Daniel Laguna

Area Float Pilot

Chris Thomason

ProMed Ambulance

Matthew Lambert

Lifeguard Ambulance Service

Carla Landrum

Field Training Officer, Puckett EMS

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Miki Leslie

Emergency Medical Technician, Field Training Officer

American Medical Response

George Lombardo

EMS Training & Safety Manager

Superior Mobile Health

Eric Lumpkin

Dispatch Supervisor – Quality Assurance & Training, Central EMS

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Don Marr

Bay Cities Ambulance

Maurice Matthews

Critical Care Paramedic

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Michigan

Alyssa Meier

Emergency Medical Technician

Life Line Ambulance

Eli Melamed

Life Line Ambulance

Amanda McQuistian

Director Of Operations, LifeCare Medical Transports

Priority Ambulance

Loren Mitchell

Operations Supervisor

Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance

Michael Mitchell

Emergency Medical Technician

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Illinois

Amber Munch

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

East Baton Rouge Parish EMS

Scott Munoz

Critical Care Paramedic

Missoula Emergency Services

Adam Mysona

Emergency Medical Technician

Falck - Colorado

Phillip Neff

Field Training Officer

Falck - Southern California

Shellaine Novak

Clinical Services Director

PatientCare EMS

Stacy Omdahl

Emergency Medical Technician

Megan Overbeck

Michael Penna

Critical Care Transport Registered Nurse

American Medical Response

Jon Jakob Peterson

Sanford Ambulance

Emily Robillard

Emergency Communications Officer

East Baton Rouge Parish EMS

Kevin Rochford

American Medical Response

Brian Rogers

Advanced Scope Paramedic

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Ohio

Daniel Schaefer

Chief of Operations

Metro-Area Ambulance Service

Madison Schatzer

McClain-Grady County EMS

Mark Schiltz

Emergency Medical Technician

Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance

Ryan Schott

Field Training Officer, Paramedic Crew Chief, & Tactical Paramedic

Mecklenburg EMS Agency

Shelly Miller

Revenue Cycle Manager

Mecklenburg EMS Agency

Joe Scott

Paramedic Shift Leader

Medix Ambulance Service Inc.

Allison Sharp

East Baton Rouge Parish EMS

Faith Shuff

Paramedic Field Supervisor, National EMS

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Nicole Silver

Northwell Health System Center for EMS

Dale Simmons

EMS Program Administrator

Mercy Ambulance Service, Inc.

Lance Smeal

Field Training Officer, Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

American Medical Response

Chad Smith

Director of Operation Support, Kunkel Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Raquel Soto

American Medical Response

Robin Smith

Training Administrator, First Call Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Thomas Smith

Communications Manager

Jason Southard

Operations Supervisor

American Medical Response

Allen Steele

Emergency Medical Technician, Guardian Ambulance Service

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Savannah Steele Welch

Field Supervisor, Paramedic

Acadian Ambulance

Sam Sye

Fleet Service Manager

Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance

Keri Taylor

Health Information Management Coordinator

Nikki Taylor

Captain, Nationally Registered Paramedic

Metropolitan EMS

Shane Terry

Flight Paramedic

Air Evac Lifeteam

Cynthia Torkelson

Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance

Andrew Clei Varela

Paramedic, Field Training Officer

American Medical Response

Lucie Walters

Flight Respiratory Therapist

AirMed International

Nicole Warren

Air Evac Lifeteam

Richelle Treece

Andrew Watson

Paramedic & Clinical Services Specialist

Paul Winter

Paramedic - Field Training Officer

Hartford HealthCare EMS Network

Amy Wollenburg

Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service

Haywad Yusufzai

EMT & Field Training Officer

Armstrong Ambulance Service

Haywad Yusufzai

EMT & Field Training Officer

Armstrong Ambulance Service

Amy Wollenburg

Paramedic

Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service

Paul Winter

Paramedic – Field Training Officer

Hartford HealthCare EMS Network

Andrew Watson

Paramedic & Clinical Services Specialist

EMSA

Richelle Treece

Paramedic

REACT EMS

Nicole Warren

Flight Nurse

Air Evac Lifeteam

Lucie Walters

Flight Respiratory Therapist

AirMed International

Andrew Clei Varela

Paramedic, Field Training Officer

American Medical Response

Cynthia Torkelson

Paramedic

Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance

Shane Terry

Flight Paramedic

Air Evac Lifeteam

Nikki Taylor

Captain, Nationally Registered Paramedic

Metropolitan EMS

Keri Taylor

Health Information Management Coordinator

EMSA

Sam Sye

Fleet Service Manager

Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance

Savannah Steele Welch

Field Supervisor, Paramedic

Acadian Ambulance

Allen Steele

Emergency Medical Technician, Guardian Ambulance Service

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Jason Southard

Operations Supervisor

American Medical Response

Thomas Smith

Communications Manager

EMSA

Robin Smith

Training Administrator, First Call Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Raquel Soto

Paramedic

American Medical Response

Chad Smith

Director of Operation Support, Kunkel Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Lance Smeal

Field Training Officer, Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

American Medical Response

Dale Simmons

EMS Program Administrator

Mercy Ambulance Service, Inc.

