Peter Lazzara, NREMT-P, BS.

Pete is a, 32 year veteran in EMS and is a highly decorated Paramedic Field Chief with the Chicago Fire Department. As a former teacher at a large all boys’ Catholic High School, Pete brings years of classroom experience to his presentations. Pete served for six years as EMS coordinator at Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago where he gained outstanding experience in the field of pediatrics. He also has several years of critical care transport experiences as a flight medic with Loyola University Medical Center’s LifeStar Aeromedical Program. He is the founder and President of EMSed, an educational company specializing in EMS educational concepts. He has received several awards for his work in the area of EMS including the Illinois Department of Public Health’s Ron W. Lee, MD Memorial Award for “Excellence in Pediatric Care”, the Illinois Department of Child and Family Service’s “Program Excellence Award” and West Suburban Hospital’s “Paramedic of the Year”. In May,2010, Peter was awarded the Chicago Fire Department’s “EMS Educator of Year” award. He is a nationally recognized speaker and annually presents at EMS conferences nationwide.

Dr. Joshua Carson

Joshua Carson is an academic burn and trauma surgeon at Loyola University Medical Center. His primary activity is serving as Medical Director of the Loyola Burn Center, which specializes in providing comprehensive care to patients with burns as well and other complex skin and soft tissue injuries. He also serves as Chief Medical Officer of the Illinois State Burn Coordinating Center.

Dr. Carson is board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care, with advanced post-graduate training in acute burn care and burn-wound reconstruction. His clinical interests include all aspects of care for the wounded patient, from management of the acutely injured patient, through recovery, rehabilitation, scar management and reconstruction.

Dr. Carson is the author of numerous basic science and clinical papers published in peer-reviewed journals. He has written multiple chapters in leading textbooks in general and burn surgery, and has presented his work in at regional, national and international conferences. He serves as the Digital Content Editor for the Journal of Burn Care and Research, and a member of multiple grant review committees for the US Department of Defense. Dr. Carson founded and chairs the Burn Surgery Committee within the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and serves on multiple additional committees within the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons.

Marko Garcia

Marko Garcia is a 30-year veteran of the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. He has had various assignments during his career, to include Detentions, Patrol, and SWAT. In 2001 Marko was assigned as a Detective to the Special Investigations Division-Street Narcotics Gang Detail, during which time he investigated criminal street gangs and narcotics sales in South Bay and East County, San Diego. Marko was then assigned as a full-time Task Force Officer at the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force where he investigated criminal cases with a nexus to both Domestic and International terrorism organizations. He then transferred to the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force-Gang Group where he investigated highly organized criminal organizations such as the Mexican Mafia and criminal Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. In 2015 Marko returned to the Sheriff’s Criminal Intelligence Detail where he continued to investigate Sureno/Mexican Mafia criminal activity throughout San Diego County, while also working as an undercover operator until he retired in March of 2018. After retirement, Marko was rehired by the Sheriff’s Department as a part-time Deputy Sheriff, and worked on the Sheriff’s Department Security Threat Assessment Team, and also worked for the Sheriff’s Legal Affairs Division. Marko fully retired from the San Diego Sheriff’s Department in August of 2019, and is currently the program administrator for the Institute of Criminal Investigation Gang Foundation Course, Advanced Gang Course, and Narcotics Investigations Course.

William D. Hampton, DO, FACOEP

Dr. Hampton is a full-time emergency physician and has been board certified since 2007. He is also Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Clinical Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University. In addition to his busy lecture schedule, he completes around 600 hours of continuing medical education (CME) annually himself.

Dr. Hampton lectures nationally and internationally on a variety of emergency medicine topics for diverse audiences including the Emergency Nurses’ Association Annual & Leadership Conferences, the Canadian National Emergency Nurse’s Association Annual Conference, the Society for Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant’s Annual Conference, American College of Emergency Physician’s Scientific Assembly, the University of Calgary Urgent Care Conference, and the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physician’s Spring Seminar. He has lectured in California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.

In his free time, Dr. Hampton enjoys performing with the Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra and teaches a weekly yoga class at Holy Family’s Wellness Center. He is married with four children, the oldest: 25 and the youngest: 7-year-old twins.

Mike Clumpner

PhD, MBA, CHS, NRP, CCEMTP, PNCCT, EMT-T, TP-C, FP-C

Dr. Mike Clumpner is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Threat Suppression, a public safety and military consulting firm with offices on the East Coast. Mike is also a full time fire captain/paramedic with a large metropolitan fire department where he is assigned to a busy ladder company responding to more than 3,500 emergencies a year. He is a 24-year veteran of the fire service, with 21 years’ experience as a firefighter/paramedic serving on inner-city fire companies. Mike also worked as a helicopter flight paramedic for nine and a half years at a large Level I trauma center in South Carolina completing more than 1,000 medevac missions. Mike previously spent five years as an instructor for the Department of Justice in Quantico, Virginia teaching several different courses for federal law enforcement agencies.

Mike is an associate clinical professor of critical care transport medicine at a large university in the Northeast and has been faculty there for the last six years. Mike is also a sworn law enforcement officer with the state’s largest law enforcement agency assigned to the SWAT team as an operator/senior tactical paramedic. Mike also is employed by the Department of Homeland Security as a counter-terrorism response expert where he develops curriculum for DHS training programs and teaches a variety of counterterrorism response courses. Mike worked extensively with the United States Secret Service during the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mike was appointed as Chief of the Joint Medical Operations Center where he was responsible for health and medical response during this National Special Security Event. Mike currently serves in leadership positions with multiple local, state, and federal active shooter work groups.

Mike has undergraduate degrees in fire science, paramedicine, and business administration. He has a master’s degree in business administration from Elon University and he has a doctorate in homeland security policy from Northcentral University. Mike’s dissertation research focused on integrated public safety response to active shooter events. Mike has spent more than 4,000 hours researching active shooters and rampage killers and he is recognized by the federal government as an expert in active shooter response. Mike has authored/co-authored 10 textbooks on emergency medicine, critical care medicine, and homeland security. Mike has lectured extensively throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, and the Middle East, presenting at more than 300 major conferences and symposiums.

Claude Jubran

Claude Jubran is an Investigator with the California Highway Patrol and is currently assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in San Diego. He has twenty-six years of experience in law enforcement and has conducted various types of investigations that resulted in successful prosecution. He has extensive experience in conducting threat assessments and interviewing international and domestic terrorism suspects.

Mr. Jubran was born in Northern Galilee, Israel and moved to San Diego at a young age. He has traveled to different parts of the Middle East and spent a great deal of time learning about Arab culture and customs. He is fluent in Arabic and understands several regional dialects. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration from San Diego State University and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of San Diego.

Mr. Jubran has had the opportunity to travel throughout the United States and provide instruction to federal, state, and municipal law enforcement personnel on various courses related to terrorism for FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. Mr. Jubran has developed numerous courses and provided instruction for California’s Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). He has provided instruction to law enforcement and public safety personnel throughout California as a contract instructor for the California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI).