Kathleen Adams has been a practicing Respiratory Care Practitioner for over 25 years. She has been involved in medical transport for over 17 years of which 13 she served as a Transport Team Coordinator for Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital. Last year she finally left Loma Linda to become self-employed and is now happily so in her business Packmule Education & Consulting services.

Kathleen also served as Bulletin editor and Section Chair for the Transport Specialty Section of the AARC. For her efforts in promoting Respiratory Care Practitioners in the field of medical transport Kathleen received the Specialty Practitioner of the Year Award for Transport from the AARC in 2000. She is a published author; in both peer reviewed journals and monthly medical magazines, lecturer, educator and legal consultant. She has served as Government Affairs Chair as well as President-elect and now President of the CSRC.

RCP for over 30 years, Member of AARC and CSRC since 1983.
Currently Clinical Specialist at SharpGrossmontHospital Respiratory Department.
Clinical Instructor for GrossmontCommunity College.
Past CSRC San Diego Chapter President, Secretary, Treasurer, membership officer. 
Currently CSRCState Membership Chairman and Program Committee.

Assistant Professor, LomaLindaUniversity

Per Diem Respiratory Therapist, LLUMC

I have been a respiratory therapist for 31 years.  I started as an OJT in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania in 1977.  Through the years job opportunities took me to hospitals in Sacramento, Bakersfield, Santa Cruz, Palo Alto, San Mateo, and Loma Linda, CA.  I also did some home care and worked as a supervisor.  I am currently the Director of Clinical Education for the only Respiratory Therapy BS Program in California.  

I have been active on the regional and state level of the CA Society for Respiratory Care for 20 years.

Respiratory Therapist for 8 years.

Currently work at Loma Linda University Medical Center.
Coordinate the Code Blue process and the Rapid Response Teams.

Roger has been involved in the medical field in a variety of positions since he graduated from high school. His first job in the medical field began immediately after high school graduation as a surgical scrub nurse, which continued for 6 years while he attended college and received his B.S. degree. This was a wonderful experience as he had the opportunity to work with his father-in-law who was an anesthesiologist and as a result Roger had more intubations in those six years then most Respiratory Care Practitioners have in a life time. Following this he operated the heart-lung machine as a perfusionist for 8 years as well as being a surgery assistant for a group of pulmonary and cardiovascular/thoracic surgeons. This was followed by many years serving as a pharmaceutical sales representative for several pharmaceutical companies. With encouragement from his father-in-law and two brothers-in-law who are all physicians, Roger enrolled in the Respiratory Therapy Program at Victor Valley College following a near fatal heart attack.

• Associate Faculty, Victor Valley College, Clinical Instructor and Classroom Instructor, 1999 – present
• Member of the Advisory Board for the Respiratory Therapy Program at Victor Valley College, 1999 - present
• Coordinator at RRH for the California Newborn Hearing Screening Program, 2001-present
• Developing a Ventilator Management Protocol and approximately 30 additional protocols, 2002 – present
• Initiated the “In-House Registry” program, 2003
• Initiated the “Earn to Learn” program, 2003
• Chairman of the Telemedicine Committee, 2000 – present, and the Rapid Response Team Committee, 2005 - present
• Mentor for CTEC (California Telemedicine & eHealth Center), 2003 - present
• Received the “Meritorious Award” from Ridgecrest Regional Hospital, 2005
• Presentation/Speaker at the High Sierra Critical Care Conferences, Reno, NV, 2007 and 2008
• Member of the AARC International Congress Program Committee, 2007 – 2008
• Editor of the AARC Management Section Bulletin, 2007 to present
  • Has written numerous articles that have been published in the Management Section Bulletin as well as the Acute-Care Bulletin and Education Bulletin
• Nominated to be a Fellow of the AARC, 2007
• Received his doctorate degree in 2007
• Roving Reporter for the AARC International Congress, Anaheim, 2008
• Speaker/lecturer at the AARC Summer Forum, Marco Island, Florida, 2009
• Item Writer for the NBRC, 2008 and 2009
• Published several articles in “RT Magazine” and “Advance for Respiratory Care Managers” with  Blog entries every two weeks, 2007 - present
• Sign a contract to publish a study guide for individuals preparing to take the CRT NBRC exam, 2009.
• Elected “Treasurer” for the CSRC, 2009
• Appointed Chairman of the Nominations and Election Committee of the CSRC, 2009

Mark Goldstein is a senior respiratory/clinical manager of Sutter VNA Timberlake, a DME division that provides respiratory educational & consulting services to patients in the Northern California Area.  Mark has been involved in The California Society of Respiratory Care for over 20 years. He consults regularly with physicians and professionals from a variety of governmental and health care related fields to help create synergistic solutions to the developing home care arena. 

In 2010, Barry will celebrate his 40th year in Respiratory Care. Beginning in 1970, he earned an A.S. degree in Respiratory Therapy, and eventually earned another A.A degree in Business Administration, B.S. in Vocational Education, and M.S in Educational Administration and Leadership. He has worked and managed RT departments in the SF/Bay Area, Central California, and Southern California Regions. 2010 will also mark his 27th year working at San Joaquin Valley College – Visalia in the capacity of Program Director, Chair of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, and Administrative Director overseeing four on ground RT programs and an Online RT Upgrade program. In 2003 he was honored as Teacher of the Year, by the National Career College Association (CCA). He is an adjunct online instructor for MaxKnowledge® and The Center for Excellence in Education in Irvine, CA.  He is also a graduate of the Sequoia Regional Leadership program, a 1-year training program sponsored by the California State Office for Counties and Chamber of Commerce.

2010 will mark 27 years in elected or appointed offices serving a variety of roles with the CSRC. He has maintained continuous membership with the CSRC since 1975 and the AARC since 1973.    Currently, Barry is serving as Senior Delegate to the AARC, elected twice by the CSRC membership to this 4-year term of office. Among the other offices in the CSRC, Barry has served as President of the Chapter Six and Central California region for 10 years; appointed Education Co-Chair (2008); appointed Scholarship Coordinator, Education Committee; (2001-04); appointed editor of The Pneumogram, newsletter for CRSC (1996); Chair, Publications Committee (1996); Co-Chairman: Public Relations Committee (1991-92); and member of the CSRC Conference Planning Committee (1983, 1987-91, 1994-96). Barry also is an instructor for the CSRC’s Legal Obligations and Ethical Responsibilities Ethics Course since 2009.

Since 1995 he has served the NBRC as an Item Writer for the CRT, WRRT, Clinical Simulation, Neonatal-Pediatric Specialist, Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist, and Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist, credentials he also possesses. He has served as an expert witness in two cases of malpractice and negligence, and has been a Visiting Committee Member-Site Review Team for the California State Visiting Committee Member – Site Review Team Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education – Degree Program Accreditation. He was contracted as a New Terms consultant for Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing - 6th Edition (2007), and Stedman’s Pocket Dictionary -1st Edition (2008). In 2010, he completed his third contract with Lippincott Williams & Wilkins for Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing -7th Editions (2010).    

Related organizational offices and appointments include:

• American Lung Association (member since 1975). Offices with the ALA include Board Member, American Lung Association of Central California (2002-07); Asthma Symposium Planning Committee (1996); Program Planning Committee Member (1986); Symposium Planning Committee (1985-86); Respiratory Therapy Committee (1979-81); and Education Committee Member 1975-81.
• Chairperson, Tulare County Asthma Coalition (2003-05)
  Co-Chair, Tulare County Asthma Coalition (2002-03)

H. Robert (Bob) Bence has been a Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) for over twenty five years.  He earned his under graduate degree (BS) in Health Science, from California State University at Chico.  He practiced clinical care at Alexian Brothers Hospital in San Jose California, where he was the Assistant Director for Respiratory Care, Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiology and Neurodiagnostics.  Mr. Bence was instrumental in initiating protocol based care, utilizing RCP’s in the Cardiac Cath Lab, and establishing via quality initiatives, point of care laboratory services.  Pioneering other programs based upon a consummate understanding of both clinical practice and educational methodology, many privy to his insightful and compelling work, have themselves become leaders. Robert simultaneously ascended the leadership path of the California Society for Respiratory Care (CSRC) and from 2002 to 2004 served as its President and Executive Officer.  Mr. Bence is the Clinical Educator for Respiratory Care at Santa Clara Kaiser Medical Center, in Santa Clara California.