Nicole Silver

Paramedic

Northwell Health System Center for EMS

Faith Shuff

Paramedic Field Supervisor, National EMS

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Allison Sharp

Paramedic

East Baton Rouge Parish EMS

Joe Scott

Paramedic Shift Leader

Medix Ambulance Service Inc.

Shelly Miller

Revenue Cycle Manager

Mecklenburg EMS Agency

Ryan Schott

Field Training Officer, Paramedic Crew Chief, & Tactical Paramedic

Mecklenburg EMS Agency

Mark Schiltz

Emergency Medical Technician

Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance

Madison Schatzer

Paramedic

McClain-Grady County EMS

Daniel Schaefer

Chief of Operations

Metro-Area Ambulance Service

Brian Rogers

Advanced Scope Paramedic

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Ohio

Kevin Rochford

Paramedic

American Medical Response

Emily Robillard

Emergency Communications Officer

East Baton Rouge Parish EMS

Jon Jakob Peterson

Paramedic

Sanford Ambulance

Michael Penna

Critical Care Transport Registered Nurse

American Medical Response

Megan Overbeck

Paramedic

Abbott EMS

Stacy Omdahl

Emergency Medical Technician

LifeCare EMS

Shellaine Novak

Clinical Services Director

PatientCare EMS

Phillip Neff

Field Training Officer

Falck – Southern California

Adam Mysona

Emergency Medical Technician

Falck – Colorado

Scott Munoz

Critical Care Paramedic

Missoula Emergency Services

Amber Munch

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

East Baton Rouge Parish EMS

Michael Mitchell

Emergency Medical Technician

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Illinois

Loren Mitchell

Operations Supervisor

Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance

Amanda McQuistian

Director Of Operations, LifeCare Medical Transports

Priority Ambulance

Eli Melamed

Paramedic

Life Line Ambulance

Alyssa Meier

Emergency Medical Technician

Life Line Ambulance

Maurice Matthews

Critical Care Paramedic

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Michigan

Don Marr

Paramedic

Bay Cities Ambulance

Eric Lumpkin

Dispatch Supervisor – Quality Assurance & Training, Central EMS

Priority Ambulance, LLC

George Lombardo

EMS Training & Safety Manager

Superior Mobile Health

Miki Leslie

Emergency Medical Technician, Field Training Officer

American Medical Response

Carla Landrum

Field Training Officer, Puckett EMS

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Matthew Lambert

Paramedic

Lifeguard Ambulance Service

Chris Thomason

Paramedic

ProMed Ambulance

Daniel Laguna

Area Float Pilot

REACH

Alissa Krisher

Critical Care Paramedic

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Wisconsin

David Kingdon

Paramedic

American Medical Response

Brian Keith

Emergency Medical Technician

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Wisconsin

Lillie Jamison

Supervisor and Compliance Specialist, Baptist Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Morgan Halliburton

Emergency Medical Technician

ProMed Ambulance

Heather James

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

American Medical Response

Kristen Hunter

Emergency Medical Technician Supervisor

Action Ambulance Service, Inc.

Alan Hughry

Paramedic

Medic Ambulance Service Inc.

Royce Hsiung

EMT-IV Tech

Lakes Region EMS

Jason Hodges

Operations Supervisor, Honor Guard Commander

American Medical Response

Timothy Hinchcliff

Managing Director

Burholme Emergency Medical Services

Jon Hibbard

Paramedic Supervisor

Action Ambulance Service, Inc.

Lori Peterson

Paramedic & Field Training Officer

Medstar Ambulance

Kylend Hetherington

Paramedic

Medstar Ambulance

Ambrose Stevens

Operations Manager, Paramedic

American Medical Response

Jason Henry

Fire Captain Paramedic

Rural Metro Fire

William Hehn, Jr.

