Jeff Schultz graduated from Lansing Community College, Lansing, Michigan, in 1984 with his diploma in paramedicine. Jeff completed his associate degree in paramedicine from Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, Minnesota, in 2009. In 2017, he earned his bachelor’s degree in natural resources through Oregon State University.

Jeff began his EMS career as an Emergency Medical Technician with Croswell EMS, Croswell, Michigan, in 1989 and transitioned to Tri-Hospital EMS in Port Huron, Michigan, as a paramedic, where he also served as an educator. He moved to Rochester, Minnesota, to pursue his career with Mayo Clinic Medical Transport in 2001, where he became a valued team member as a paramedic for Gold Cross Ambulance and the Mayo Clinic campus Emergency Response Team.

While with Mayo Clinic Medical Transport, Jeff has been instrumental in both internal education development for staff EMT’s and paramedics, as well as external education with Mayo Clinic Health System. He has instructed for Rochester Community and Technical College EMS programs. Jeff is now the Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Paramedic Program at Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences. His current responsibilities include conducting both classroom and lab activities. He holds the academic rank of Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Ashleigh Erdmann has been with the Emergency Medicine Paramedic Program since 2021, and a paramedic with Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service since 2019. Before coming to the Duluth area, she spent two years in Rochester, attending paramedic school at Mayo Clinic School of Health Science. Prior to that, she attended the University of Minnesota-Crookston for her undergraduate degree, leaving with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences and a minor in coaching. 

Ashleigh says, "My goal as an instructor is to help our students continue to grow in the field of emergency medicine and become outstanding paramedics wherever they may choose to go after graduation. The field of paramedicine can be challenging, but it is also very rewarding and shouldn't be taken lightly. 

I believe our goal as a program is to help all our students leave the program with an above-basic level understanding of what life as a paramedic can be like. That is why we have our students in the field, riding with trained preceptors from the very beginning. This allows our students to see first-hand from the start what a job as a paramedic looks like and the pressure that can bring right from the start. This helps them learn not only the instructors in the classroom, but some very skilled paramedics in the field."

Thom Linville graduated from Navea Hospital Paramedic Program in Albert Lea, Minnesota, in 1988 with his diploma in paramedicine. He started is EMS career in 1994 with Minnesota City Fire Rescue. He has worked for Am-Care Ambulance and Winona Area Ambulance prior to moving to Gold Cross Ambulance (which is now called Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service) in 2008.

Thom has been involved with education throughout his career in EMS. While working for Winona Ambulance Service, he taught first responder and EMT classes for local volunteer services and industries. With Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service, Thom has been a Field Training Officer since 2009, and he also teaches classes for the Field Training Evaluation Program, locally and nationally. 

Thom had various roles in the Emergency Medicine Paramedic Program at Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences since the program began in 2014, but he became a part-time instructor for the program in 2021. Thom's goal as an instructor is to provide quality education and a welcome learning environment for all students.

Katie Meyer is a 2016 graduate of the inaugural class of the Emergency Medicine Paramedic Program at Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences. She completed her associate degree in Applied Sciences at Rochester Community and Technical College in 2016 as well. Her career prior to Mayo Clinic consisted of approximately 15 years of business, sales, and hospitality experience in southern Minnesota, working closely in the private aviation and hotel sector.

She began her EMS career at her local community volunteer service as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) with Hayfield Ambulance service. During her paramedic education, she worked for Gold Cross Ambulance (now called Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service) as an EMT and was able to secure a position as a paramedic immediately upon graduation. 

Currently, Katie is an integral team member, working full-time as both an instructor with the Emergency Medicine Paramedic Program, and working with Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service as a paramedic and paramedic preceptor. She works actively with her team to promote workplace comradery by developing team events, meals, and assists in coordinating EMS appreciation week events. Katie is a hard-working person, dedicated to the betterment and elevation of the paramedic career and education standard through professional development and continued education.