Fire and EMS Purchasing Practices

Chair, IAFC EMS Section

Mike McEvoy is the Chief of EMS for Saratoga County, New York, the Chief Medical Officer
for the West Crescent Fire Department and a nurse clinician in the cardiac surgical ICU at
Albany Medical Center where he also teaches critical care medicine. He was appointed to a
vacancy on the EMS Section Executive Committee in 2013, elected secretary of the section in
2014, elected chair of the Section in 2016 and again in 2019. He has been a member of IAFC
since 2007.

Chief Ken Riddle has over forty-years of experience in EMS and fire services. He retired from the Las Vegas Department of Fire & Rescue (LVF&R) after 28 years of service. He served as the Assistant Fire Chief and the Deputy Fire Chief of every Division including the Operations Division, Emergency Medical Services Division, Support Services Division and the Fire Prevention Division where he served as the Fire Marshal.

As PCG’s Senior Advisor for fire and EMS, Chief Riddle oversees the public safety consulting services line of business. He provides training, advice, and guidance to the PCG teams as needed in support of PCG’s fire and EMS programs.

Chief Jason Fuller brings over 15 years of emergency service industry knowledge and experience to Public Consulting Group, LLC, where he serves as a Senior Project Specialist and fire/EMS subject matter expert. As a former Battalion Chief for a municipal fire department, Jason started his career as a volunteer prior to progressing into part time and ultimately career positions. Jason holds a Master of Public Administration degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Jason holds multiple advanced fire and specialty technical rescue certifications and is both a Nationally Registered Paramedic (NRP) and a North Carolina licensed Paramedic. His chief officer experience spans across fire and EMS operations, logistics and purchasing, training, and specialty response.

Crosby is the President of Cooperative Services, LLC and is on the Board of Directors for the Fire and Emergency Manufacturers and Services Association (FEMSA). He currently works with Sourcewell to lead their public safety cooperative procurement initiative. He also provides strategic development for National Cooperative Procurement Partners, the professional association for cooperatives. Formerly, he served as the President of a NPPGov and served on the Board of Directors for NCPP.

He has held several leadership positions in public safety association management including Director of Professional Development for the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). His local government career began in the fire service where he served as a fire department chief officer and project manager for city administration.

Crosby received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of Virginia, a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Virginia Tech and completed the four-year National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer program.

Tim Nowak joined PCG’s Public Safety Consulting Services, following a 20-year career as an EMS clinician (career firefighter and paramedic/critical care paramedic), educator, content contributor, and administrator with extensive background in training, quality assurance, administration, operations, logistics, and mobile integrated healthcare/community paramedicine disciplines. His work experience spans rural, suburban, urban, and hospital settings in four states as well as various EMS association boards and state rule work groups. Most recently, Tim served as Assistant EMS Chief of Special Operations for a county-wide, municipal EMS agency in Florida running over 50,000 calls per year. Tim is also the founder and CEO of Emergency Medical Solutions, LLC, an independent EMS content and development company that he established in 2010.

Tim is the VP of Government Affairs for Bound Tree Medical overseeing the
company’s EMS advocacy efforts including congressional outreach and federal
agency partnerships. Prior to this role, he was VP of Sales of BTM for 7 years
running a sales organization of over 100 personnel including Regional Sales
Directors, Field account managers, Inside Sales and Strategic Accounts. He
began his career at Sarnova in July 2012 as VP of Private Label and launched the
Curaplex brand for the company. Prior to Sarnova, he had over 25 years of
executive sales management, product management and marketing experience in
communication hardware, software and networks. He holds a BS degree in
Mathematics from the US Coast Guard Academy and a MS degree in Operations
Reseach & Statistics from Rensellaer Polytechnic Insititute. Prior to his civilian
career, he served as an officer in the US Coast Guard in various leadership roles
aboard various cutters and shore stations in the eastern US including active duty
and reserves.

Chloe is the EMS Category Manager for Solutions with Bound Tree Medical. She
oversees the Solutions portfolio including Inventory Management and other
strategic partnerships. Prior to her role with Bound Tree, she was a Senior Product
Manager in Healthcare Logistics for a major national distributor. Chloe has over a
decade of experience in healthcare supply chain and logistics supporting both the
EMS and hospital markets. She holds a BS in Technology and Operations
Management from Bowling Green State University and an MBA with a
specialization in Leadership from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. She is also
certified by the American Society for Quality as a Six Sigma Green Belt.