Board & Committees
Executive Offices
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American Ambulance Association
PO Box 96503 #72319
Washington, DC 20090-6503
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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 developing and recommending procedures to ensure the successful implementations of the strategic plan of the Association.
Randy Strozyk, President (2024)
American Medical Response
13075 Gateway Drive, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98168
(206) 391-6237
randy.strozyk@amr.net
Shawn Baird, Immediate Past President (2024)
Woodburn Ambulance Service / Metro West Ambulance
PO Box 584
Woodburn, OR 97071
(503) 982-4699
shawnb@woodburnamb.com
Jamie Pafford-Gresham, President-Elect (2024)
Pafford EMS
P.O. Box 1120
Hope, AR 71802
870-703-8202
jamie@paffordems.com
Julie Rose, Treasurer-at-Large (2022)
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc.
395 W Lake St.
Elmhurst, IL 60126
(440) 645-0500
jrose@superiorambulance.com
Wayne Jurecki, Secretary
Bell Ambulance, Inc.
549 E Wilson St
Milwaukee, WI 53207-1635
WJurecki@264Bell.com
Region 1
Mike Addario (2023)
Global Medical Response
101 Richmond Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13204
(315) 701-7127
mike.addario@amr.net
Jim O’Connor (2024)
Vice President, Corporate Development
Empress EMS, a Division of PatientCare EMS Solutions
Joconnor@empressems.com
Dennis Cataldo (2025)
Cataldo Ambulance Service
drcataldo@cataldoambulance.com
Region 2
Mike Thomas (2023)
Director of Safety & Government Relations
Jan-Care Ambulance
117 S Fayett St, PO Box 2414
Beckley, WV 25802
(304) 255-231
mthomas@jancare.com
Terence Ramotar (2024)
Global Medical Response
4531 Oak Fair Blvd
Tampa, FL 33610
(305) 718-6459
Terence.ramotar@gmr.net
Chuck Kearns (2025)
Mercy Ambulance Service, Inc.
1399 Dean Forest Rd.
Savannah, GA 31405
(912) 354-1011
ctkearns@aol.com
Region 3
Kyle Wolber (2023)
Superior Air Ground Ambulance Service, Inc.
395 W. Lake Street
Elmhurst, IL 60126
kwolber@superiorambulance.com
Chris Anderson (2024)
Director of Operations
Bell Ambulance, Inc.
549 E Wilson St
Milwaukee, WI 53207
(414) 486-2000
canderson@264bell.com
Tom Tornstrom, MBA, NRP (2025)
Gundersen Health Ambulance Service
LaCrosse, WI
608-406-0390
TETornst@gundersenhealth.org
Region 4
Tom Fennell (2023)
Regulatory Officer
Mayo Clinic Ambulance
Rochester, MN
fennell.thomas@mayo.edu
Angela McLain-Johnson (2024)
Chief Compliance and Revenue Officer
Pafford EMS
Edmond, OK
(405) 812-9274
ajohnson@paffordems.com
Allyson Pharr (2025)
Acadian Ambulance
(337) 291-3304
apharr@acadian.com
Region 5
Chris Archuleta (2023)
CEO
Superior Ambulance Service, Inc
P.O. Box 6482
Albuquerque, NM 87197
chrisa@superior-nm.com
Paul Main (2024)
American Ambulance of Visalia
2017 E. Noble Ave
Visalia, CA 93292
(559) 730-3015
paul@aavems.com
JD Fuiten (2025)
Owner & President
Metro West Ambulance Service, Inc.
Hillsboro, OR
JDFuiten@metrowest.us.com
Committees
| Committee | Role | First | Last | Company | |
| 2030 Committee | Chair | Mark | Postma | PatientCare | mpostma@pcls-us.com |
| 2030 Committee | Vice-Chair | Kyle | Wolber | Superior Air-Ground Ambulance | kwolber@superiorambulance.com |
| AMBUPAC | Chair | Jim | McPartlon | Mohawk Ambulance | jpmcpartlon@mohawkambulance.com |
| AMBUPAC | Vice-Chair | JD | Fuiten | Metro West Ambulance | JDFuiten@metrowest.us.com |
| Balance Billing TF | Chair | Jamie | Pafford-Gresham | Pafford EMS | jamie@paffordems.com |
| Balance Billing TF | Vice-Chair | Wayne | Jurecki | Bell Ambulance, Inc. | WJurecki@264bell.com |
| Bylaws | Chair | Aarron | Reinert | Lakes Region EMS | aarronr@lrems.com |
| Bylaws | Vice-Chair | Sonny | Geary | GMR | sonny.Geary@gmr.net |
| Communications | Chair | Alexia | Jobson | REMSA | ajobson@remsa-cf.com |
| Communications | Vice-Chair | Randall | Mann | Acadian Ambulance | rmann@acadian.com |
| Data Task Force | Chair | Katie | Arens | Life Ambulance | karens@lifeems.com |
| Data Task Force | Vice-Chair | Angie | McLain-Johnson | Pafford EMS | ajohnson@paffordems.com |
| Education | Chair | Lori | Burns | Global Medical Response | Lori.Burns@gmr.net |
| Education | Vice-Chair | James | Diclemente | Pro EMS / Prodigy | james@prodigyems.com |
| Finance | Chair | Julie | Rose | Superior Air Ground Ambulance Service, Inc. | jrose@superiorambulance.com |
| Finance | Vice-Chair | Paul | Pedersen | Global Medical Response | ppedersen@azambulance.com |
| Government Affairs | Chair | Kim | Godden | Superior Air Ground Ambulance Service, Inc. | kgodden@superiorambulance.com |
| Government Affairs | Vice-Chair | Jim | Duke | Com-Care Ambulance | jduke@com-careinc.com |
| Medicaid Finance | Chair | Bill | Mergendahl | Pro EMS | wmerg@proems.com |
| Medicaid Finance | Vice-Chair | Keith | Douglas | Priority EMS | kdouglas@priorityambulance.com |
| Medicare Regulatory | Chair | Krista | Cuthbert | Medix | kristac@medix.org |
| Medicare Regulatory | Vice-Chair | Donna | Hankins | American Ambulance | dhankins@americanambulance.com |
| Nominating | Chair | Jimmy | Johnson | Life EMS | jjohnson@lifeemsinc.com |
| Professional Standards | Chair | John | Peterson | Medic 911 | JohnP@medic911.com |
| Professional Standards | Vice-Chair | Gibson | McCullagh | Pro EMS | gmccullagh@proems.com |
| State Association TF | Chair | Rob | Lawrence | Pro EMS | rlawrence101@me.com |
| State Association TF | Vice-Chair | Jeff | Call | Guilfoyle EMS | JCall@guilfoyleems.com |
| Workforce | Chair | Ron | Quaranto | Acadian Ambulance | ron.quaranto@acadian.com |
| Workforce | Vice-Chair | Ben | Wasmund | Lakes Region EMS | benw@lrems.com |
Ethics Committee (Chair Elected Ad-Hoc)
- Allyson Pharr, Acadian Ambulance
- Hanan Cohen, Empress EMS, a division of PatientCare EMS Solutions
- Scott Mickelsen, Bell Ambulance, Inc.
- Ron Quaranto, Acadian Ambulance
