Meet the Recruiting Team

Recruiting's mission is to hire qualified, experienced and compassionate medics to serve our community. The team is made up of two full time in-house recruiters and 26 trained Ambassadors from Field and Communications. This dedicated team oversees all recruiting activity and management of full-cycle Civil Service hiring processes.  If you would like to speak with a recruiter please contact us!

Ashley Avants

Acting Recruitment Program Manager

Ashley Avants

A Texan all her life, Ashley fell in love with Austin while studying communications at The University of Texas. After earning Bachelor’s Degrees in Advertising and Public Relations Ashley began working for the City of Austin in 2008, joining Austin-Travis County EMS in 2019 where she now works to recruit the best medic candidates in the nation. 

Recruiting Ambassadors

In 2017, the Recruiting Ambassador Program was created to provide current Field and Communications medics the opportunity to assist the Recruiting Team with event coverage and travel, social media content generation, ride-along requests, hiring process promotion, and more. To date, we have 26 Recruiting Ambassadors that support recruiting efforts in addition to their regular duties.

  • Mark Bowman - Clinical Specialist – Field, 15 yrs with ATCEMS - COTA Track Medic Team, Blood Draw Technician, Car Seat Technician, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Jason Cantu - Captain - Field, 8 yrs with ATCEMS - Car Seat Technician, Blood Draw Technician, COTA Track Medic Team, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Chedrick Cheeks - Captain - Field, 20 yrs with ATCEMS - Motorcycle Medic Team, COTA Track Medic Team, Blood Draw Technician, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Craig Fairbrother - Clinical Specialist – Field, 19 yrs with ATCEMS - Community Health Program, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Noshin Ferdous - Medic - Communications, 5 yrs with ATCEMS - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Tyler Green - Clinical Specialist - Communications, 5 yrs with ATCEMS - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Jon Kalinowski - Clinical Specialist - Field, 5 yrs with ATCEMS - Car Seat Technician, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Christopher Kelter - Captain - Field, 5 yrs with ATCEMS - Tactical Team, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Cassi Lydon - Clinical Specialist – Field, 16 yrs with ATCEMS - PEER Support, Car Seat Technician, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Kenny Pailes - Clinical Specialist – Field, 8 yrs with ATCEMS - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Amber Price - Captain – Field, 18 yrs with ATCEMS - Community Health Program, PEER Support, Car Seat Technician, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Nate Rasmussen - Captain – Field, 12 yrs with ATCEMS - Continued Education, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Edwin Reyes - Clinical Specialist – Field, 15 yrs with ATCEMS - Ambus Driver, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Mike Sasser - Clinical Specialist – Field, 15 yrs with ATCEMS - Community Health Program, PEER Support, Academy Drivers Training Instructor, Blood Draw Technician, Bicycle Medic, Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Leslie Stanford - Captain – Communications, 15 yrs with ATCEMS - Recruiting Ambassador Program
  • Selena Xie - Captain – Field, 9 yrs with ATCEMS - Car Seat Technician, Recruiting Ambassador Program