Brandon Daruna is the CEO of Eagle County Paramedic Services. Starting his career as an EMT/Vigor in New Orleans, he obtained his EMT-I and Paramedic certifications from Delgado College and Charity Hospital. He later served as a paramedic and educator for West Jefferson Medical Center EMS before relocating to Colorado in 2003. During his first decade in Colorado, he worked as a Captain for Northglenn Ambulance and an FTO with the Denver Health Paramedic Division.
In 2018, Brandon obtained his MBA from the University of Denver, which shifted his focus to leadership and management education in emergency services. He currently teaches Public Safety Leadership as an adjunct professor at the university, with the aim of bringing leadership and management education to emergency services.
Daruna is an active member of various other EMS organizations, serving as a member of the Colorado EMS System Sustainability Task Force, a steering committee member of the Northwest Regional Healthcare Coalition, and a Board Member of the Central Mountains RETAC.
Joshua Lorenzen is the Fire Chief for the Los Pinos Fire Protection District. He has been involved in fire/EMS since 1998 and has been a paramedic for 18 years. Joshua has worked his entire career in southwest Colorado as an EMT and paramedic, working fire-based EMS, EMS only, and in the hospital emergency room. He is also an adjunct EMS instructor for Pueblo Community College, teaching for it since 2009. 
