Jeff is the Provincial Director of Operations for Emergency Health Services – Ambulance Operations Management for Nova Scotia. His key responsibilities are Field Operations, Medical Communications and Deployment, Special Operations, and Community Paramedicine. Jeff is a recipient of the EMS exemplary service medal and began his career as a Street Paramedic outside of Halifax in1989 and has worked progressively through the ranks as a Ground Operations Supervisor and Manager of the Medical Communications Center for the Emergency Health Services System. Jeff has attended executive programs at St. Mary’s University and is a recent graduate of Harvard Business School that focused on leading health care change and innovation–Often consulted on the role of Community Paramedicine Jeff has had the privilege of serving on the Paramedic Chiefs of Canada Board of Directors since 2012.
Kelly Nash
Kelly Nash serves as the Executive Director for the Paramedic Chiefs of Canada (PCC) and is responsible for the day to day operations of the association as a whole and it’s Board of Directors.
Ms. Nash provides strategic leadership and direction to the Board of Directors, consistent with the mission and values of the association. Ms. Nash maintains the constitution of the association, leads the annual conference and fall business meetings conducted on a yearly basis. Ms. Nash is the liaison for all sub-committees of the PCC. She is accountable to the Board of Directors, comprised of twenty Emergency Medical Services Chiefs and/or Directors across Canada.
Ms. Nash holds a degree in English Communications with a minor in Psychology obtained at the University of Victoria and a business administration degree. She worked as a manager in telecommunications for over eight years. Most recently she has worked in the Emergency Services in Calgary, Alberta for seven years. Ms. Nash is in her fourteenth year as Executive Director of the PCC.