Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation
Meet the TETAF Board of Directors

Craig Rhyne, M.D.
Chair
Lubbock
Regional Chief Medical Officer at Covenant Health System

Dudley Wait,
EMT-P
Vice Chair
Schertz
MEDCOM Division Director at the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC)

Ricky Reeves,
EMT-P
Secretary
Lewisville
Executive Director at
Texas EMS

Kathy Perkins, RN, MBA
Treasurer
Round Rock
(Retired) Assistant Commissioner for Regulatory Services at Texas Department of State Health Services

Christine Reeves
General Assembly Chair
Waco
Executive Director at Central Texas Regional Advisory Council and Heart of Texas Regional Advisory Council

Jeff Beeson, D.O.
Fort Worth
Executive Medical Director and Assistant Professor - Medical Education, Chief Medical Officer at UNT Health Sciences Center

Scott Christopher, BBA, BSN, RN, LP
San Augustine
RN and Paramedic
at PHI Medical Group

Nilda Garcia, M.D.
Austin
Surgeon-in-Chief at Dell Children's Medical Center

Angela Gentry, RN, MSN, TCRN
Temple
Director of Trauma and Forensics at Baylor Scott & White Temple

Diana Grimm-Mapp, RN, BSN, CEN, TCRN
Galveston
Program Director at UTMB Health System

Wanda Helgesen, RN, MSN
El Paso
Executive Director at Border Regional Advisory Council (Border RAC)

Lisa Hutchins,
RN-NIC
Houston
Assistant Chief
Nursing Officer at
The Women's
Hospital of Texas

Kenneth Mattox, M.D., FACS
Houston
Chief of Staff and Surgeon-in-Chief at
Ben Taub Hospital

Edward Racht, M.D.
Austin
Chief Medical Officer at Global Medical Response

Kate Schaefer, RN, CEN, NREMT
Childress
Trauma Program Manager and Emergency Department Director at Childress Regional Medical Center

Danny Updike, RN, CCRN, EMT-LP
San Angelo
Executive Director at the Concho Valley Regional Advisory Council (CVRAC)

David Weisoly, D.O.
The Woodlands
Neonatal ICU Medical Director at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands
TETAF Board of Directors Terms
Terms Expiring in December 2021
- Scott Christopher, BBA, BSN, RN, LP
- Nilda Garcia, MD
- Angela Gentry, BSN, RN, TCRN
- Kathy Perkins, RN, MBA
- Danny Updike, RN, CCRN, EMT-LP
Terms Expiring in December 2022
- Jeff Beeson, DO
- Wanda Helgesen, RN, MSN
- Lisa Hutchins, RN-NIC
- Kenneth Mattox, MD
- Kate Schaefer, RN, CEN, NREMT
- David Weisoly, DO
Terms Expiring in December 2023
- Diana Grimm-Mapp
- Edward Racht, MD
- Christine Reeves
- Ricky Reeves, EMT-P
- Craig Rhyne, MD
- Dudley Wait, EMT-P