A member of numerous professional organizations, directly and indirectly related to Respiratory Care, Mr. Bence has lectured, consulted and educated healthcare professionals in fifteen different states and in at least two foreign countries.  He has testified on behalf of the Respiratory Care profession several times in Sacramento.  He has both initiated and authored position papers for the state professional society.  Robert was primarily responsible for establishing a collaborative relationship between the CSRC and the California Respiratory Care Board.  Under his leadership the CSRC initiated a number of strategic initiatives, most of which carry forth today.  One initiative, the mandatory Professional Ethics course (PEc) for all California RCPs, was taken on despite skeptical antagonism from a larger national RC organization.  The California PEc is today the national standard for Professional RC ethics.  Another project, the formation of a charitable public organization, with a basis in Respiratory Care, is “Seventy Square Meters”.  Mr. Bence has dedicated a lifetime toward the betterment of the Respiratory Care profession and believes Seventy Square Meters to be the culmination of that passion.

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Emigrated to Riverside, California in 1978. RCP since 1983.
Currently Program Director for San JoaquinValleyCollege in Rancho Cucamonga.  In 2000 completed BA in History from CSUSB and in 2008.  Completed Masters in Management from the University of Redlands.  Married to Tisha Guzman, RRT, since 2004.  Have 3 children, Elaina (23), Demi and Austin (13).  Has served as the CSRC Education Co-Chair since 2008.

Current BOD position: Chair, Government Affairs Committee, CSRC Trustee
Previous CSRC Positions Held: AARC Delegate, CSRC President, and Several Committees, Chapter President
Education: Foothill College RT Program; Class of 1968, UC Berkeley Extension – Vocational Ed courses 1970
Employment: 41 Years Work Experience.
Current: Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Since 1977, Lead Respiratory Therapist, Cardio – Thoracic Surgery ICU

Graduated from the SkylineCollege RT Program in 1984

Have worked in Respiratory Care Services at San Francisco General Hospital 1984-Present
1984-2003 as a Staff Respiratory Care Practitioner
2003-Present as the Manager of Respiratory Care Services.
 
Current President of the Greater Bay Area Region of CSRC
In the distant past held several board positions in Chapter 8 of CSRC
 
But most important of all:    Mother of 2 fantastic young men

I have been a therapist for 21 years. I was trained in the U. S. Navy and learned many unique skills and techniques that are essential to taking care of patients. I was stationed at BalboaNavalHospital (now Naval Medical Center San Diego) and was soon trained in the neonatal ICU. In August 1990 I was deployed overseas to the Persian Gulf, where I was assigned to a mobile surgical team to take care of foreign and U. S. casualties following the invasion of Kuwait. I was in charge of ensuring that all of the respiratory needs of the patients were being met. Just before I separated from the Navy I started working at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center San Diego and MercyHospital in San Diego (acquired by Scrippshealth in 1994). I have been actively involved with precepting respiratory students in the hospital and have supervised and/or managed respiratory therapist throughout my career. I got actively involved in the CSRC when I was nominated for and appointed to the Vice President position on the San Diego/Inland Empire Region in 2006. Then in July 2007 I assumed the position of President of the region. Recently I have filled all of the position on the regional board of directors and I’m starting to get respiratory therapists in the region more active in the organization.

MSHS – Emergency & Disaster Management. Member of DMAT CA-11, CalMAT, ModestoCERT, Modesto Medical Reserve Corps.
Goal: for all RCP’s to understand their role in Emergency Management and be prepared for any event; small or large, local or national.