“The PDFG was launched to collect feedback on ways to improve services.”
The Program Directors Focus Group (PDFG) provides expertise and insights to the CoAEMSP Board of Directors, especially relating to day-to-day operational aspects of CAAHEP accredited and CoAEMSP Letter of Review (LoR) paramedic programs.
The PDFG was launched in May 2023, building on several listening sessions and town hall conversations hosted by CoAEMSP in 2022 to collect feedback on ways to improve services.
PDFG Roster 2023-2024
The 24 members of the PDFG represent a broad cross-section of the nation and paramedic education institutions. Four members are from each NASEMSO Region—East, South, Great Lakes, Western Plains, and West—and four are at-large members. A full list of the 2023-2024 PDFG is available here.
Members of the group are volunteers and will serve for one year. The PDFG is not a governing body, does not set policy, and does not participate in accreditation decisions.
CoAEMSP will post summaries of the PDFG quarterly meetings here once they are available. Applications for the 2024-25 PDFG will open in the spring of 2024.
Resources
PDFG Meeting Highlights – 2024 April| Last Name | First Name | Degree | Sponsor / Regions | Sponsor Type | State |
West |
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| Chialtas | Ted | BA | San Diego Fire Rescue Department | Fire Department | CA |
| Clegg | John | MS | Eastern Arizona College | Community College | AZ |
| Filipp | David | EdD | UCLA Center for PreHospital Care | University/College | CA |
| Heigel | Gary | MEd | Rogue Community College | Community College | OR |
Western Plains |
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| Collins | Tracy | BSN | Centura – St. Anthony’s Hospital | Hospital | CO |
| McDaniels | Nicholas | MPA | Johnson County Ambulance District | EMS Agency | MO |
| Reitz | Jason | BHS | Rapid City Fire Department | Fire Department | SD |
| Santos | Amy | BA | Central Community College | Community College | NE |
Great Lakes |
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| Hunter | Michael | BS | Harrison County Hospital Paramedic Consortium | Consortium | IN |
| Pochik | Shaun | MS | Huron Valley Ambulance | Consortium | MI |
| Sgro | Dawn | BSE | Lorain County Community College | Community College | OH |
| Smith | Trevor | MAT | Richland Community College | Community College | IL |
East |
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| Diener | Gregory | BSBA | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | Hospital | PA |
| Grant | Christian | BS | Pro EMS Center for MEDICS | Consortium | MA |
| Quinn | Andrea | BA | Rowan College at Burlington County | Community College | NJ |
| Williams | Meghan | MA | Borough of Manhattan Community College | Community College | NY |
South |
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| Bray | John | PhD | Indian River State College | Community College | FL |
| Gann | Scott | MS | Southeast Arkansas College | Community College | AR |
| Hardwick | Laverne | BS | Atlanta Fire Rescue | Fire Department | GA |
| Nealand | Matthew | BS | EMTS Academy & St. David’s Round Rock MC Consortium | Consortium | TX |
| Price | Bailey | BA | Alabama Fire College | Vocational School | AL |
| Ruggiero | Chris | BS | Greenville Technical College | Community College | SC |
| Spyrka | Erin | MPA | Louisville Metro EMS | EMS Agency | KY |
| Turner | Christine | MEd | Carteret Community College | Community College | NC |