EMS Recruiting Team

Recruiting's mission is to hire qualified, experienced and compassionate medics to serve our community. The team is made up of two full time in-house recruiters and a team of trained Ambassadors from Field and Communications. This dedicated team oversees all recruiting activity and management of full-cycle Civil Service hiring processes.  If you would like to speak with a recruiter, please contact us!

 

tanya cleveland recruitment program manager

 

Tanya Cleveland is the Austin-Travis County EMS Recruitment Program Manager. Tanya has an extensive Human Resource and recruiting background with an emphasis on public safety and civil service. Tanya’s most recent work experience was with the city of Houston where she worked in several departments including the Houston Fire Department as a Recruiter. Tanya is a native of Austin and excited to return to her hometown and to work for EMS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Johnson is the Marketing Representative for Austin-Travis County EMS Recruiting. Jimmy has 20+ years of expertise in marketing, operations, and business consultation. Jimmy has a A.A. in Business Administration from Lone Star College-Tomball and a B.B.A. in Marketing from the Davies College of Business at the University of Houston-Downtown with experience in business development, market assessment, creative diversification and relationship building. He has successfully built thriving brands and marketing campaigns from inception through expansion for various city government platforms. Jimmy loves to write, is a published author and motivational speaker in his downtime.

Recruiting Ambassadors

In 2017, the Recruiting Ambassador Program was created to provide current Field and Communications medics the opportunity to assist the Recruiting Team with event coverage and travel, social media content generation, ride-along requests, hiring process promotion, and more. To date, we have 35 Recruiting Ambassadors that support recruiting efforts in addition to their regular duties.

  • Almaguer, Luis - Clinical Specialist - Field F-1 Track medic, Student Preceptor
  • Bowman, Mark - Clinical Specialist - Field - COTA Track Medic Team, Blood Draw Technician, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Cantu, Jason - Captain - Field - Blood Draw Technician, COTA Track Medic Team, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Duran, Bryan - Medic – Field Peer Support, Track Medic, TEEX program graduate, Assocation BOD member, Academy Driver Instructor, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Emmick, Christopher - Captain - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Fairbrother, Craig - Clinical Specialist - C4 - Community Health Program, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Fleming, Haley - Clinical Specialist - Communications - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Gallio, Riane - Medic – Field ATC Paramedic school, F-1 Track medic, Cadet Mentor, Explorer Post Advisor, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Garcia, Freddie - Clinical Specialist - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Green, Tyler - Clinical Specialist - Communications - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Grelis, Dennis - Clinical Specialist - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Griffith, Kimberly - Captain - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Haggarty, Timothy - Clinical Specialist - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Harvey, Esmerelda - Captain - Communications - Comm Academy/ED, Dispatch Review Committee, Special Events Dispatcher, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Hellein, Jacob - Clinical Specialist - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Herrera, Jason - Clinical Specialist - Field FTO, Academy staff, PEER support team, Past: Military (Army and NG 2008-2014) Original Austinite!, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Jirasek, Kelsie - Medic - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Kalinowski, Jonathan - Captain - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Kelter, Christopher - Captain - Field - Tactical Medic, Captiona, FTO, Mentor, Explorer post advisor, COTA track Medic, Bike Medic, PL6/FP-C, LEAPS and LLA, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Lopez, Cindy - Clinical Specialist - Communications - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Lydon, Cassi - Clinical Specialist - Field Captain, Student Preceptor, Car Seat Tech, Cadet Mentor, OPC committee, Active Association BOD, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Malone, Jordan - Clinical Specialist - Field Run the explorer Post, mentor, Association board of director, internal Paramedic program, ALS academy, Honor Guard, Recruiting Ambassador Program (waiting for Swat School)
  • May, Alexandra - Medic - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Megally, Maureen - Medic - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Pailes, Kenny - Captain - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Price, Amber - Captain - Field - Community Health Program, PEER Support, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Rasmussen, Nate - Commander - Academy - Continued Education, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Rasmussen, Rebecca - Medic – Field ATC Paramedic School, Awards Committee, Explorer Post Advisor
  • Sasser, Mike - Captain - Field - Community Health Program, PEER Support, Academy Drivers Training Instructor, Blood Draw Technician, Bicycle Medic, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Sklar, Estelle - Clinical Specialist - Field - COTA track team, 2024 Workforce Committee with Association, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Thompson, Garner - Clinical Specialist - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • White, Anna - Clinical Specialist - Field - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Xie, Selena - Captain - Field - Captain, Assocation President, PL6, Recruiting Ambassador Program