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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.

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.

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.

Jack McBride
MD

John W. McBride, M.D., retired noninvasive cardiologist, has been BLS and ACLS Instructor, "Affiliate Faculty," and Regional Faculty in BLS almost continually since 1973. He is current Chair, Minnesota Regional Emergency Cardiac Care Committee of the American Heart Association and has been a member of that Committee since 2003. He has also taught portions of the DOT First Responder Course with Joe Grafft of Customized Safety Training since 2010.

Tom Murakami
NRP, EMT, EMR

I have been Nationally Registered Paramedic and State of Minnesota certified Paramedic for 35 years.  I have recently retired from the St. Paul Fire Department  firefighter/FEO/Paramedic after 23 years. Worked in communication center at St. Paul Fire Department as 911 / Emergency Medical Dispatcher.  Volunteer Firefighter for Plymouth Fire Department for approx. 2 years. Worked as a supervisor/paramedic for Owatonna Ambulance 911 servicing Steele county, also air ambulance. Paramedic District Memorial  hospital Forest Lake. Paramedic Health Central Ambulance, Smith Ambulance, Martin Ambulance, Medi-Bus ambulance service, Pals instructor, ACLS instructor, CPR instructor, Haz mat, confined space, emergency driving instructor, National Registry paramedic/EMT/EMR examiner. Have taught firefighting, search and rescue classes.

Deanna Daher
EMR/First Aid

I have been a CNA Certified Nursing Assistant since 1984, EMT-I since 1996,FTO Field Training Officer since 2000 & still current,FL OEC Ambulance Program Coordinator, CPR Instructor, FF since 2002 & still active. DOT State Tester, EMR/First Aid Instructor with Customized Safety Training, Graduate RN