CIT Staff Members
Chief
Executive Officer
Nels Sanddal is the President of
Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation and Past-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. Nels has authored dozens of articles, book
chapters and training curricula. He is a frequent speaker at national and
international forums. He has received numerous state and national awards.
Nels holds a MS in psychology and is currently pursuing
a PhD in health services. He recently served on the Institute of
Medicine's Future of Emergency Care with the U.S. Healthcare System and is
currently a team member on the National EMS Assessment project. Back to CIT Staff
Director of
Programs & Research
Teri Sanddal has a variety of
duties with the Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation. Teri holds a
bachelor’s degree in psychology and Native American Studies from the
Montana State University and has completed a graduate fellowship in Injury
Prevention with the Indian Health Service, and injury prevention
institutes at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Michigan.
Teri has conducted and assisted with several research projects and edited
regional and state reports on injury rates, injury prevention and trauma
system development. She has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications and has
made presentations on issues of injury prevention at state, national and
international forums. Teri is the immediate past-president of the Intermountain Regional EMS for Children
Coordinating Council (IRECC), a member
of the Board of Directors of the Montana Mental Health Association, a Nationally
Registered EMT-B and an officer with a volunteer fire and rescue squad. Back to CIT Staff
Program Manager
Amy Mellinger
serves as an administrative assistant
primarily to Teri Sanddal and provides support and management to various
CIT projects. She holds a bachelor's degree in Biology and a teaching
minor in Chemistry from Montana State University-Bozeman. Back to CIT Staff
Program Support Specialist
Carmen Uptmor serves as the administrative assistant to
Nels Sanddal and program support specialist to CIT. She holds a
bachelor’s degree in sociology with a second major in anthropology from
the University of Montana-Missoula.
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