State EMS Advisory Board Executive Committee

Member Name

Organization Represented

Committee Position

Email Address

Kevin Dillard

Virginia Ambulance Association

Chair, State EMS Advisory Board

Valerie Quick

Thomas Jefferson EMS Council

Gary Samuels

Virginia Professional Fire Firefighters/IAFF

Administrative Coordinator *

Dillard E. Ferguson, Jr. (Eddie)

Virginia State Firefighters Association

Infrastructure Coordinator *

Allen Yee, M.D., FAAEM

Virginia College of Emergency Physicians

Patient Care Coordinator *

R. Jason Ferguson

Blue Ridge EMS Council

Professional Development Coordinator *

Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, FCCM

American College of Surgeons

Trauma System Coordinator

Gary Critzer

State Board of Health Representative

Ex-Officio Member

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