TIMOTHY WHITAKER, BS, CHSE, FSSH, CHSOS, EMT-P, CMTE, is the former Director of Strategic Initiatives and Programs at Elevate Healthcare. Tim lead the planning, coordination, and execution of strategic programs that support the advancement of simulation-based healthcare education, with academic, clinical, and military, as well as other disciplines, domestically and internationally. He’s an experienced simulation educator, center designer/operations consultant, professional manager and operations manager credentialed by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare as both a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist, and a Fellow of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.Tim is active in many associations for simulation worldwide. He is the Vice Chair of the SSH Internal Relations Committee for Membership Engagement. Tim also serves on the Education Committee for the Society for Simulation in Europe.