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CIT Board of Directors
Nels D. Sanddal, MS, REMT-B,
President
Mr. Sanddal is the President of
Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation and is currently on detachment as
the Director of the Rural Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Technical
Assistance Center (REMSTTAC). Nels has been involved in EMS since the
1970s and has held many state, regional and national positions in
organizations furthering EMS causes, including president of the
Intermountain Regional EMS for Children Coordinating Council and core
faculty for the Development of Trauma Systems Training Programs for the U.S.
Dept. of Transportation. Mr. Sanddal is a Nationally Registered Emergency
Medical Technician-Basic, volunteers with a local fire department, and has
been a board member of the CIT Foundation
since its inception in 1986. He holds a MS in psychology and is currently pursuing
a PhD in health services. He currently serves on the Institute of
Medicine's Future of Emergency Care with the U.S. Healthcare System.
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Thomas J. Esposito, MD, MPH, FACS, Vice President
Dr. Esposito is a trauma surgeon and is assistant director of the Loyola
University Burn and Shock Trauma Institute. He directs the Injury Analysis
and Medical Program at Loyola. Dr. Esposito is well-published in the
trauma field, is sought-after as a conference speaker and has served as
co-principal investigator on several of CIT's research projects. In
addition to trauma care and research interests, he is well versed in
issues of injury prevention and epidemiology. Dr. Esposito has been a
board member since 1991.
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Linda D. Williams, BS, REMT-I, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary
Ms. Williams serves as MSU County Extension Agent and Disaster and
Emergency Services Coordinator for Chouteau County, a rural area in north
central Montana. She remains an active Emergency Medical
Technician-Intermediate and is training coordinator for her ambulance
service. Both in terms of field experience and in her tireless efforts to
improve EMS, Ms. Williams is truly one of the region's most knowledgeable
experts in emergency medical services. She has been active with
professional EMS associations at both the state and national levels. Ms.
Williams has been a board member since the Critical Illness and Trauma
Foundation was founded in 1986.
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Jeanne P. O'Brien, RN, MN, Secretary
Ms. O'Brien is a popular speaker at EMS conferences nationwide. Ms. O'Brien has been a
preeminent trainer in prehospital EMS for more than 20 years. She has
contributed to numerous publications and training curricula including the
first edition of Prehospital Trauma Life Support. Ms. O'Brien was elected
to the board in 1998.
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Katrina B. Altenhofen, MPH,
REMT-P
Ms. Altenhofen is the State Emergency Medical Services for Children
Coordinator for the Iowa Department of Public Health - Bureau of Emergency
Medical Services. Katrina has a variety of interests, particularly in the
realm of prevention. She is a Certified Child Passenger Safety Trainer
with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as well as a
founding member of the Iowa Lyme Disease Foundation. She is a dynamic
speaker on a variety of prevention and clinical EMS topics and has
presented at local, state, regional and national conferences. Ms.
Altenhofen was elected to the board in 1999.
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N. Clay Mann, PhD, MS
Dr. Mann is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University
of Utah School of Medicine and Associate Director for Research at the
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center. He has published over 80
peer-reviewed articles and multiple methodological papers in his field.Dr.
Mann has special expertise in nonparametric statistics and small sample
analysis. Dr. Mann has conducted several randomized, controlled community
trials dealing with cardiac resuscitation, acute coronary disease
education and paramedic training. Currently, Dr. Mann serves as a
statistical and study design consultant for the PECARN project. Dr. Mann
also currently serves on several national committees including the Basic
Life Support Subcommittee for the American Heart Association, the Advisory
Council for the National Trauma Registry for Children Project and is a
member of the Stakeholders Steering Committee for the HRSA Trauma EMS
Program. Dr. Mann was elected to the Board in 2004.
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Robert W. Milvet, Jr., CPA
Mr. Milvet is the Corporate Controller for University Health Associates
in Morgantown, WV, whereby he oversees the finance and accounting
functions for the WVU Medical and Dental Corporations, and serves in a
similar capacity for the WVU Physicians of Charleston, WV. This West
Virginia native is a 1996 graduate of West Virginia University with a BSBA
in accounting. Mr. Milvet serves on the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties as a board member, an
executive committee member, assistant treasurer and as the chairman of a
development-stage planned giving committee. He also is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, and is licensed to practice in West Virginia. He brings to the CIT Board his expertise in
financial management. Mr. Milvet was elected to the board in 2000.
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John E. Prescott, MD, FACEP
Dr. Prescott is Dean of the West Virginia University School of Medicine
and a professor of emergency medicine. He was the founder and first director of the Center
for Rural Emergency Medicine (CREM), an outreach program that provides
technical assistance, continuing education, injury control recommendations
and projects to overcome rural challenges to hospital, EMS providers and
communities. Along with Mr. Sanddal, he also serves on the Institute of
Medicine's Future of Emergency Care with the U. S. Healthcare System. Dr. Prescott was elected to the board in 1998.
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James D. Upchurch, MD, MA, FAAFP
Dr. Upchurch, a family practice physician, is medical director for the
Billings Indian Health Services EMS and medical director for the Big Horn
County Advanced Life Support Ambulance in Hardin. He was co-principal investigator of the alcohol related
injury recidivism research project completed by the CIT Foundation. Dr.
Upchurch is an innovator in training for rural prehospital providers,
especially in the development of distance education. Dr. Upchurch was elected to the board in 1998.
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