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Leadership

Co-Chairs

  • Cheryl A.M. Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS
    Dean, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science 

  • Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, FIFEM, FAEMS
    Medical Director, County of San Diego Emergency Medical Services

Executive Advisory Council

  • Dimitrios Alexiou, President & CEO, Hospital Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties
  • Suzanne Afflalo, MD, Physician and Community Health Physician
  • Criss Brainard, Fire Chief, San Miguel Fire & Rescue
  • Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, Chief of Health Innovations, Canyon Ranch Inc. and 17th U.S. Surgeon General
  • Ramón A. Hernandez, DrPH, MPH, President, San Diego Chapter of the American Heart Association
  • Sean Mahoney, Regional CEO, American Red Cross Southern California Region
  • Margaret Iwanaga Penrose, President & CEO, Union of Pan Asian Communities
  • Mark Sanchez, EdD, Superintendent and President, Southwestern College
  • Jerry Sanders, President & CEO, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
  • Brad Schwartz, MD, Chair, Bystander CPR Internal Workgroup
  • Susan Brown Snook, Dmin, Bishop, Diocese of San Diego in The Episcopal Church
  • Summer Stephan, JD, District Attorney, County of San Diego
  • Wilma Wooten, MD, MPH, Public Health Officer, County of San Diego

San Diego County
Emergency Medical Services 

  • Tyler Meick
  • Colin King
  • Amanda Keating
  • Christian K. Beÿ

Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health
and Human Longevity Science  

  • Quỳnh Nguyễn, PhD
  • Yadira Galindo
  • Tyler DeLong

Internal Workgroup

  • Maureen O'Connor, Program Manager, San Diego Project Heart Beat and Emergency Medical Technician.
  • Julia Goebel, MPH, San Diego Project Heart Beat and Emergency Medical Technician
  • Andrew Pederson, American Medical Response 
  • Andy C. Fischer, MD, Tri-City Hospital
  • Brad Schwartz, MD, American Medical Response and Kaiser Permanente
  • Christopher Kahn, MD, MPH, UC San Diego Health and San Diego Fire Department
  • Diana Li, Eric Paredes Save a Life Foundation
  • Hector Paredes, Eric Paredes Save a Life Foundation
  • Maureen Legg, Eric Paredes Save a Life Foundation
  • Ennis Jackson, DBA, Regional Cooperative Care Partnership
  • Joelle Donofrio-Ödmann, DO, UC San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital
  • Jessica Robinson, RN, Regional Cooperative Care Partnership
  • Robert Ivery, American Medical Response
  • Saul Levine, MD, SHARP and San Diego Refugee Communities Coalition
  • Kyle Setter, Alpine Fire Department
  • Scott Robinson, Chief, National City Fire Department
  • Tyler Meick, County of San Diego Emergency Medical Serivces
  • Christian K. Beÿ, County of San Diego Emergency Medical Services
  • Nathan Burger, County of San Diego Emergency Medical Services
  • Amanda Keating, Emergency Medical Services, County of San Diego
  • Colin King, County of San Diego Emergency Medical Services