Keynote Speakers & Faculty
Keynote Speakers
Paul LeSage, EMT-P, BA, AS, MIS
Paul LeSage is a founding partner of SG Collaborative Solutions LLC. Drawing on his distinguished career as a lead flight paramedic, assistant fire chief, and director of Oregon’s second-largest emergency 911 and dispatch center, Paul went on to author a book on crew resource management, start his own publishing company and join Oregon Health and Science University as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. With SG Collaborative Solutions since 2011, Paul continues on his life-long journey of serving organizations and communities while setting the gold standard of collaboration for his colleagues.
David Fifer, MS, NRP, FAWM
Assistant Professor David Fifer is the Coordinator of our online Paramedic-to-degree programs. David also works as a Paramedic for Powell County Ambulance Service, and deploys to disaster areas, national special security events, and public health emergencies as an Emergency Management Specialist/Operations Officer for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response. David is a member of the Kentucky Board of EMS Education Committee, and also leads the KBEMS' Wilderness Paramedic Task Force.
Faculty
Elizabeth Basnett
Acting Director
EMS Authority
Assistant Secretary, Cal HHS
Sacramento, California
Nichole Bosson, MD, MPH, FAEMS
Assistant Medical Director
LA EMS Agency
Director, EMS Fellowship
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Santa Fe Springs, California
Nick Clay, EMSAAC President
EMS Director
Santa Barbara County EMS Agency
Santa Barbara, California
Christopher B. Colwell, MD
Chief of Emergency Medicine
Zuckerberg SFGH & Trauma Center
Professor and Vice Chair, DEM
San Francisco, California
J. Joelle Donofrio, DO, FAAP, FACEP, FAEMS
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
San Diego Fire-Rescue
EMS Medical Director
Rady Children’s Hospital
San Diego, California
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD
Medical Director
Los Angeles County EMS Agency
Santa Fe Springs, California
Andrew Herring, MD
Director, Division of Research, DEM
Alameda Health System
Medical Director to SUD
PI & Founder CA Bridge, PH Institute
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF
San Francisco, California
Kevin Mackey, MD, FAEMS
Medical Director
Sacramento Fire Department
Sacramento Airport Fire Department
Associate EMS Fellowship Director, UCD
Sacramento, California
Kris Mangano
EMS Coordinator
San Benito County EMS Agency
Hollister, California
Tammi McConnell, Conference Chair
EMS Administrator
Orange County EMS Agency
Santa Ana, California
Tony Mecham
Fire Chief
CAL FIRE & San Diego County
San Diego, California
Shira A. Schlesinger, MD, MPH
Director, EMS & Disaster Preparedness Programs
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California
Medical Director, Newport Beach Fire Department
Newport Beach, California
Karl Sporer, MD
Medical Director
Napa County EMS Agency
San Leandro, California
Mike Taigman, MA, FAEMS
Assistant Professor, UCSF
Improvement Guide, First Watch
San Leandro, California
Kim Walker, MSN, RN, SANE-A
Nurse Manager
SAFE Department
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
San Jose, California
Doug Wolfberg
EMS Attorney and Founding Partner
Page, Wolfberg & Wirth
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania