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Nicholas Greco IV, MS, BCETS, CATSM, FAAETS, is president and founder of C3 Education and Research, Inc. Nick has over 25 years of experience training civilians and law enforcement. He has directed, managed and presented on over 550 training programs globally across various topics including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, verbal de-escalation techniques, post-traumatic stress disorder, burnout and vicarious traumatization. Nick has authored over 325 book reviews and has authored or co-authored over 35 articles in psychiatry and psychology.

He is a subject matter expert for Police1/Lexipol and Calibre Press, as well as a CIT instructor for the Chicago Police Department, CIT Coordinator and Lead CIT Trainer for the Lake County Sheriff’s CIT Program as well as other agencies. Nick is a member of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), IACP, IPSA, LETOA and CIT International, Committee Chair for the IPSA Mental Health Committee, and a member of the Wellness support team for Survivors of Blue Suicide (SBS).

Brandon Morshedi, MD, DPT, FACEP, FAEMS, NRP, is an assistant professor of emergency medicine and associate division chief of EMS at University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, Texas, and works clinically at UT Southwestern and Parkland Hospital. He started his EMS career in 2001 and has worked as a firefighter, EMT and a paramedic.

After earning his Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2006 and working for a few years, he realized his passion remained in EMS and returned to medical school to pursue a career as an EM/EMS physician. He completed residency and EMS fellowship training at UT Southwestern, is double-board certified in EM and EMS, and now serves as the deputy medical director for Dallas Fire-Rescue and the UTSW/Parkland BioTel EMS System, as well as the assistant medical director, reserve specialist, and tactical EMS physician for the Dallas Police Department SWAT Team.

Reach out to Dr. Morshedi on Twitter or at brandon.morshedi@utsouthwestern.edu.

Welcome to The Ultimate Leadership Podcast. Your host is Chris Cebollero. Chris a multi-No. 1 best-selling author, motivational speaker and executive coach. He is cohost of the Inside EMS podcast, and an EMS1 Editorial Advisory Board Member.

Chris has 30 years of leadership experience, and some of those years were not successful. In The Ultimate Leadership Podcast, Chris will tackle successes, challenges, mistakes and failures, while discussing organizational challenges and best practices with his expert guests.

Leadership is difficult and sharing stories, best practices and experience will build community. Subscribe today to The Ultimate Leadership Podcast, and if you are looking for a specific topic, contact ultimateleadership16@gmail.com.

Robbie MacCue, FP-C, MBA, is the co-founder of the EMS Leadership Academy, and co-host of the EMS Leadership Summit, an annual virtual conference attended by over 7,000 people in 28 countries around the globe. Robbie served as the president of a non-profit EMS organization for 14 years in Upstate New York. Currently, he is a paramedic assistant chief with the Town of Colonie EMS Department. Robbie graduated with a master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management in its Cleveland Clinic healthcare leadership program. For more information and resources, visit www.EMSLeadershipAcademy.com or www.EMSLeadershipSummit.com.

Wendy Lund, BScN, MSc, has more than three decades of experience as a professor teaching physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology to paramedics, and understands the biology of stress and resiliency. She has extensively investigated the experience of trauma in first responders and built a case for how and why compassionate-based mindfulness theory and practices can build proactive resilience in vulnerable sectors.

Wendy retired early after completing her MSc and founded Wellth Management Inc. She trademarked one of the only programs available that proactively shares the art and science of resiliency called Reach for Resiliency (R4R).

Wendy has been a featured speaker at the EMS Leadership Summit, hosted by the EMS Leadership Academy, and has shared her vision at conferences as a speaker/plenary, in many workshops and in print. Visit www.emsleadershipsummit.com for more talks by Wendy.

Carolina Snypes is the director and EMS chief for Falck Northern California. Snypes started her career as an EMT in 2010, before quickly rising through the ranks. She earned her bachelor’s degree in public health education from the University of North Dakota. Prior to being named director and chief at Falck, Snypes served as EMS education coordinator and safety and risk manager for Paramedics Plus.

John Becknell, PhD, is a partner in the consulting firm SafeTech Solutions, LLP. John has been involved in emergency services for 40 years and writes and researches in the areas of leadership, culture, community and psychological wellbeing. He leads workshops, retreats and training programs for EMS, law enforcement and the fire service in living well, peer support and transforming the first responder experience into a path of growth, satisfaction and meaning. He is the author of Medic Life and numerous articles. John’s Masters and Doctoral degrees are in psychology with an emphasis on community psychology. Contact John at john@safetechsolutions.us

Josh Weiss served as the national Director of Public Relations for Rural/Metro Corporation, a leading national provider of private ambulance and fire protection services, and as Director of Communications and Public Affairs for American Traffic Solutions, a national leader in traffic safety cameras. In the past 15 years, Josh has worked with hundreds of external and internal clients including public and private companies in the healthcare and technology industries, government municipalities, police and fire Departments, and community organizations to build positive brands and manage reputations. He now operates 10 to 1 Public Relations.

Kenny Navarro is Chief of EMS Education Development in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas. He also serves as the AHA Training Center Coordinator for Tarrant County College. Mr. Navarro serves as an Emergency Cardiovascular Care Content Consultant for the American Heart Association, served on two education subcommittees for NIH-funded research projects, as the Coordinator for the National EMS Education Standards Project, and as an expert writer for the National EMS Education Standards Implementation Team.