About the Presenters

Assistant Professor in the Emergency Care Program at Eastern Kentucky University.  David servs as the coordinator of our online Paramedic-to-degree programs. David also works as a Paramedic for Powell County Ambulance Service, and deploys to disaster areas, national special security events, and public health emergencies as an Emergency Management Specialist/Operations Officer for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response.

David is a member of the Kentucky Board of EMS Education Committee and leads the KBEMS' Wilderness Paramedic Task Force. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Appalachian Center for Wilderness Medicine who teaches and speaks about wilderness medicine throughout the world, and is the founding coordinator of the RedSTAR wilderness EMS unit in Kentucky's Red River Gorge. He serves as the nationwide representative of EMS providers to NEMSAC and chairs the Search and Rescue committee of the Wilderness Medical Society.