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Tracy Mulcahey is a highly experienced healthcare professional with a decade-long tenure at Laerdal Medical. As a Senior Client Executive, Tracy covered the New Jersey region, working closely with clients to promote and enhance simulation education across various healthcare sectors and academic institutions. Currently, Tracy holds the position of Product Marketing Manager for the Medical Emergency and Trauma Portfolio, where she brings her expertise to drive innovation and success in this critical area of healthcare.

Alyssa is a dedicated professional who has made a significant impact during her six-year tenure at Laerdal Medical. Starting as an Account Manager she excelled in consulting hospitals and schools on the implementation and expansion of simulation programs. Her expertise and strategic guidance were instrumental in helping these institutions enhance their educational initiatives to ultimately improve patient outcomes. In addition, Alyssa has co-hosted a simulation webcast called The HSL (Helping Save Lives) Webcast where she and her co-host shared valuable simulation insights and expertise with an international audience. Alyssa's passion for healthcare led her to transition into the role of Product Marketing Manager. She now oversees the Maternity Newborn and Software portfolios ensuring effective marketing strategies and promoting innovative solutions that empower healthcare professionals worldwide. Alyssa's commitment to improving patient outcomes through simulation technology continues to drive her success.

Jenna Markham is an experienced marketing professional who has made significant contributions during her relatively new tenure as Associate Product Marketing Manager at Laerdal. She guides the strategic direction for the services portfolio including Education, Technical, and Managed Services. Jenna plays a crucial role in shaping Laerdal's services strategy working closely with the business development team and the Patient Safety Advisory Board. Her dedication to innovation and enhancing patient outcomes drives the development of impactful solutions within the healthcare industry. Disclosures: Jenna is employed by Laerdal Medical.

Lance W. Baily, BA, EMT-B is the Founder / CEO of HealthySimulation.com, the world’s leading healthcare simulation resource website which supports thousands healthcare professionals a month. As an experienced entrepreneur, digital media producer and administrative professional, Lance has the background and the experience necessary to help guide the clinical simulation industry to mass adoption.

Lance is also the Founder of SimGHOSTS.org, the leading 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to supporting healthcare professionals operating clinical simulation technologies which has organized over twenty hands-on training conferences around the globe since 2011. His co-edited  book “Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Operations, Technology, and Innovative Practice” provides 400 pages of in-depth articles supporting the technical integration of medical simulation in any sized program.

Formerly he served as Director of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas, Simulation Technician for the LA Community College District, and volunteer Fire-Fighter, after receiving his BA in Film and Digital Media Production and working on Hollywood production sets. He currently lives with his wife and two young daughters in Las Vegas.

Melissa Jo Tully, BSN, MHPE, RN-BC, is a highly accomplished healthcare professional with a passion for education and patient safety. With a Master’s degree in Health Professional Education from the College of Medicine at Vanderbilt University, Melissa has honed her expertise in developing innovative programs to enhance healthcare performance and quality. As an experienced nurse, Melissa followed her passion for lifelong learning by exploring nursing specialties through her early nursing career as a float nurse, including working in critical care, emergency room, labor and delivery, and hospice. Melissa launched her career in consulting, by starting Medical Simulation Consulting. Her firm’s primary focus lies in designing, developing, and evaluating simulation programs that integrate augmented and virtual reality technology, as well as audiovisual technologies.

Teresa Gore, PhD, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CHSE-A, FSSH, FAAN - Dr. Gore has experience in educating future nurses in the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. Dr. Gore has a PhD in Adult Education, a DNP as a family nurse practitioner, and a certificate in Simulation Education. Dr. Gore is an innovative, compassionate educator and an expert in the field of healthcare simulation. In 2007l Teresa started her journey in healthcare simulation. She is involved in INACSL and SSH. She is a Past-President of INACSL and is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator Advanced (CHSE-A). In 2018, she was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). In 2021, she was inducted as a Fellow in the Society of Simulation in Healthcare Academy (FSSH) and selected as a Visionary Leader University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Alumni. During her career, Dr. Gore has led in the development and integration of simulation into all undergraduate clinical courses and started an OSCE program for APRN students. Her research interests and scholarly work focus on simulation, online course development and faculty development. She has numerous invited presentations nationally and internationally on simulation topics.