Fire Marshal Jim Reid  - Chair

Appointed August 2006 - Jim has 28 years of experience in emergency service from maintaining fire safe facilities to emergency response.  As the Director of the Office of Emergency Management for El Paso County, Jim oversees the El Paso County Hazardous Material Team supervises 5 full time employees and approximately 200 volunteers for Emergency Response, trains County Personnel in the Incident Command System/Emergency Management.  Jim is a retired First Sergeant after serving in the United States Air Force for 20 years.

Jeff Wanderscheid - Vice Chair

Appointed September 2006 - Jeffrey Wanderscheid fills the city of Colorado Springs' resident and certified EMT/Paramedic position.   He has been a member of the Colorado Springs Fire Department for ten years.

Vacant - Secretary

County Commissioner Sallie Clark

Appointed July, 2006 - Commissioner Clark was elected to serve as an El Paso County Commissioner in November of 2004 to represent District 3.  She has owned her own business since 1986. She operates Holden House Bed & Breakfast Inn, located on the historic Westside.  Since her election to the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, Commissioner Clark serves as liaison to the offices of the County Treasurer, Coroner, Assessor and Surveyor.  In addition, she is a member of the following committees:

§   National Association of Counties (NACo) Justice and Public Safety

§   El Paso County's Citizen’s Outreach Group

§   Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority

§ Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments

§ Department of Human Services, 911-Authority

City Councilmember Margaret Radford

Appointed July 2006 - City Councilwoman Margaret Radford was elected to City Council in April 2001 to represent District 4, the southeast quadrant of Colorado Springs. She was re-elected to serve a four year term in April 2005.  Councilmember Radford is a communications specialist at the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment. Mrs. Radford contributes regularly to local, national and international magazines and books. In community service, Mrs. Radford formerly served as Vice President of the Council of Neighbors and Organizations and currently serves on the School District 11 Mill Levy Oversight Committee. 

Mayor Jeri Howells - City of Fountain

Appointed September 2006 - In addition to serving as Mayor, she has worked as a community liaison for the El Paso County Health and Environment Department since Feb., 2005. She is especially proud of Fountain being designated as a LiveWell Community, through the new LiveWell Fountain program; just as she recognizes the importance of becoming a healthier community, and the benefits to everyone involved.

Chief Rick Martinez - Colorado Springs Fire Department 

Appointed December 2007 - Battalion Chief Rick Martinez represents the Colorado Springs Fire Department and works in the fire departments Medical Division.

Marilyn Gifford, M.D. - Memorial Health System

Appointed August 2006 - Dr. Gifford was born and raised in Colorado. She received her medical degree from Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.  Subsequent training at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital was followed by Emergency Medical Practice at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, Longmont United Hospital, and Boulder Community Hospital.

Dr. Gifford, is currently Director of Emergency Services and Paramedic Advisor to the City of Colorado Springs, positions held since 1980.  She is board certified in Emergency Medicine and is responsible for providing direct patient care, as well as organizing and managing an emergency department with approximately 96,000 patient visits in 2007.  Additional responsibilities include oversight of training and continuing education for EMTs and Paramedics of the Colorado Springs Fire Department.  She has coauthored three editions of Protocols for Prehospital Emergency Care; A Guide for Paramedics, 3rd Edition.

Dr. Gifford has been involved in Emergency Medical Services at local, state and national levels.  She is Chairman of the Prehospital Care Committee of Region IV EMS, Past Chairman of the Emergency Care Committee of the El Paso County Medical Society, Past Board Member of the Colorado Trauma Institute, Board Member and Past Chairman of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians and Past Chairman of the Emergency Medical Services Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Jack Sharon, M.D. - Penrose St. Francis Health Services 

Reappointed in August 2006 - Dr. Sharon represents Penrose St. Francis Health Services and serves as their Emergency Department Director.  Dr. Sharon graduated from Oral Roberts University School of Medicine in 1990 and has been an Emergency Department physician for both Memorial and Penrose hospitals since 1994.  He has been appointed to the following boards and committees:

§  ESA Medical Control Committee

§  Front Range Emergency Specialists, P.C., Board of Directors                             

§  Member, Penrose-St. Francis Emergency Medicine Section Committee                             

§  Member, Penrose-St. Francis Emergency Medicine Peer Review Committee                            

§  Member, Penrose-St. Francis Trauma Section Committee                             

§  Member, Penrose-St. Francis Trauma Peer Review Committee                             

§  Member, Penrose-St. Francis Clinical Effectiveness Committee                             

§  Member, Penrose-St. Francis Capacity Task Force Committee

§  Physician Advisor, Larkspur Fire Protection District

§  Physician Advisor, Fountain Fire Department

Dan Molner, LCSW - Neighborhood Citizen from El Paso County

Advisory Members

Celeste Lippy - Detox

T. Wayne Florek - Senior Citizens

Staff Members

  Eileen Gonzalez, Contract Business Administrator

Jane Fredman, Retained Legal Council

Jane Fredman is a member of Flynn Wright & Fredman, LLC, a Colorado Springs law firm.  She has been an attorney in Colorado Springs for over twenty years.  Prior to entering private practice, she was an assistant county attorney and the Human Resources Manager for El Paso County and a senior attorney with Colorado Springs Utilities.