Zoom meeting - Haiti Air Ambulance

• HAA transports, triages and treats critically ill patients throughout the country. Over 40% of our patients are pregnant mothers and their newborns/infants.
• Trips by road throughout Haiti can take hours; HAA can make these trips by helicopter in 20 minutes or less, thus saving critically ill patients who otherwise would have little to no chance of survival.
• HAA transports doctors and other medical staff to their respective clinics and hospitals throughout Haiti, thus positively impacting thousands of patients a year.
• HAA performs “Last-mile” delivery of critical medical supplies, vaccines and food to NGO’s, hospitals, clinics, orphanages, etc. on a continuous basis throughout the year.
• HAA has over 200 landing sites throughout the country, which are not usable by airplanes. This ability to use landing sites greatly expands our ability to help so many in need throughout the country.
• HAA personnel trains hundreds of community members each year in Basic Life Saving/CPR, etc., so that these members are able to be “first responders” when a medical emergency arises.
• Among its many partnerships, HAA has a close and ongoing relationship with the 3 largest hospitals in Haiti. HAA has helped them throughout the years with their critical needs. These hospitals are the following:
• Partners In Health
• Health Equity International (formerly known as St. Boniface Hospital), and
• Albert Schweitzer Hospital

David Ellis is an industry veteran with more than 20 years in the air medical field.  David has been a Flight Paramedic, Clinical Educator, and Program Director for independent, non-profit, and University affiliated air medical services through out the United States.  David has worked internationally doing fixed wing repatriations across the globe, as well as taking a lead role in the air medical evacuation of Puerto Rico, St Thomas, and St Croix after Hurricane Maria.  David started with HAA as a volunteer flight crew member in 2014 and has returned many times over the years.  David is a Past President of the International Association of Flight and Critical Care Paramedics, has authored many articles, and lectured at industry conferences for many years.  David holds a Bachelors Degree in Health Care Administration, is a Certified Medical Transport Executive, and is a Certified Flight Paramedic.

Marcia Lehman is a business development, marketing and fundraising leader with a long-
standing track record at major corporations and non-profit organizations. She has been in

diverse B2C and B2B industries, including health care/medical research: higher education,
consumer packaged goods, and financial services. After a successful career in the for-profit
sector, Marcia transitioned to the non-profit world, representing organizations whose

missions focused on social, economic and health equity for all. Her passion is to help non-
profits succeed, utilizing a creative yet disciplined approach to the challenges at hand.

Marcia currently serves as the Chief Development and Marketing Officer for Haiti Air
Ambulance (HAA) – the only one of its kind in Haiti – a charity which transports, triages and
treats patients all across the country - saving lives every day. HAA also focuses on “last-mile
logistics,” delivering critical medical supplies and equipment all over the country. She has been
responsible for building, from the ground up, Haiti Air Ambulance’s very first fundraising and
marketing team and all related initiatives. In this role, she has developed and implemented a
full range of awareness building, donor identification and engagement initiatives, as well as
built an incredibly effective and agile development and marketing team, based across the
United States.
Marcia, a long-time resident in Oak Park, Illinois, is a Leadership Illinois Award winner and a
current Board Member of the Oak Park Parks Foundation. Marcia earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree from State University of New York at Albany, graduating Summa Cum Laude, followed
by a Master of Business Administration from Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of
Management at Cornell University. She is also the mother of a three-time Olympian and
Bronze Medalist.