EMS Advisory Council Members
The council consists of 15 members appointed by the Surgeon General and Secretary. Members are appointed for four year terms with the chair being designated by the Surgeon General and Secretary. Additional members include eight ex-officio representatives appointed by various other state agency heads.
Mac Kemp
Council Chair; EMS Administrator (Non-Fire)
Term ends: 9/15/2023
Ty Silcox, MPA
EMS Administrator (Fire)
Term ends: 4/30/2025
John Simpson
Paramedic (Non-Fire)
Term ends: 9/8/2023
Julie Downey
Paramedic (Fire)
Term ends: 10/7/2022
Isabel Rodriguez
EMT (Non-Fire)
Term ends: 8/7/2023
Greg DeWitt
EMT (Fire)
Term ends: 4/30/2025
Antonio Gandia, MD
Physician
Term ends: 12/20/2025
Peter Pappas, MD
Physician
Term ends: 12/2/2025
Ann Brown, RN, MSN
Emergency Nurse
Term ends: 2/28/2024
VACANT
Air Ambulance Operator
Term ends:
Mark Postma
Commercial Ambulance Operator
Term ends: 7/11/2024
Christopher Schmidt, MSN, APRN, ACNP-BC
Hospital Administrator
Term ends: 12/2/2025
Jaime Greene
EMS Educator
Term ends: 12/2/2025
VACANT
Lay Person
Lay Elderly
Lew Simon
Term ends: 12/2/2025
Angus Jameson, MD
State EMS Medical Director
VACANT
Department of Education
Kenneth R. DeCastro
Office of the Governor, Emergency Management
Trooper Cory Moran
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Jesse Blaire
Department of Financial Services
Shawn Kinney
Department of Transportation
Matthew Matney
Department of Management Services
Phyllis Hendry, MD
EMS for Children Liaison