About the Executive Board

Alanna has served as President of the Local 20 since January 2020 and as a National Executive Board member of NAGE since April 2022. She is a paramedic who has worked at Empress Ambulance Service since 2016, and has been in the field of EMS since 2010. Before working in southern Westchester County, she worked rural EMS in Connecticut and the Hudson Valley as an EMT, with experience in volunteer systems as well as in the ER where she worked as a tech. She is a CLI and loves teaching EMS. In addition to her experience in EMS, she also does a lot of volunteer work in the nonprofit world. Since 2016 she has planned and directed a week-long youth summer camp that teaches about cross-cultural peace building and diplomacy. Beyond all that, she loves hiking, traveling, photography, camping, reading interesting articles, and spending quality time with family and friends.

Austin has served as Vice President of the Local 20 since August of 2020. He moved to New York and started as a paramedic with Empress EMS in 2019, and recently became a critical care paramedic. He has been involved with EMS since 2014 and previously worked as a clinical educator and telemedicine specialist at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. In addition to this work, he volunteered as a Paramedic and EMT in Southern Maryland as well as for his university rescue squad in D.C. Austin is passionate about pre-hospital care education and the progression of EMS in the 21st century. When he’s not working, Austin enjoys photography, traveling, hiking and running.

Lamail started as an EMT at Empress in 1993 and has worked in EMS continuously since. He became a medic in 1996 and has been a Critical Care Paramedic with the Westchester Medical Center STAT team since 2009. He is currently studying to become a nurse and would like to eventually specialize in neonatology/pediatrics before eventually pursuing his doctorate in nursing. He's passionate about health and nutrition and when he's not working or studying, he is an avid mountain biker and can usually be found racing local mountain bike races in the Hudson Valley.

Kathleen (Kat) has served on the Executive Board since January 2020, first in the capacity of Treasurer, and now as Secretary. She was inspired to become an EMT in 2016, after doing hundreds of hours of relief work in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which hit her home community. She worked as an EMT for two years at Empress, with one year as a FTO/QA,QI, before becoming a Paramedic through the Yonkers FD program in 2019. She's an AHA CPR, ACLS and PALS instructor, as well as a CLI. She loves to teach, to mentor new EMTs and is a valuable resource to anyone who wants to learn. In her free time, she loves to ride her bike and enjoys participating in the Muddy Angels Memorial EMS Bike Rides. She also loves spending time on the beach in Breezy Point, NY, where she grew up.

Chris started in EMS as a volunteer for New Windsor VAC at the age of 16, becoming an EMT at 18. In 1996, he became a Paramedic and after a year at MLSS in Newburgh, NY, he went on to work for St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson, NJ where he enjoyed the urban environment for 8 years. Chris has spent the past 17 years working for The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ. Additionally, Chris worked at Transcare from 2009 until they closed in 2016 and was immediately hired by EMStar who continued the area's EMS coverage until recently when they were acquired by Empress.

While Chris has made a career of EMS, he has also been a volunteer firefighter for many years, and involved in Scouts as a leader for more than 12 years. When Chris is not serving the community, he enjoys relaxing and spending time with his wife,  Sarah and their 5 children.