SugiyamaWilliam “Bill” Sugiyama began his career in EMS as an EMT – I while in college in 1990. Over this 24 year period he has steadily advanced himself professionally and academically. In 1990 he began his EMS career with a private ambulance company in the Sacramento California Area. In 1993 he obtained his California State Paramedic licensure and has served as a field paramedic on the ground and in the air; as and educator in the classroom and in the field; as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Paramedic Association he directed the largest American Heart Association Training Center on the West Coast and managed a budget of over 1.5 million dollars; as a Prehospital Care Coordinator for the Alameda County EMS Agency he directed the County’s Trauma and Critical Care Transport Paramedic Programs; as the Division Chief/Manager of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for the City of Oakland Fire Department he managed a Divisional budget of over $ 4 million dollars annually and directed the management and delivery of EMS for over 400 fire department personnel and 60,000 annual EMS responses for the 44th largest City in the United States. Bill is also the current Immediate Past President for the International Association of Emergency Medical Services Chiefs.

Bill has earned his Associates degree in Nursing and Baccalaureate degree of Science from Excelsior College, his Master of Arts in Homeland Security with a Concentration in Emergency and Disaster Management from American Military University and in 2009; completed the Harvard Fellowship for Senior Executives in State and Local Government through the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2009; completed the Executive Leadership Program at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey California in 2012.

President James Robinson, serves as the Chief of Operations for Denver Health EMS. He is a founding member of the International Association of EMS Chiefs. A 24-year veteran of EMS, Chief Robinson began his EMS career as a volunteer EMT in 1989, and went on to a professional career with the City and County of Denver in 1993 as a field paramedic. Since then, he has been involved in every facet of the Denver Health Paramedic Division’s operations, and has been the Operations Chief since 2005. In addition to his Denver Health role, Chief Robinson serves as the chairman of the Denver UASI/North Central All-Hazards Region's EMS subcommittee, as the EMS representative to the State of Colorado All-Hazards Advisory Committee, as a member of the State of Colorado's ESF-8 Steering Committee and as the region 3 Board of Directors' representative of the Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado. He has been involved in numerous local and State of Colorado committees and boards on EMS, public health and emergency management.

Chief Robinson has been involved in numerous national-level EMS initiatives as well, including the National EMS Preparedness Initiative summits through George Washington University and the Systems Subcommittee of the National EMS Advisory Council. Chief Robinson holds a BS, Magna Cum Laude, in Human Services from Metropolitan State University of Denver and is a graduate of Cohort 6 of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative through the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard School of Public Health. He is currently attending the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security Master's Program. He has served as the Vice Chair of the IAEMSC Metro Chiefs' Section, as an IAEMSC Director at Large, as the Vice President and as the President Elect, prior to assuming the presidency. President Robinson is passionately committed to the EMS profession and to the people in it.

Contact Information: E-mail: james.robinson@IAEMSC.org Agency Web Site: www.denverems.org

Mr. Farmer has a proven professional career of more than 25 years in public safety, including more than 15 years of progressive, responsive leadership and executive level management experience. He currently serves as Director of the Lee County Department of Public Safety in Lee County, Southwest Florida. Mr. Farmer also serves as the county's Director of Emergency Management and as a member of the Board of Directors for Southwest Florida's Urban Search and Rescue team / Florida FEMA Task Force 6.

The Lee County Department of Public Safety (www.safelee.org) includes nearly 370 employees, with a $43.4m annual operating budget, and provides emergency medical services (www.lee-ems.com), emergency telecommunications and fire/EMS dispatch (www.leecontrol.org), emergency management (www.leeeoc.com), and all E-911 / government communications network infrastructure (www.lee-e911.org) countywide for the 1200+ sq. mile Cape Coral - Ft. Myers, Southwest Florida metropolitan area. Lee County EMS is the primary provider of advanced life support patient transport to Lee County, responding to more than 86,500 emergency calls for service annually, and transporting to eight primary receiving hospitals.

Mr. Farmer began his career in emergency medical services after attending EMT school at Columbus State Community College, in Columbus, Ohio. His first job after graduating as a Basic EMT was for American Ambulance, a private interfacility transfer agency in Columbus, Ohio. After continuing through EMT-Paramedic school, he served as a Paramedic / Fire Safety Inspector for The Ohio State University Division of EMS & Fire Prevention, in Columbus, Ohio; as a Firefighter / Lead-Paramedic for the City of Upper Arlington Fire Department, a fire-based EMS provider in suburban Columbus, Ohio; as a Critical-Care / Fixed-Wing Flight Paramedic for MedFlight of Ohio, a critical care transport company in Columbus, Ohio; as an Adjunct Faculty for Ohio University, an accredited public four-year college in Southern Ohio, and most recently as the Director / Chief of Emergency Medical Services for Delaware County EMS, a countywide third-service EMS agency in Central Ohio.

Affiliations: International Association of Emergency Medical Services Chiefs (IAEMSC), International City/County Management Association (ICMA), International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA), Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association (FFCA), Ohio Emergency Medical Services Chiefs’ Association (OAEMSA) robert.farmer@iaemsc.org http://www.safelee.org

Brendan is a 30 year veteran of Boston EMS, having worked as an EMT, Paramedic, Deputy Superintendent, and Superintendent of Field Support. In 2010, he was named Superintendent in Chief, the Department's second in command. In this role, Brendan oversees the combined responsibilities and resources of all Boston EMS Divisions and has the authority to serve as acting Chief of Department in the Chief's absence. He is the recipient of several department awards, and has served on a number of local, regional, and State committees focusing on a variety of EMS related issues including: policy development, treatment protocols, emergency medical dispatch, communications and interoperability, disaster preparedness, and EMS service zone planning. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors and Secretary of the IAEMSC prior to being named Vice President in 2014. Brendan has a Master’s degree in public administration from Bridgewater State University, and is a graduate of programs at the National Fire Academy and Harvard University’s JFK School of Government.

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CallsenChristian E. "Chris" Callsen, Jr., LP is the Chief Operating Officer-North America for the Optima Corporation, an operations research organization specializing in assisting public safety organizations with planning, system design and resource management. Formerly Assistant Director-Operations with Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Department (A/TCEMS) in Austin, Texas, Assistant Chief Callsen developed innovative solutions to EMS service concepts with a focus on Deployment, Homeland Security, Special Events, Community Relations and new methods of innovative response approaches and technologies. Assistant Chief Callsen served as lead of the Operations Division, a position that provided leadership to all uniform staff with A/TCEMS including the areas of Communications, Field Operations, Special Operations, STAR Flight, and Logistics and was responsible for more than 350 personnel and a budget of more than $39 million annually. He also continues to actively participate in a range of local, regional, and national level working groups in areas related to Emergency Medical Services, Homeland Security, the National Incident Management System, and the medical response to Catastrophic Casualties. Chief Callsen previously served on the State of Texas Governor's EMS and Trauma Advisory Committee (GETAC) EMS Committee and as Co-Chair of the GETAC Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Task Force and was a member of the Texas Capital Area Type 3 Incident Management Team (IMT), qualified as an Incident Commander and Planning Section Chief. He has also provided advisory support to DHS and other federal agencies through participation on the IAB and the DHS First Responder Technologies User Working Group.

Educated at Georgetown University is Washington, DC and an attendee of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, he has more than 20 years of Emergency Services experience, Assistant Chief Callsen has worked in several areas of special operations including HazMat, Tactical, US&R, Dignitary Protection and technical rescue. Assistant Director Callsen is also a published author with his most recent contribution being the text book National Incident Management System / Principles and Practice, published in 2005.

A Paramedic since 1974, Chief McCaughan served the City of Pittsburgh Emergency Medical Services since its inception in 1975 and helped develop the service during its infancy. Having held the positions of Field Supervisor, Rescue Supervisor, Chief Supervisor, Assistant Chief and Deputy Chief, he was named Chief of the Bureau in 2004 and served in that capacity until he retired in 2012 to join Highmark, Inc as Vice President of Prehospital Care Services in its newly formed Integrated Delivery System now known as the Allegheny Health Network.

A faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, he also completed the Executive Leadership Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security. He has served on several Boards including the Ambulance Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council from which he received the EMS Administrator of the Year Award in 2008. He currently serves a number of other organizations including: the International Association of EMS Chiefs as a founding member, past Vice President, and current Board member; he is President of the Emergency Medical Service Institute – the 10 County / Southwestern Pennsylvania regional EMS Council – and he is the current past Chairman of the Allegheny County EMS Council. Co-chairing the Health Medical Subcommittee, he also sat on the United States Secret Service / Pittsburgh G-20 Summit Executive Steering Committee for which he commanded the largest EMS contingent ever mobilized in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He also Chaired the City of Pittsburgh / Allegheny County Gaming Implementation Task Force Public Safety Sub-committee and traveled to Israel as part of a 10 member EMS delegation from the U.S. to observe their strategies and best practices for dealing with mass casualty incidents and terrorism.

Active in the water rescue community for many years, he was a member of the Founders Committee / Board member and Past Chair of both the Pennsylvania Water Rescue Instructors Association and the Pittsburgh Safe Boating Council. He also Co-Chaired the Port of Pittsburgh / United States Coast Guard - Area Maritime Security Council in the years following the 9-11 attacks.

Robert J. McCaughan
Vice President, Prehospital Care Services
Allegheny Health Network
30 Isabella Street, Suite 300
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
robert.mccaughan@ahn.org https://www.alleghenyhealthnetwork.com

David H. Porter has served as the Emergency Services Director for Abbeville County South Carolina since October of 2011. Abbeville County Emergency Services consists of the 3 primary focus areas, Emergency Management, Homeland Security and Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

David received his Associates Degree in Emergency Medical Technology from Greenville Technical College and his Bachelors in Emergency and Disaster Management from Western Carolina University. David’s Career has spanned the private and public sector working for both State and Local government agencies. From 2009-2012 David served as the President of Consequence Management, LLC. His time with Consequence Management was spent developing emergency preparedness plans, exercises and trainings for clients across the southeast.

Immediately prior to joining Abbeville County David served as the Deputy Director for Anderson County EMS and Special Operations in Anderson County SC and worked as a Field Training Officer (FTO), Shift Supervisor, and field paramedic for both Belton and Greenville County EMS (SC). David has been a National Registry Certified Paramedic since 2003. He is also a Sworn Deputy with the Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office and was previously assigned to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team as a tactical medic.

He is an active member of the International Association of Emergency Managers, the International Association of EMS Chiefs, the South Carolina Emergency Management and Emergency Medical Services Associations as well as serves on the Board of Directors for Midlands EMS Council (SC). He holds numerous credentials and certifications in Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Public Health, EMS, Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement.

VanBurenMartin has been involved in EMS since 1972 and employed by Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), Hennepin EMS, since 1976. He received his Minnesota Paramedic certification in 1975 from (916 AVTI) Century College—during a time when paramedics were first being recognized as providers of pre-hospital medicine in Minnesota. Since his employment at HCMC, Martin held clinical, supervisory, managerial, and director positions in EMS and has been involved in clinical research, product development, education, communications, strategic development, EMS consulting, and business development. Martin earned an undergraduate degree in business administration from Metropolitan State University, and an MBA from Bethel University. He has been involved in the Minnesota Ambulance Association, the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board, InfraGuard, the Hennepin County EMS Advisory Council, the Minneapolis Emergency Communications Center User Board, the Downtown Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council, the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS), the National Disaster Medical System, the National EMS Preparedness Initiative, and the International Association of Emergency Medical Services Chiefs (IAEMSC). As an EMS Director, he maintains a clinical role within Hennepin EMS and has responded to many major events within Hennepin EMS’ response area, including the International Society of Animal Geneticists (ISAG 2000), Republican National Convention (RNC), the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, and the Accent Sign shooting. Meanwhile, Martin has an interest in ensuring the vitality of EMS and establishing lasting relationships in support of a sound emergency response system.

