Board & Committees
Executive Offices
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MAILING ADDRESS
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American Ambulance Association
PO Box 96503 #72319
Washington, DC 20090-6503
PHYSICAL ADDRESS
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American Ambulance Association
1201 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22209
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
It is the mission of the Executive Committee to draw on the talents and resources of member organizations to create an industry vision and strategic plan for the Association. The committee is responsible for positioning the association as an industry leader; managing the affairs of the Association between meetings of the Board of Directors; overseeing the performance of professional staff; and for developing and recommending procedures to ensure the successful implementations of the strategic plan of the Association.
Shawn Baird, President (2022)
Woodburn Ambulance Service / Metro West Ambulance
PO Box 584
Woodburn, OR 97071
(503) 982-4699
shawnb@woodburnamb.com
Aarron Reinert, Immediate Past President (2022)
Lakes Region EMS
39840 Grand Ave.
North Branch , MN 55056
(651) 277-4911
aarronr@lrems.com
Randy Strozyk, President-Elect (2022)
American Medical Response
13075 Gateway Drive, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98168
(206) 391-6237
randy.strozyk@amr.net
Jamie Pafford-Gresham, Secretary (2022)
Pafford EMS
P.O. Box 1120
Hope, AR 71802
870-703-8202
jamie@paffordems.com
Julie Rose, Treasurer-at-Large (2022)
Community Care Ambulance Network
115 E. 24th Street
Ashtabula, OH 44004
(440) 992-7302
jarose@ccan.org
Region 1
Mike Addario (2022)
AMR – New York
101 Richmond Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13204
(315) 701-7127
mike.addario@amr.net
Jim Finger (2021)
Regional Ambulance Service
275 Stratton Road
Rutland, VT 05701
802-773-1746
jimatras@aol.com
Jim O’Connor (Alternate)
Vice President, Corporate Development
Empress EMS, a Division of PatientCare EMS Solutions
Joconnor@empressems.com
Region 2
Chuck Kearns (2022)
Mercy Ambulance Service, Inc.
1399 Dean Forest Rd.
Savannah, GA 31405
(912) 354-1011
ctkearns@aol.com
Joe Penner (2021)
Mecklenburg EMS Agency
4525 Statesville Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28269
(704) 943-6000
jpenner@medic911.com
Alternate: Terence Ramotar
American Medical Response
12600 NW 107th Avenue
Medley, FL 33178
(305) 718-6459
Terence.ramotar@amr.net
Region 3
Kim Godden (2022)
Superior Air Ground Ambulance Service, Inc.
395 W. Lake Street
Elmhurst, IL 60126
(630) 903-2401
kgodden@superiorambulance.com
Wayne Jurecki (2021)
Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Bell Ambulance, Inc.
549 E Wilson St
Milwaukee, WI 53207
(414) 486-2000
waj@264bell.com
Alternate: Vacant
Region 4
Asbel Montes (2022)
Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.
Lafayette, LA
asbel.montes@acadian.com
Tom Fennell (2021)
Compliance Officer
Mayo Clinic Ambulance
Rochester, MN
tom fennell.thomas@mayo.edu
Alternate: David Tetrault
St. Francois County Ambulance District
624 Wallace Road
Farmington, MO 63640
(573)-431-0030
dtetrault@sfcad.org
Region 5
JD Fuiten (2022)
Owner & President
Metro West Ambulance Service, Inc.
Hillsboro, OR
JDFuiten@metrowest.us.com
Chris Archuleta (2021)
Superior Ambulance Service, Inc.
PO Box 6482
Albuquerque, NM 87197
(505) 247-8840
chrisa@superior-nm.com
Paul Pedersen (Alternate)
Managing Partner
Arizona Ambulance Transport
Sierra Vista, AZ
ppedersen@azambulance.com
Committees
Government Affairs Committee
- Chair: Jim O’Connor, Empress Ambulance Service
- Vice-Chair: Jim Duke, Com-Care
- Rural Providers Task Force
- Chair: Justin Grohs, Great Falls Emergency Services
- Vice-Chair:
- Payment Reform Task Force
- Chair: Asbel Montes, Acadian Ambulance Service
- Vice-Chair:
- Balance Billing Task Force
- Chair: Jamie Pafford Gresham, Pafford EMS
- Vice-Chair: Wayne Jurecki, Bell Ambulance
Medicare Regulatory /Payor Issues Committee
- Chair: Krista Cuthbert, MetroWest Ambulance Services
- Vice-Chair: Katie Arens, Life EMS (MI)
Education Committee
- Chair: Sean Kukauskas, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- Vice-Chair: Sonny Geary, Global Medical Response
Membership Committee
- Chair: David Tetrault, St. Francois County Ambulance District
- Vice-Chair: Chris Anderson, Bell Ambulance
Professional Standards and Operations Committee
- Chair: Gibson McCullagh, Pro EMS
- Vice-Chair: Adam Heinz, REMSA
Workforce Committee
- Chair: Ben Wasmund, Lakes Region EMS
- Vice-Chair: Ron Quaranto, Cataldo Ambulance
Communications Committee
- Chair: Rob Lawrence, Pro EMS
- Vice-Chair: Paul Main, American Ambulance of Visalia
Bylaws Committee
- Chair: Jim McPartlon, Mohawk Ambulance Services
- Vice-Chair:
Medicaid Supplemental/State Funding Programs
- Chair: Bill Mergendahl, Pro EMS
- Vice-Chair:
Data Task Force
- Chair: Wayne Jurecki, Bell Ambulance
- Vice-Chair: Angie McLain-Johnson, EMSA
Nominating
- Chair: Jimmy Johnson, Life EMS Oklahoma
- Vice-Chair: