Advancing the EMS profession

Following is a list of candidates seeking a Director position on the 2024-2025 NAEMT Board of Directors. By clicking on the links beside each candidate's name, you can view their Statement of Candidacy, background information, letter of support for the candidate from an active member of NAEMT, and responses to questions posed by the Candidacy and Elections Committee.

Endorsements of candidates by individual, dues-paying Active or Associate members in good standing are accepted by email to elections@naemt.org through October 1.

Voting in the 2023 elections will commence on October 15 and end on October 28, 2023 at midnight EDT. Election results will be announced in November.


East Central Region

Bryan Nelson Statement of Candidacy
Background Information

Letter of Support
Responses to Questions

Endorsed by: Jules Scadden


Mid Atlantic Region

Gary Peterson

Statement of Candidacy
Background Information
Letter of Support
Responses to Questions

Endorsed by: Kyle Rice, Jonathan Blatman


Southeast Coast Region

David Blevins

Statement of Candidacy
Background Information
Letter of Support
Responses to Questions

Endorsed by: Brian Schaeffer, Mike McEvoy 



West Coast Region


Maria Beermann-Foat 

Statement of Candidacy
Background Information
Letter of Support
Responses to Questions

Endorsed by: Macara Trusty, Anthony Minge, Chris Heppel, J. Paul Davis, Allison G. S. Knox  
Joshua Corsa 

Statement of Candidacy
Background Information
Letter of Support
Responses to Questions

Endorsed by: T.J. Bishop, Josh Pelonio, Kasey Jo Weigley 
Michael Kaduce 

Statement of Candidacy
Background Information
Letter of Support
Responses to Questions

Endorsed by: Baxter Larmon, Lee Richardson, JD Graziano, Kevin Collopy, Jeffrey Lindsey, Rob Lawrence, Kim McKenna, Heather Davis