Command Staff
Jeff Lindsey, Executive Director/President
Contact: jlindsey@boundaryambulance.org
Jeff brings 25 years of full-time EMS experience, many of those as a paramedic. He started with BAS in 2015 as the Deputy Chief/paramedic. During this time Jeff was instrumental in overseeing ALS licensure at the 911 level. Jeff was promoted to Chief in 2016. Since then he has worked hard to move BAS from volunteer to paid agency, implementation of rank/structure and doubling the amount of ALS staff to 6 full-time paramedics. As a Community Paramedic (CP) himself, he was passionate about a CP program in Boundary County. In 2017 Jeff worked cooperatively with the Idaho EMS Bureau to secure CP education grants for three current paramedics. He is excited to see how BAS has truly become woven into the fabric of this great community.
Drew Rinella, Operations Captain
Contact: drinella@boundaryambulance.org
Drew Rinella has served in the emergency services since 2001. He has worked in the professional EMS transport industry since 2005, and obtained paramedic licensure in 2007. Rinella began serving as the captain of operations for Boundary Ambulance in 2016.
John Minden, Clinical Captain
Contact: jminden@boundaryambulance.org
A lifetime (nearly) resident of Boundary County I became interested in emergency services at a young age. I started first volunteering in the fire service and then enrolled in an EMT-B class that was being offered locally. After turning 18 I was able to take the exams and obtain my first medical licensure. In 2012 I decided to change career paths by moving into emergency services full time. This lead to my first college level classes and I ultimately completing my AAS degree in paramedicine. After graduation I returned to work with Boundary Ambulance and I’m proud of how our service has grown and I’m glad to be a part of it.
Ben Dowdy, Training Captain
Contact: bdowdy@boundaryambulance.org
Ben joined BAS in 2020. A native of Kentucky, he began his EMS career in 2003 as an EMT, later becoming a paramedic in 2007 and receiving his B.S. in Emergency Medical Care from Eastern Kentucky University in 2009. Ben’s clinical experience has spanned a wide variety of areas; working in urban/suburban/rural EMS agencies, working in wilderness medicine with SAR teams and the National Park Service, and time spent as a tactical paramedic and flight/critical care paramedic.
A passionate EMS educator as well, Ben has been a lead instructor for Wilderness Medical Associates since 2008 and taught wilderness medicine to hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts across the US and abroad. He served as faculty at Eastern Kentucky University’s Paramedic Sciences program, teaching EMT and paramedic students, and has both presented at SAR and EMS state conferences and been published in EMS journals. He currently also works at CPR Central, teaching first aid, CPR and resuscitation to everyone from babysitters to physicians.
Lieutenant Michaela Burt,
MIH Coordinator
Contact: mburt@boundaryambulance.org
Michaela started as an EMT in 2013, and working now as a Paramedic since 2016. Born and raised in Idaho, beautiful Boundary County has been her home for almost her entire life. She is honored to be able to serve the community she loves.
Lieutenant Laife Hartman
Contact: lhartman@boundaryambulance.org
Laife has been in EMS and with BAS as an EMT since the spring of 2019. He is sometimes known as Bruce 2.0 (named after his father who was also an EMT with BAS). He recently became a paramedic and was hired full-time at the beginning of 2023. He is looking forward to a long career and grateful to be practicing in his hometown.
Medical Director
Dr. Stuart K. Willis III, Medical Director
Stu is a semi-retired emergency medicine physician and became the Boundary Ambulance Medical Director in 2006. He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy and the Duke University School of Medicine. After specialty training, he held numerous Air Force positions including department chief, hospital commander (CEO equivalent), and headquarters staff. Retiring at 30 years from the Air Force as a Colonel, a few years later he and his wife moved to Boundary County in 2005 where he has been an emergency medicine physician at Boundary Community Hospital. He was the hospital Emergency Department Medical Director from 2006 to 2019. Stu enjoys woodworking, gardening, kayaking, and traveling.