Contact Information:
E-mail: Martin.VanBuren@iaemsc.org
Agency Web Site: www.hcmc.org

Deputy Chief Wilkinson began his EMS career at Sun Parlour Ambulance in Leamington, Ontario in 1968 while still in high school. Upon graduation in June 1969, he accepted a full time position at Sun Parlour and rose thru the ranks to the position of Senior Supervisor. In 1979 Deputy Chief Wilkinson and a business partner responded to an Ontario Ministry of Health RFP and were awarded the license to provide ambulance service to the City of Owen and surrounding municipalities. In 1982, they purchased the license to provide ambulance services in Port Elgin and Kincardine and surrounding municipalities and continued to operate these services until May 1997. In May 1997, they sold their services to Rural/ Metro Ontario (R/MO), a Canadian subsidiary of the Rural/Metro Corporation. Deputy Chief Wilkinson accepted the position of Vice President – Operation with R/MO and was responsible the operational oversight of several ambulance services located across Mid Western, Central and Eastern Ontario.

In November 2000, Deputy Chief Wilkinson accepted the position of Operations Manager at Essex- Windsor EMS. Essex-Windsor is a third service county operation providing EMS to the County of Essex, City of Windsor (directly south of Detroit, Michigan) and Pelee Island. In December 2009, Wilkinson was promoted to his current position of Deputy Chief, Planning & Physical Resources. In this position, he is responsible for all departmental planning activities and oversight & procurement of all departmental assets including a fleet of 50 vehicles, 13 stations as well as the related equipment and supplies required to respond to 47,000 calls annually. As Windsor is the busiest international border crossing between Canada and the United States, Wilkinson has had the opportunity to interact with various Canadian and US agencies on numerous cross border response initiatives. As well, he is an active member of the Michigan Region 2 South Biomedical Defense Network.

Deputy Chief Wilkinson graduated the Ambulance and Emergency Care Program at St. Clair College, Windsor in 1977 and was among the first 100 persons to receive provincial certification as an Emergency Medical Care Assistant. He is currently qualified as a Primary Care Paramedic. From 1983 thru 1999, Wilkinson served on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Ambulance Operators Association including six years as the Vice President and a term as President. During this time he had the opportunity to interface with all levels of government on EMS issues and develop relationships with other EMS Associations and agencies, both nationally and internationally. Wilkinson has travelled extensively throughout the US and Canada to attend conferences and seminars, and never misses an opportunity to visit local EMS operations.

Currently Deputy Chief Wilkinson is a member of the Association of Municipal Emergency Medical Services Organizations (AMEMSO) and the recipient of the Governor Generals EMS Exemplary Services Medal for 40 years of service.

Paul M. Maniscalco is a Senior Research Scientist and Principal Investigator with The George Washington University. Maniscalco was the first President of the IAEMSC, a former President of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT), a past Chairman of the NAEMT National EMS Chief Officers Division and a former Deputy Chief/Paramedic for the City of New York. Chief Maniscalco has over 30 years of Public Safety response, supervisory and management experience.

Paul has lectured extensively and is widely published in academic & professional journals on Emergency Medical Service, fire service, public safety and national security issues. He is the co-author of “The EMS Incident Management System: EMS Operations for Mass Casualty and High Impact Incidents”; a contributing author to the Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institutes “Hype or Reality? The ‘New Terrorism’ and Mass Casualty Attacks”; National Fire Service Incident Management System Consortiums “Model Procedures Guide for Emergency Medical Incidents, 1st Edition”; co-author “Understanding Terrorism and Managing the Consequences”; & Mass Casualty and High Impact Incidents: An Operations Management Guide; and a contributing author to the IFRC/ RC Societies and Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Center for Disaster and Refugee Studies “Public Health Guide for Emergencies”. He has also participated in public safety, emergency and disaster response capacity building projects in the nations of India, St. Maarten, Turkey, Kenya and Tanzania collaborating with organizations such as the UN, PAHO, USAID, WHO and IFRC/ICRC.

