About Us
Section Officers & Staff
![Jay Woody](https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/freestanding/media/team-images/woody.jpg)
Jay Woody
MD, FACEP
Chair
![Richard Ybarra](https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/freestanding/media/team-images/ybarra.jpg)
Richard Ybarra
MD
Chair-Elect
![Lonnie Schwirtlich](https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/freestanding/media/team-images/schwirtlich.jpg)
Lonnie Schwirtlich
MD, FACEP
Secretary
![Jon Beezley](https://s3.amazonaws.com/user-portraits/A426471.jpg)
Jon Beezley
DO, FACEP
Member At Large
![William Kranichfeld](https://s3.amazonaws.com/user-portraits/A279683.jpg)
William Kranichfeld
MD
Councillor
![David Ernst](https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/freestanding/media/team-images/ernst.jpg)
David Ernst
MD, FACEP
Alternate Councillor
![Heidi Knowles](https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/freestanding/media/team-images/knowles.jpg)
Heidi Knowles
MD, FACEP
Board Liaison
![Jessica Adams](https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/freestanding/media/team-images/jadams-headshot.jpg)
Jessica Adams
Staff Liaison
Section Objectives
- Host a collaborative dialogue regarding pertinent FEC issues optimizing emergency medicine values as espoused by ACEP.
- Educate ACEP members, the medical community, and the public about what FECs are, what they do, and how they fit into the patient’s circle of healthcare providers.
- Collaborate with ACEP leadership in establishing a national set of standards for FECs that could be referred to as a unified national resource for legislatures, physicians, and the medical community
- Keep ACEP membership relevant to those who don’t practice in hospital EDs and to keep ACEP as a voice for all ED physicians, (whether they practice in hospital EDs or Freestanding ECs).