Marco J. Bonta, MD Dr. Marco J. Bonta is Medical Director of Trauma and Surgical Services at Riverside Methodist Hospital, a 1008-bed tertiary teaching center in Columbus, Ohio. He spent more than a decade as a board member at MedFlight of Ohio, and is senior site surveyor and a member of the Verification Review Committee of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. As a trauma surgeon, Dr. Bonta’s research interests focus on triage decisions.
 

Lara McKenzie, PhD., MA Lara McKenzie, PhD, MA, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University and a researcher in the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. McKenzie is a social and behavioral scientist who specializes in the use of behavioral theories and models to develop and evaluate child injury prevention interventions in the emergency department and the community. She has funded studies developing, implementing and evaluating strategies in the area of child passenger safety, carbon monoxide poisoning, and parent safety behaviors and impulsivity.
 

Richard D. Schrock, MBA, FHFMA, CPA Richard Schrock is serving as Director of Finance for The Ohio State University Health Plan. Mr. Schrock retired as Administrator, Financial Services/Treasurer (CFO) at The Ohio State University Health System in 2008, a position he held since 1990. Mr. Schrock received his Master of Business Administration with emphasis in Finance from The Ohio State University. He is a fellow of Healthcare Financial Management Association, a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also serves as adjunct faculty member of The Ohio State University Health Services Management Program.
 

Howard Ragsdale is a long time pilot, aviation manager and leader within the air medical community. He served many years in different capacities for Rocky Mountain Helicopters. Howard served as the Director of PHI Air Medical Group, then as Director of Industry and Government Affairs for PHI. He is the President and co-founder of the Air Medical Operators Association (AMOA) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS). Most recently, Howard serves as the Vice President, Business Development for Air Methods Corporation.

Renee’ Semonin Holleran, RN, PhD, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, CTRN, FAEN Dr. Holleran received her PhD in nursing from The Ohio State University and her Master’s Degree of nursing from Kent State University. She has served as Editor in Chief, Journal of Emergency Nursing for the past 4 years. She also serves as president of the Emergency Nurses Association and is a member of Medscape Advisory Board. She has been practicing in the Emergency Department since 1977 and has been a transport nurse since 1985. She currently serves as staff nurse in the Emergency Department of Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah and as a student Family Nurse Practitioner at Westmister College in Salt Lake City.
 

Stephen H. Thomas, MD MPH After finishing his 6-year MD program at LSU, Thomas trained in the Emergency Medicine residency and completed an Air Medical Fellowship at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. He moved to a faculty position with Harvard Medical School, where he stayed for 16 years while working at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston MedFlight. He has a Quantitative Methods MPH from Harvard, and is currently Kaiser Foundation Professor & Chair of the Department of EM at the University of Oklahoma.