State EMS Advisory Board Executive Committee

Committee Members:

Member Name Organization Represented Committee Position Email Address
Kevin Dillard Virginia Ambulance Association Chair, State EMS Advisory Board kdillard421@gmail.com
JC Bolling Southwest Virginia EMS Council Vice Chair, State EMS Advisory Board jcbolling@jcbolling.com
Gary Samuels Virginia Professional Fire Firefighters/IAFF Administrative Coordinator *
sam06@comcast.net
Dillard E. Ferguson, Jr. (Eddie)
Virginia State Firefighters Association Infrastructure Coordinator *
eferguson@goochlandva.us
Allen Yee, M.D., FAAEM Virginia College of Emergency Physicians Patient Care Coordinator * yeea@chesterfield.gov
Matt Lawler Central Shenandoah EMS Council Professional Development Coordinator * mlawler@co.augusta.va.us
Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, FCCM
American College of Surgeons Trauma System Coordinator
paula.ferrada@inova.org
Gary Critzer State Board of Health Representative Ex-Officio Member CritzerGP@ci.waynesboro.va.us 
  • Administrative Coordinator oversees the Rules & Regulation Committee and the Legislative & Planning Committee
  • Infrastructure Coordinator oversees the Transportation Committee; Communications Committee; and the Emergency Management Committee
  • Patient Care Coordinator oversees Medical Direction Committee; Medevac Committee; Trauma System Oversight and Management Committee; and the EMS for Children Committee
  • Professional Development Coordinator oversees the Training & Certification Committee; the Workforce Development Committee; and the Provider Health & Safety Committee
  • Trauma System Coordinator oversees the Trauma Administrative and Governance Committee, the Trauma System Improvement Committee, the Injury and Violence Prevention Committee, the Trauma Prehospital Care Committee, the Trauma Acute Care Committee, the Trauma Post-Acute Care Committee and the Trauma Emergency Preparedness and Response Committee

Meeting Agenda/Minutes:

2025

2024

Last Updated: November 5, 2025