Ezekiel Peters

Peters is a licensed attorney and paramedic with an academic background in public health and environmental policy. For over 30 years, he has worked in urban and rural EMS as a responder and leader, with an emphasis on resilience-building activities. He is the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization’s first EMS director, a new position created in 2018 to develop and build support for new and existing EMS, public health, and emergency management uses of the Health Information Exchange. Prior to CORHIO, Peters was deputy chief paramedic for Clear Creek County (Colorado); managed the University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center’s national information clearinghouse, and served with the Denver Paramedic Division. He is a 1993 Truman Scholar (Alaska) and a 1999 U.S. Public Health Service National Research Service Awardee. He currently co-chairs the Colorado North Central Region/Denver Urban Area Security Initiative EMS Subcommittee and is a Metropolitan State University of Denver Affiliate Faculty member.