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Meena Thill is an AEMT in the great state of Wisconsin. Meena had attended school for EMS and has been in EMS since 2016. Meena is presently taking courses to obtain her bachelor’s degree in Psychology. In her spare time, she loves to hang out with family, and can be found on the water kayaking. Writing has given her a way to express how working in this field can be.

Tony Salvatore, MA, is the director of suicide prevention at Montgomery County Emergency Service, Norristown, Pa., a nonprofit emergency psychiatric provider offering a range of mental health crisis services, including EMS, that responds to mental health emergencies countywide.

Dr. Rachelle Zemlok is a licensed clinical psychologist in California, specializing in work with first responder families. She serves as the strategic wellness director at Lexipol, supporting the content and strategy related to first responder mental health and wellness, with a special focus on supporting spouses and family members through the Cordico Wellness App. Prior to joining Lexipol, Zemlok founded First Responder Family Psychology, which provides culturally competent therapy to first responders and their family members. She is the author of “The Firefighter Family Academy: A Guide to Educate & Prepare Spouses for the Career Ahead.” For more information on Dr. Zemlok or to connect with her please visit her website.

Ed Sherman, Psy.D., is an organizational consultant, executive coach and leadership development specialist with 40 years of experience in public safety. Sherman initially performed fire suppression, rescue and EMS duties in the New York City area, and later worked in law enforcement in San Diego. He also worked as a criminal intelligence supervisor for the California Department of Justice where he coordinated a joint federal, state and local law enforcement investigative group.

Dr. Sherman was trained in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and has performed critical incident stress debriefings, defusings, demobilizations and individual peer support for first responders and other personnel in situations involving line-of-duty deaths, suicides and other traumatic events. He is a graduate of the San Diego State University Trauma Recovery Services certificate program and was appointed as a member of the advisory board. Dr. Sherman has performed workplace violence threat assessments, served as the primary violence threat assessor for the County of San Diego, and coordinated risk management activities related to maintaining a safe and secure work environment.

In his work as an organizational consultant and executive coach, Dr. Sherman has provided services including assessment, training, team building, and process improvement facilitation for staff at all levels including executives and boards of directors.

Dr. Sherman received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, and holds master’s degrees in management and psychology.

Contact him at ed@shermanconsulting.org or via LinkedIn.

Peter Lavieri is a first officer at a U.S. airline. He is a graduate of the Purdue University School of Aviation and Transportation Technology. In addition, Peter has been a flight instructor since he was 19 and has given over 1,000 hours of instruction in airplanes. Starting in high school, Peter became an EMT for his hometown in Connecticut. When not flying, he continues to ride the ambulance and participate in training new members, and is the chair of driver training. If you are interested in hearing more about adopting aviation practices in the medical world, he can be reached at peterlavs@gmail.com.

Reuben Farnsworth has spent the last 20 years in EMS, holding positions from EMT-basic on a rig, to executive project manager for an international expeditionary medicine company. Reuben is currently the clinical/operational coordinator for Delta County Ambulance District, where he leads the community paramedicine team and ET3 implementation. Reuben is a frequent speaker at conferences all over the country. Reuben can be reached at rockstareducation@gmail.com. You can also follow him on Facebook for updates from the RockStar Medic.

Justin Back is president, Acadian Ambulance. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Southern Cross University and an MBA from LSU.

Justin began his career in the Australian army after graduating from the Royal Military College and served for eight years. During this time, he served in command roles in Iraq and Afghanistan, working closely with U.S. and coalition forces. Justin moved to the U.S. to work as a project manager in the domestic onshore oil and gas industry before joining Acadian in June 2013 as vice president of fleet operations. He later served as regional vice president for Acadian’s North Texas, Tennessee and Louisiana (West) service areas, as well as VP of Integrations.

Gaurav Bhatia is a product manager at RapidAI, using AI to improve clinical decision making and patient workflow in neurovascular and vascular care, empowering physicians to make faster, more accurate diagnostic, treatment and transfer decisions.

Courtney Levin is a Branded Content Project Lead for Lexipol where she develops content for the public safety audience including law enforcement, fire, EMS and corrections. She holds a BA in Communications from Sonoma State University and has written professionally since 2016.

Rachel Lesczynski is the Webinar Project Lead, responsible for producing multimedia branded content of relevance to a public safety audience, including law enforcement, fire and EMS. Prior to joining Lexipol, Rachel managed various live and in-person events in both public safety and technology/communications. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Winona State University in Minnesota, and is Certified in Event Management. She is based out of Madison, Wisconsin.