Saint Paul -- Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Bonnie Bleskachek, Brenda Brown, Dr. Kory L. Kaye, M.D., and Dr. Brian R. Moore, M.D., and the reappointment of Robert J. Carlson to the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Regulatory Board. All are appointed to four-year terms that expire on January 7, 2008.

Bleskachek, of Minneapolis, is a battalion chief with the Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD). She has been a member of the MFD for 15 years, previously serving as a firefighter and captain. Bleskachek replaces Michael Guthrie as a representative of professional firefighters.

Brown, of Tyler, is an emergency medical technician with the Tyler Hospital Ambulance Service and a volunteer firefighter with the Tyler Fire Department. Brown replaces Bruce Sherman as a representative of volunteer firefighters.

Carlson, of Maple Grove, is the principal planning analyst with the Hennepin County Community Health Department EMS Unit and is chair of the Metro Region EMS Program. Carlson, who has served on the EMS Regulatory Board since June 2003, is reappointed as a representative of the Metro Region EMS Program.

Kaye, of Little Canada, is an emergency medicine senior staff physician at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, and the co-medical director of Regions EMS. She is also an assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine at the University of Minnesota and the medical director for the paramedic degree program at Inver Hills Community College. Kaye replaces Dr. Daniel Hankins as a representative of emergency physicians.

Moore, of Rochester, is a pediatric emergency physician in the Pediatric Emergency Department at the Mayo Clinic and the pediatric medical director for Gold Cross Ambulance Service. Moore replaces Dr. Jeffrey Schiff as a representative of pediatricians.

The Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board makes recommendations on improving access, delivery and effectiveness of the state's EMS delivery system and establishes procedures for investigating, hearing and resolving complaints against EMS providers. The board consists of 19 members, including 15 appointed by the Governor.