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Melissa Dukarski is a paramedic-supervisor at Mobile Medical Response working out of the Saginaw, Michigan division.

Daniel Schwester has been a paramedic since June 2000. He has served in a variety of roles, including education, field training, clinical supervision and active practice as a paramedic.

He is the managing partner of Overrun Productions, LLC, and a co-host of The Overrun, a podcast focused on progressive issues in prehospital medicine. A goal of The Overrun is to bring cutting-edge topics to the prehospital community in all areas, including clinician mental health.

He is married to Jennifer, and is father to Caroline and William. He resides in Toms River, New Jersey.

Brent Crawford is a nationally registered paramedic and the training officer for DeSoto Parish EMS in Louisiana. He also serves on the Louisiana EMS Task Force. He is a NAEMSE certified EMS instructor and possesses a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and a Bachelor of Science degree in Unified Public Safety Administration from Northwestern State University.

Kyle Novak is the deputy chief of emergency medical services for the West Allis Fire Department in West Allis, Wisconsin. Kyle has additionally served as a firefighter-paramedic, equipment operator and lieutenant. He has a keen sense for data and analytics, and leverages that to inspire others in innovation and positive change.

Oscar Monterrosa is a third-year medical student at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine in Las Vegas, and currently works as a critical care transport paramedic for a local agency and as a volunteer firefighter for Clark County Fire Department. He has a combined 15 years’ experience as a U.S Army combat medic, EMT/paramedic, CCT paramedic and educator in the Las Vegas area.

John J. Burke is a 28-year member of the Sandwich (Massachusetts) Fire Department, where he has served as fire chief and emergency management director since 2018. From 2014-2018, he was the deputy fire chief overseeing operations, community risk reduction and special operations. From 2004-2014 he was the fire prevention officer, and from 1998-2004, served as a firefighter and advanced EMT.

Chief Burke is a graduate instructor at the Boston University School of Medicine’s Graduate Program in Healthcare Emergency Management and an adjunct professor in the Fire Science Program at Cape Cod Community College. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Fire Science from Columbia Southern University and a master’s degree in Healthcare Emergency Management from Boston University.

He is a credentialed Chief Fire Officer (CFO) through the Center for Public Safety Excellence as well as a credentialed Massachusetts Professional Emergency Manager (MPEM) through the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). He has designed and delivered over 100 hybrid exercises to federal, state and local providers that emphasize learning and integration of private sector resources.

E.G. Weiss is nationally active in consequence management consulting, research and development, forensic science and as a security/threat analyst, while continuing to train and speak at conferences.

James Robinson started a career with EMS at the age of 21 and worked for a small, rural ambulance company as a part-time EMT basic. After providing 911 coverage on an ambulance for over 10 years, he was promoted to captain and then eventually battalion chief, providing human resource and training needs for over 100 prehospital providers. Today, he manages a small team of recruiting personnel across multiple states for American Medical Response and has been a proud employee since 2019. James holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Business from the University of Phoenix and has been recognized as a Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) Certified Provider.

Andrew Neill has been a paramedic and EMS educator for over 30 years. He has worked for the Nashville Fire Department/EMS Division for 24 years and is currently an EMS district chief for one of the busiest districts in the city. He is a Tennessee paramedic instructor coordinator and has a Doctorate in Adult Education. His goal as an EMS educator and leader is to instill the importance of empathy and compassion in other providers and to show how stress and fatigue in EMS impact organizational recruitment and retention. He can be contacted at atneillm29@gmail.com.

Tony Bixby is the director of prehospital services for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) North Central Penssylvania Region and the EMS chief of Susquehanna Regional EMS in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He has 25 years of EMS experience. Tony is also a mentee in the inaugural NAEMT Lighthouse Leadership Program Class of 2023.