Steering Committee
The PECC project Steering Committee is comprised of provider and administrative representatives from across the Commonwealth.
Duane Spencer, BS, NRP. EMSC FAN representative, PA PECC-LC Project Team leader
Ted Fessides, BS, SEMSO, Paramedic, EMSC committee chair, Deputy Chief Cranberry Township Emergency Medical Service
Leonard W. Brown, NRP/FF, EMS Supervisor/PECC Royersford Fire Department
Angie Poorman, CHES, Pennsylvania EMS for Children Project Manager, PEHSC staff
Louis Bellace, BSN,MS,PHRN,CEN,CMTE, Critical Care Transport Nurse, AI DuPont Hospital for Children
Robert M. Carpenter, NRP, CCISM, NHDP-BC, Education & Training Coordinator , Emergency Medical Services of NEPA
Joyce Foresman-Capuzzi, MSN, RN-BC, CCNS, CEN, CCRN, TCRN, CTRN, CPN, CPEN, SANE-A, AFN-BC, EMT-P, FAEN, Clinical Nurse Educator Lankenau Medical Center
Sylvia Owusu-Ansah MD, MPH, Director of Pre-Hospital and EMS for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, City of Pittsburg PECC
Theresa A. Walls, MD, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Mark Wolfgang, EMT, Regional EMS Education Coordinator, Seven Mountains EMS
Jannette A. Swade, MBA, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council
Jay Taylor, EMS Program Manager, PA Dept. of Health, Bureau of EMS
Aaron Rhone, MPA, MS, EMT, EMS Program Manager, PA Dept. of Health, Bureau of EMS
Douglas Kupas, MD, State EMS Medical Director, PA Dept. of Health, Bureau of EMS