Thanks to Our Hosts!
The IPMBA board, staff, members, and conference attendees would like to extend
their sincere thanks to East Baton Rouge EMS for hosting the conference,
and to their partnering agencies for providing assistance. We truly appreciate
the support of Mayor Kip Holden and the Metro Council; EMS
Administrator Pam Porter; EMS Chief of Operations Tommy Loyacano;
Chief Jeff Leduff of the Baton Rouge Police Department;
Charles Mondrick, Uniform Patrol Commander, Baton Rouge Police Department;
Col. Henry Whitehorn, Louisiana State Police; and the many residents
and businesses of Baton Rouge who provided financial and in-kind support
for the conference.
IPMBA would also like to recognize the staff of East Baton Rouge EMS and
all those who have participated in the planning and implementation of this
conference, especially Tom Harris. Tom first approached IPMBA about
hosting a conference in 2001. After a two year military deployment, he returned
and redoubled his effort to bring the conference to Baton Rouge. Since that
time, he has worked tirelessly to ensure that conference attendees would
experience nothing less than the ultimate in southern hospitality.
Of course, he was not able to accomplish this alone. He gathered a team of
individuals who were equally dedicated to meeting this goal. This team includes
East Baton Rouge EMS staff members Darryl Beard, Rachael Firmin,
Chad Guillot, Brad Harris, Ann Lemoin, Mark Olson,
Mary Prochaska, Lauri Scivicque, Christian True, and
Joyce Walden Wales; Baton Rouge Police Department personnel Kenny
Brown, Kyle Callihan, Don Coppola, Jeremy Stanley,
and Mark Weber; and Patrick Washington and Robert Moruzzi
of the DPS Capitol Detail. Many other staff members and volunteers extended
their hospitality to the IPMBA conference attendees in a variety of ways
- at registration, in bike check, on the trails, in the hospitality suite.
We couldn't possibly list them all!
In so many ways, the host committee for the 17th Annual Conference rolled
out the "purple carpet" and showed the attendees the meaning of the word
hospitality. As a result of their many hours of effort and dedication, all
conference participants enjoyed on outstanding training experience, excellent
riding, and remarkable food. East Baton Rouge EMS really "let the good times
roll" at the 17th Annual IPMBA Conference!
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