Board Members

Each year, the Council elects a Board of Directors, comprised of up to 30 of the organizations represented by the Council. The Board of Directors serves as the official advisory body to the Pennsylvania Department of Health on EMS issues,. The Board is responsible to elect the Council officers, which include President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The officers, two At Large Board Members, and the Immediate Past President also comprise the Council's Executive Committee.

2011-2012

  • Allegheny County EMS Council - Douglas Garretson
  • Ambulance Association of Pennsylvania
  • American Heart Association - Great Rivers Affiliate - Jennifer Ebersole
  • American Red Cross - Patricia Mullins
  • Bradford/Susquehanna EMS Council - Thomas Brandt, RN 
  • Center for Emergency Medicine - Walt Stoy, PhD.
  • City of Allentown EMS - David Van Allen
  • City of Pittsburgh EMS - Robert McCaughan
  • Columbia Quick Response Service, Inc.
  • Eastern PA EMS Council - Everitt Binns, Ph.D.
  • Emergency Nurses Association - Kay Bleecher, RN
  • EMMCO East - Don Fortney
  • EMMCO West - Christopher Heile
  • Harrisburg Area Community College - Rob Bernini
  • Hershey Medical Center - Steve Meador, M.D.
  • Hospital & Healthcare Association of PA - Lynn Leighton
  • JeffSTAT - Duane Spencer
  • Murrysville Medic One - Darrick Gerano
  • Non-Profit Services of Beaver County - Robert Lordo, Sr.
  • PA Chapter, ACEP - Arthur Hayes, M.D., FACEP
  • Pennsylvania Committee on Trauma (ACS)- Nikhilesh Agarwal, M.D.
  • Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants - Lane Bower
  • Philadelphia University - Jean Bail, RN, Ed.D.
  • Southern Alleghenies EMS Council - Sandy Jablonski
  • UPMC Presbyterian - Myron Rickens
  • Tioga County EMS Council - John Getty
  • Valley Ambulance Authority - J.R. Henry
  • Volunteer Medical Service Corps of Lower Merion and Narberth - Suzanne Smith
  • Westmoreland County EMS Council, Inc. - Randy Margarcelli
  • York Hospital - R. Daniel Bledsoe, M.D.
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