CIT Staff Members
Executive
Director
Joseph Hansen brings a
broad administrative and medical background to the Critical Illness and
Trauma Foundation. Joe was Executive Director of the CIT Foundation for
seven years prior to becoming Chief Operating Officer of a
hospital/nursing home/clinic. He came back to assume the leadership role
at CIT in 2003. Joe has 30 years experience in emergency
medical services as a nationally registered EMT-B and as director
of a rural EMS service. Joe has co-authored numerous medical journal
articles and has managed medical research projects for the Foundation. Joe
has lectured in Montana and Nationally on EMS and trauma related subjects
and is past president of the National Association of EMTs. He has served
as an EMS consultant to local and state EMS offices and serves on regional
and statewide trauma advisory committees. Back to CIT Staff
Associate Director of Research
& Prevention
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 Support Specialist
Heather Soucy serves as the administrative assistant to
Nels Sanddal and program support specialist to REMSTTAC. Heather holds an Associate
Degree in Applied Science
degree as an Administrative Medical Assistant from the University of
Montana-Helena College of Technology.
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Program Support Specialist
Amy Mellinger
serves as an administrative assistant
primarily to Teri Sanddal and Joe Hansen and a program support specialist
to CIT. She holds a bachelor's degree in
Biology and a teaching minor in Chemistry from Montana State
University-Bozeman. Amy is also certified to teach at the high school
level in the state of Montana. Back to CIT Staff
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