Elizabeth Lacy

Carl A. Flores is Director of Emergency Medical Services for St. Charles Parish Hospital and brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in EMS, hospital emergency management, and disaster response. He previously served as Chief of EMS for the City of New Orleans, leading system transformation and disaster readiness efforts following Hurricane Katrina. In 2020, he joined University Medical Center New Orleans as Burn Outreach Coordinator and later served as Director of Emergency Management during Louisiana’s most active hurricane season on record. Chief Flores currently serves as Chair of the American Burn Association Disaster Committee and Southern Region Burn Disaster Coordinator. Most recently, he served as Executive Director of Emergency Preparedness for the Louisiana Department of Health, where he helped implement operational efficiencies saving the state $650,000 annually.

Elizabeth Lacy, MHA, MPS, NRP is the EMS Outreach & Community Services Manager for University Medical Center in New Orleans. She has 20 years experience in EMS and for the last 6 years has been bridging the gap between prehospital emergency care and hospital administrations. She lives just outside of New Orleans with her husband, two children, and their pets.

Dr. Jonathan Schoen is a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans. He has been in practice since 2019 and is the Burn Medical Director at University Medical Center New Orleans' Verified Burn Center. He has served as ECMO Medical Director at UMCNO as well as Surgical ICU Director at the New Orleans VA Hospital during his time as faculty at LSUHSC-NO.