Chief Maniscalco is an appointee to the President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council - Senior Advisory Committee for Emergency Services, Law Enforcement, and Public Health and Hospitals; a member of the Department of Defense, Defense Science Board (DSB), Transnational Threat Study and the DSB - Homeland Defense – Chemical Weapons Task Force; a member of the DHS/DoD/DoJ, Interagency Board (IAB); has served as an Advisor to the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency; and an appointee to the Centers for Strategic and International Studies – Homeland Security Task Force. Paul M. Maniscalco was also an appointee to the United States Congressionally mandated National Panel to Assess Domestic Preparedness (Gilmore Natl. Terrorism Commission) where he also served as the Chairman of the Threat Reassessment Panel, State and Local Response Panel and Research Panel. Additionally, he served on the Cyber-Terrorism and the Critical Infrastructure Panels during this five year Commission. In December of 1999, Paul M. Maniscalco received an appointment to the Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) - Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, a three year fellowship sponsored by DOJ.

Maniscalco has earned numerous awards and honors for professional achievement and service from government, corporate and professional organizations. Chief Maniscalco was awarded over 100 commendations from the City of New York during his twenty-two year career including the Medal of Honor. In 2003 he received the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians & NAEMT’s - Rocco V. Morando Life Time Achievement Award for significant sustained professional achievement and contributions of national impact to the profession.

Paul M. Maniscalco earned his Baccalaureate degree in Public Administration -- Public Health & Safety from the City University of New York, and a Master of Public Administration – Foreign Policy & National Security from the NYU-Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is presently pursuing additional Graduate & Doctoral studies with a research focus on organizational behavior and emergency response to disasters / terrorism incidents.

LAWRENCE E. TAN, J.D., NRP is Chief of Emergency Medical Services for the New Castle County (Delaware) Department of Public Safety, a nationally accredited county municipal third-service emergency medical services (EMS) agency and a Director Emeritus of the International Association of EMS Chiefs (IAEMSC).

Chief Tan started his EMS career as a volunteer firefighter/EMT while in high school. He has over 31 years of service with New Castle County EMS and has served at all levels of the organization, including Ambulance Cardiac Technician, Paramedic, EMS Lieutenant, Emergency Services Assistant Manager, Assistant Chief and Deputy Chief. He served as the Public Information Officer (PIO) for New Castle County EMS, and developed the media relations program for the agency. His executive staff assignments have included commands on both the administrative and operational components of the service.

Chief Tan assisted in the development of the Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) program that integrated county paramedics into the New Castle County Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. He served as a tactical paramedic and SWAT medic team leader following implementation of the program. Tan also served on a special Homeland Operations Detail within the Office of the New Castle County Executive. The special group designed a comprehensive emergency management plan for crisis operations by the New Castle County Government during community-wide or regional emergency situations.

Chief Tan received his paramedic education from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas, graduating in 1982 after completing a field internship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He received an Associate of Science degree in Emergency Medical Sciences from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Tan graduated summa cum laude from Wilmington University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Management. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Widener University School of Law and has been admitted to practice law by the Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the United States District Court of New Jersey and the Supreme Court of the United States. In June 2008, Chief Tan received a national scholarship to attend the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Education Program Senior Executives in State and Local Government.

Chief Tan has been a member of the National Faculty for the Counter Narcotics and Terrorism Operations Medical Support (CONTOMS) Program conducted by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, United States Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service and United States Park Police. He serves on the federal InterAgency Board (IAB) for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability as a member of the Health, Medical and Responder Safety SubGroup and the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate First Responder Working Group. He is a member of the Delaware EMS Oversight Council, which monitors performance of the state's emergency medical services system. Tan previously served two terms as a member of the FEMA Region III Regional Advisory Committee.

In 2008, Chief Tan received a congressional appointment to the National Commission on Children and Disasters. The independent Presidential Commission was charged with conducting a comprehensive study to examine and assess the needs of children as they relate to preparation for, response to, and recovery from all hazards, including major disasters and emergencies. The Commission delivered the final report to the President and Congress in 2010.

Chief Tan is a founding member and Past President of the International Association of EMS Chiefs (IAEMSC). In 2014 he received Director Emeritus designation by the association. He has provided testimony to Congress, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Committees and the Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS) on behalf of the association and profession.

Chief Tan has received several awards and commendations from both the New Castle County Department of Public Safety and other organizations. He has presented at several regional and national conferences for emergency medical services and emergency management professionals, including the IAEMSC Annual Summits in Washington, DC.

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