Our Team : Who We Are : Starting Hearts

Our staff has a strong commitment to serving the many constituents of our organization. But first and foremost, they focus their energies on those who take advantage of our programs and services.

Meet the SH Team; men, women, doctors, nurses, and community leaders of Eagle County Colorado whose mission is to teach, promote and save lives from SCA. Of course, we wouldn’t be here without the help and support of our families and volunteers who have helped build this organization to where it is today.

Starting Hearts Board of Directors

Alan Himelfarb

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Executive Director
Chairman of the Board
Mike McGee

Starting Hearts Instructor
Janet Newman, PhD

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Director of Education
Instructor
Jackie Christiansen

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Director of Business Development
Chief Jim Levi

Division Chief of EMS at
Red, White and Blue Fire Protection District in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Dr. Tom Califf

Medical Director
Emergency Medicine Common Spirit Health, Frisco

Starting Hearts Staff

Katelyn Brenstuhl

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Director of Operations
Dave Breitenfeld

Summit County AED Field Manager
Brooke McIntyre

Business Development Representative
Dr. Harris Effron

Retired Cardiologist
Eagle County Instructor
Dana Waters

Eagle County Instructor
Brooke Rey

Eagle County Instructor
Certified Athletic Trainer
Sports Physiology Teacher

Starting Hearts Advisory Board

Doe Browning

Philanthropist and Philanthropy Consultant; Board Member, Colorado, Mountain College Foundation, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Bravo! Vail Joined Board March 2015
Robert Jacqmin

Former Medical Director, Hewitt’s Health Management Practice Joined Board June 2017
Alan Markowitz

Chief Cardiac Surgery and Surgical Officer, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute Joined Board January 2011
Morton Mower

Emeritus. Co-Inventor of Implantable Defibrillator Joined Board January 2011
Toby Mower

R.N., B.S., M.S. Ph.D., Philanthropist Joined Board January 2011
Mary Sperling

Retired special education teacher, Charitable contributor to MS Can Do, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Project Angel Heart, Minneapolis Uptown Foodshelf. Joined Board March 2015
Cathy Tobin

PrepMD LLC; Boston Scientific; United States Army Joined Board January 2011
Maggie Seldeen

Founder & Director of High Rockies Harm Reduction

Starting Hearts Volunteers

Patrick Golden is a veteran healthcare writer and communications specialist based near Boston, Mass. He enjoys music, fitness, trivia, the New England outdoors, and spending time with friends and family.