• 25 years working as an EMT/Paramedic in large pre-hospital systems

• 20 teaching Basic Life Support, Paramedicine and Cardiology

• 14 years of service as a Firefighter/Paramedic for the City of San Jose, California

• War zone combat paramedic: Kabul, Afghanistan 2007-2009

• Construction of tactical ambulances for rapid treatment

  & transport in Kabul, Afghanistan

• Experience & training in job-related trauma & traumatic stress management

• Affiliated with multiple non-profit FD/EMS foundations, community support programs, cancer prevention & support agencies, & mental health organizations

Below are several achievements from my inaugural year as a College of Marin faculty and plans for what’s next...