Suzanne Prentiss, BA, MPA, Paramedic, is a State Senator and Executive Director of the American Trauma Society (ATS). Prentiss has held leadership positions in healthcare and public safety at the national, state, regional and local levels. In 1992, she was the Project Director for Dartmouth Medical Schools’ federally funded rural health outreach initiative focusing on improving the primary healthcare safety net through strengthening the EMS & trauma systems. Prentiss was named NH’s first female Chief of EMS at the Department of Safety. Sue served six terms as a Lebanon City Councilor and completed two terms as Mayor of her City and is currently serving her third term in the NH Senate. US DOT Secretary Buttigieg appointed Sue to the National EMS Advisory Council (NEMSAC) in October 2021. Prentiss is a graduate of Saint Michael's College, University of Phoenix, Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Leadership NH Class of 2014 and a 2016 NH Hoffman-Haas Fellow.