Diane Ulmer is the SCI Program Manager for Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals, providing leadership over a continuum of care including LTACH, acute rehab, rehab day program, and follow up assessments. She provides education throughout the region on the unique aspects of SCI care. She serves on the Nebraska AgrAbility Advisory Council, Vice President for the Nebraska Chapter of the United Spinal Association, facilitates monthly SCI support group and is the chair for an IPRC Committee on Pediatric Neurogenic Bowel and Bladder.

Troy DeJoode is President of the Carson & Claire Forever Foundation. Troy has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University, and a law degree from the University of Iowa. He is licensed to practice law in Iowa and Florida. He speaks frequently on resilience, confidence in crisis, perseverance, family experiences during trauma, the miracle of organ donation, grief, and the importance of living in the moment. Troy lives in Nevada, Iowa with his wife, Michelle and kids, Chase, Bretton, Dylan and Ashlynn, as well as their five dogs; Kota, Briggs, Daisy, Coal, and Sunny. He is Executive Director of the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, and a recovering lawyer.

Dr. Hampton is a full-time emergency physician and has been board-certified in emergency medicine since 2007.  He is also Clinical Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Assistant Professor for the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine for the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University.  In addition to his busy lecture schedule, he completes around 600 hours of continuing medical education (CME) annually himself. 

Dr. Hampton lectures nationally and internationally on a variety of emergency medicine topics for diverse audiences including the Emergency Nurses’ Association Annual & Leadership Conferences, the Canadian National Emergency Nurse's Association Annual Conference, the Society for Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant’s Annual Conference, American College of Emergency Physician’s Scientific Assembly, the University of Calgary Urgent Care Conference, the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physician’s Spring Seminar, and the Society of Trauma Nurses Annual Trauma Conference.  He has lectured in Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.   Dr. Hampton's lectures have also been featured online for the Society of Trauma Nurses, Contemporary Forums, ACOEP’s Digital Classroom, and QuantiaMD, an online physician education site.

Dr. Alex Smith is the Medical Director of LifeServe Blood Center in Des Moines, IA. Last year LifeServe registered over 130,000 blood donations and distributed over 164,000 blood products to 175 hospitals in four states. Dr. Smith is originally from St. Louis, MO. He is board certified in Clinical Pathology and Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine.

Dr. Thompson began his duties as Deputy State Medical Examiner in November 2016. He first arrived in 2008 and served as Associate State Medical Examiner at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner until his appointment as Deputy State Medical Examiner in 2016. He is an Associate Professor of Pathology with the University of Iowa and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Forensic Pathology with Des Moines University.

He received a B.S. degree from the University of Iowa in Exercise Science and his M.D. from the University of Iowa School of Medicine. His four-year residency training took place at the University of Minnesota Medical Center and his fellowship in forensic pathology was done at the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office. Dr. Thompson is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Forensic Pathology, and Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.

Prior to Iowa, he was Assistant Medical Examiner with the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota.