Kathy Grafft
Chief Executive Officer -R.N.,CCRN,OCN
Kathy has over 30 years of experience in the Health Care Field. She has worked at a level one trauma center in Critical Care and is a CPR-- MRTC training center faculty.
Joe Grafft
Vice President & Senior Instructor
M.S.Joe has worked on the street level EMS, has managed BLS/ALS services, has over 30 years of Educational/Street experience with a Masters Degree in Health and EMS Management, is the current ECC Chair for the AHA in Minnesota, is a regional faculty for AHA, is an author, is a community faculty member at Metropolitan State University School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, and is a speaker at many national conferences. He has been a Nationally Registered EMT since 1974 and has served on the National Registry of EMT's Board of Directors for 13 years.
David Schwartz
M.A.
With over 34 years of Law Enforcement Experience 25 as Chief of Police and Public Safety Director, Dave is an experienced instructor with a high level of street experience. He is a Community Faculty with Metropolitan State University-School of Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice. He teaches First Responder classes and specializes in Law Enforcement education.
Cheryl Coderre
BAN, RN, C
Cheryl has over 30 years of experience in the Health Care Field. She has worked at a level one trauma center in both the Trauma Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Nursing Staff Development. Cheryl has extensive education expertise in teaching hospital staff. She is a CPR-- MRTC training center faculty.
Paul Seleski
NREMT-P
Paul has worked on the streets for over 35 years in the Fire and EMS arena as a FF/FAO/Paramedic. During his 35 years of service, he held the position of training officer for 28 years.As a founding member and former EMS Training Coordinator of the Dakota County Special Operations Team and former member of Minnesota Task Force One, Paul is a qualified technician in rope rescue, confined space rescue, hazardous materials response, structural collapse, tactical paramedic and company officer. For the past 3O plus years Paul has been teaching and is recognized as one of the leaders in the area of technical rescue. He currently serves on the Minnesota Fire Service Certification Board.
Timothy Albrecht
EMT-B (with Intermeidate level varianace for City of Mahtomedi)
AAS degrees in: Fire Science and Emergency Management.
Captain Mahtomedi Fire Department Volunteer/Paid on-call position covering both fire and EMS for the city of Mahtomedi and Surrouding mutal aid areas, Mulitple FEMA classes. Presently working at Allina Medical Transportation doing EMS and Interfacility transports since 2009. Promoted to a Field Training officer in May 2011. CPR-I for the American Heart Association since 2008. Rescue Diver-Tender for Washington County Dive Team. Assists in skills practicals and scenario checks off for EMT and EMR classes.
Kathy Benyo-Albrecht
EMT-BRN-BSN- CP
Registered nurse with 30+ years of critical care experience in the area of Cardiovascular Surgery and EMS education. Has been the nurse educator for a high school EMT class for 25+ years wtih specaility areas of anatomy & physiology, trauma, respiratory and cardiac medicine, EKG interpretation. BLS- CPR-Instructor Trainer (Affiliate Faculty) for the American Heart Assocation MNSCU system for 25+ years. Have taught classes for industry and local fire and police departments for CPR and Blood Borne Pathogens per OSHA guidelines. Presently am part of the Washington County MN Responds Board for emergency community action. Presently working at the University of MN in Cardiovascular and thoracic research and continues to teach per diem in the high school and private setting.