GETAC- Disaster Preparedness and Response Committee

Current Members

The Council appoints committees it considers necessary to perform its duties. Committees meet in conjunction with the quarterly GETAC meetings or as necessary to conduct committee business.

Council Liaisons: Mike Clements; Brian Eastridge, MD; Sharon Malone, MD

 
Name Affiliation Location Term Expires
Eric Epley, NREMT-P
Committee Chair 
Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC)
Executive Director  
San Antonio, TX
78227 
12/2023
Wanda Helgesen, MSN, RN
Committee Vice-Chair  
Border Regional Advisory Council (Border RAC)
Executive Director   
El Paso, TX 
79924 
12/2025 
Angela Cornelius, MD Integrative Emergency Services
John Peter Smith Hospital
Academic Emergency Physician
Fort Worth, TX
76104
12/2024
Joe Fowler, EMT-P   Global Medical Response
Operations Manager 

Ground Air Evacuation Life Team
Senior Program Director Air
Greenville, TX
75402
12/2025
Jacob Johnson, RN, LP Medical City Health  
Director of EMS Relations  
Irving, TX
75039
12/2024
Emily G. Kidd, MD, FACEP, FAEMS Acadian Ambulance Service
Texas Medical Director
San Antonio, TX
78233
12/2023
W. Nim Kidd, EMT Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM)
Chief
Austin, TX
78752
12/2023
Scot Leatherwood, EMT-P Rico Aviation
Program Manager
Amarillo, TX
79109
12/2025
Ronald Nichols, EMT-P Chambers County
Emergency Services Director
Anahuac, TX
77514
12/2025
Keith Noble, MPA, NREMT-P, LP Austin-Travis County EMS Austin, TX
78702
12/2024
Rene Perez, MSN, BSN, AAS-EMS, RN, LP South Texas Emergency Care Foundation, Inc.
Director of Patient Transport Services
Harlingen, TX 
78553
12/2025
Erik Richenberger, RN, EMT-P Montgomery County Hospital District EMS
District Chief
Conroe, TX 
77304
12/2024
Candice Smith, MSN, RN Hereford Regional Medical Center
Chief Nursing Officer
Hereford, TX
79045
12/2025
Marcus Smith, EMT-P Terlingua Fire/EMS
Fire/EMS Chief
Terlingua, TX
79852
12/2024
Lisa Spivey, ADCJ South East Texas Regional Advisory Council (SETRAC)
Director of Preparedness
Houston, TX
77008
12/2023
Kenneth Webb UT Health East Texas
Division Director Security/EM
Tyler, TX
75701
12/2025
Chase Wheeler, BS-EADP City of Grand Prairie
Emergency Management Coordinator
Grand Prairie, TX
75052
12/2023

 


Past Meetings

November 18, 2023 Agenda Report
August 16, 2023 Agenda Report
June 7, 2023 Agenda Report
March 7, 2023 Agenda Report

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