Air Communications Specialist

REMSA Health

Robert Hatzikonstantis

Paramedic & Field Training Officer

Armstrong Ambulance Service

Josh Harrington

Assistant Supervisor & Paramedic

Sunstar Paramedics

Kayleen Harding

Emergency Medical Technician, Frontier Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Scotland Hamlin

Field Training Officer, Emergency Medical Technician

American Medical Response

Diamond Hall

Emergency Medical Technician

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Illinois

Kenneth Guzman

Paramedic

Northwell Health System Center for EMS

Jessup Grogan

Sergeant & Emergency Medical Technician

Metropolitan EMS

Jacob Gilmore

Emergency Medical Technician

Mohawk Ambulance Service

Craig Gesterling

Shift Commander & Paramedic

Sunstar Paramedics

Hope Garrison

Operations Manager

LifeNet, Inc. – Arkansas

Jorge Garcia

Emergency Medical Technician

Umpqua Valley Ambulance

Robert Ford

Emergency Medical Technician

LifeNet Inc. – Oklahoma

Jason Florance

Paramedic

American Medical Response

Brent Fisher

Flight Paramedic

Air Evac Lifeteam

Juvencio Estrada

Flight Nurse

Air Evac Lifeteam

Wayne Gooding

Community Paramedic

Emergent Health Partners

Steve Jaskot

Community Paramedic

Emergent Health Partners

Kevin Moore

Paramedic

Cataldo Ambulance Service, Inc.

William Loftus-Rooney

Emergency Medical Technician

Cataldo Ambulance Service, Inc.

Steve Emery

Emergency Medical Technician, Seals Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Riggs Egolf

Paramedic

American Medical Response

Josh Frierson

Operations Manager

Lifenet, Inc – Texas

Nate Dutt

Paramedic

Sanford Ambulance

Dianna Drake

Emergency Medical Technician & Field Training Officer

Hartford HealthCare EMS Network

Michael Dobrosky

Paramedic

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Ohio

Dwight Derby

Emergency Medical Technician

Advanced Life Systems, Inc.

Andrew Davalos

Paramedic

American Medical Response

Brandi Crist

Paramedic

Metropolitan EMS

Janiece Cox

Critical Care Paramedic/911 Contract Manager

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Indiana

Bernard Cote

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Rescue Inc.

Jason Cooke

Vice President of Operations, Medshore Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Eric Constantine

Operations Manager – Sonoma County

Medic Ambulance Service Inc.

Cassandra Clark

Paramedic Supervisor

Medix Ambulance Service Inc.

Emily Chandler

EMS Programs Manager & Program Director, NCTI of Massachusetts

American Medical Response

Sam Swanson

Paramedic

Hall Ambulance Service

Adam Aronberg

Paramedic

Northwell Health System Center for EMS

Josh Cavaness

Flight Paramedic

EagleMed/Med-Trans Corp.

Jeremiah Capps

Operations Manager

Superior Mobile Health

Jade Calvin

Critical Care Paramedic

Bell Ambulance, Inc.

Gregg Bulman

Paramedic

Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance

Spencer Brittain

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Life EMS

Cornelius Brady

Chief Strategy Officer

VMSC Emergency Medical Services

Antoine Berenger

Firefighter / Emergency Medical Technician

Rural Metro Fire

Alec Belau

Field Training Officer, Paramedic, Maricopa Ambulance

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Jason Baum

Paramedic Supervisor

Falck – San Diego

John Basile

Emergency Medical Technician

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Indiana

Krystal Barboza

Community Outreach Coordinator

Hall Ambulance Service

Johan Alvarado

Flight Paramedic

Air Evac Lifeteam

Aubree Arneson

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Cal-Ore Life Flight

Frank Alba

Critical Care Paramedic, Field Training Officer

American Medical Response

Henry Barsh

Emergency Medical Technician

American Medical Response

Eric Foell

Training Officer

Regional Ambulance Service, Inc.

James Martin

Critical Care Paramedic

Pafford EMS

David Trimberger

Paramedic Field Training Officer

Pafford EMS

Dalton Stewart

Paramedic

Pafford EMS

Ronnie Zermeno

Paramedic Supervisor

Pafford EMS

John Hathaway

Emergency Medical Technician

Spirit Medical Transport, LLC

Jessicah Sweet

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Monticello Ambulance Service

Aidan Enders

Paramedic Chief Supervisor

Mohawk Ambulance Service

Yahya Elshawarbi

Emergency Medical Technician

Falck USA

Amie Ebarb

Emergency Medical Technician

Southern Oklahoma Ambulance Service

Cheryl VanSeters

Control Center Trainer

Life EMS Ambulance

Patti Ludvig McCartney

Integrated Care Paramedic

Life EMS Ambulance

Keone Bareng

Paramedic Supervisor

Life EMS Ambulance

Robyn Asher

Training Administrator & Quality Assurance Manager

Priority Ambulance, LLC

Glenn Arremony

Operations Manager

Hartford HealthCare EMS Network

Heather Teague

Paramedic Crew Chief

Mecklenburg EMS Agency

Taylor Gibson

Assistant Supervisor – Emergency Communications

Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service

Samantha Blackwell

Paramedic

Acadian Ambulance