Meet Our Staff

Trev is a Nationally Registered Paramedic that began his career as a hazmat technician. During that time, he continued his education to obtain his EMT license with the State of Nebraska and National Registry in 2006. He went on to obtain his Paramedic license where he graduated on the President’s List from the Accelerated Paramedic Program in McCook, Nebraska.  Since then Trev has held the position of paramedic ER Tech at Great Plains Health Emergency Department, and then further advanced his career by coming a transport medic and 911 medic for Regional West Garden County Hospital.

Dr. Smith attained his medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1988. In 1991 he completed an Emergency Medicine residency program at Akron General Medical Center where he served as Chief Resident. He has been board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine since 1992. He has served as President of the Nebraska chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians and in 2006 was appointed by the Governor of Nebraska to serve on the Nebraska State EMS Board and is currently board chairman. Dr. Smith was a Medical Manager for FEMA, Nebraska Task Force 1, Urban Search and Rescue team and was deployed to the 9/11 World Trade Center towers collapse in New York City and also is a founding member of the Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Smith is currently a member of the Great Plains Health Board of directors and has held the positions of Secretary/Treasurer and Board Chairman.  He has been Medical Director of Emergency Services at Great Plains Health since 2006. He currently provides medical direction for; North Platte Fire Department, Maxwell Fire and Rescue Department, North Platte Recreation Center, Great Plains LifeNet fixed wing and rotor wing flight programs, Chase County Rescue, Brady Fire and Rescue and Priority Medical Transport, LLC. Dr. Smith was named as "Supervising Physician of the Year" by the Nebraska Academy of Physicians Assistants in 2005, the Nebraska Stroke Advisory Council Service Award in 2007, "EMS Physician Medical Director of the Year" for the State of Nebraska in 2014, and in 2019 he was awarded the "J.G. Elliott Award" by the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the highest recognition they bestow to an individual who has made significant contributions to the state of Nebraska in the field of medicine or health services. 

TJ Williams started training for his career during his senior year of high school.  Since the beginning it has been a passion that he truly enjoys.  TJ started his EMS career working as an EMT for a service providing both 911 and interfacility transports.  After completing his Paramedic training at Creighton University in 1998 he continued working as a Paramedic for Jefferson County Ambulance.  During his career, he credits his mentors for teaching him to not only excel at your career but help others around you do the same.  TJ is a State of Nebraska EMS instructor, NAEMT instructor AHA instructor, Mid-Plains Community College instructor and continues to teach all levels of EMS providers in initial and continuing education.  In 2000 TJ moved to North Platte to begin his career with North Platte Fire Department where he worked as Captain Paramedic for 17 years. TJ completed his Critical Care Paramedic training through Creighton University and has worked as a Flight Paramedic since 2010.  TJ continues to work with Great Plains Health Life Net as a flight paramedic and base educator.  During his career TJ has received many accolades including the Green Cross Award, NEMSA Paramedic of the Year, and Great Plains Health Advanced Provider of the year.  TJ and wife Lynnsey have one son. 

Kerri began her professional career in 2002 when she accepted a postion in a North Platte Dental Office. She quickly was promoted to Office Administrator and successfully ran this office until accepting the Office Administrator position at Hazmat. In 2011, she joined the Lincoln County Assessor's Office, before relocating to Oshkosh Nebraska, where she also joined the Garden County Assessor's Office for 3 years. In 2015, Trev and Kerri returned to North Platte with the goal of creating and starting up Priority Medical Transport, and she has been instrumental in it's success and growth from one location to four.  They have three grown children and four grandchildren. 

Glee received a dual major in Marketing and Business Management from North West Missouri State University in 1984.  She spent 4 years in Operations and Employee Training with United of Omaha.  She was then named Personnel Director at the Summit County Juvenile Court in Akron Ohio for 3 years.  Following the completion of Jim’s residency, they returned to Nebraska and Glee was helpful in the start-up of Thoughtfuls.com. She continued on with Thoughtfuls.com for 10 years in the areas of Marketing, Production, and Customer Service.  Since her move to North Platte in 2004 she has been an active member of LCMA (Lincoln County Medical Alliance) and served as President for 3 years, served 8 years as a Board member on Rape and Domestic Abuse Program, serves as a representative for the Townhall Lecture Series and serves as a Buyer for Goodfellow Shoe Fund. They have 4 adult children and three grandsons. 

Angie earned her Associate degree from Mid Plains Community College in 2003 with dual emphases in Accounting and Business Administration. She began working at a regional CPA firm that same year as a para-professional accountant.

In 2011, Angie took a position as Office Coordinator with Great Plains Home Health & Hospice, where she found passion and excellence in administration for healthcare organizations. In 2016 she earned her Certification in Medical Billing & Coding from Mid Plains. She was promoted to Operations Coordinator and then Director of Home Health & Hospice with Great Plains, where she stayed until 2020.

At that time, Angie accepted the position of Administrative Assistant with Priority Medical Transport. In 2021 she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Healthcare Administration from Purdue University Global. She was promoted to Office Administrator of PMT, and later to Office Manager. In 2022, she received designation as Certified Ambulance Coder (CAC) and Certified Ambulance Compliance Officer (CACO) from the National Academy of Ambulance Compliance (NAAC). During her time at PMT, she has seen the company expand to add three station locations, as well as in-house Dispatch, Billing, and HR departments. 

Angie has lived most of her life in North Platte, Nebraska where she met and married her husband, John. She has three sons, and you can find any number of dogs and cats in her home. She loves Jesus and volunteers many hours to her local church.                  

Carlos Barron is a Clinical Educator and Critical Care Paramedic with Priority Medical. Originally from North Platte, NE, he received his EMS education from Southeast Community College attaining his EMT, Paramedic, and Fire Science degrees. He furthered his education in paramedicine going through the Critical Care Paramedic course at Creighton University and this is where he found his love for critical care medicine. He is a state of Nebraska EMS instructor, NAEMT and AHA instructor, and adjunct faculty at Mid-Plains Community College. Carlos has worked for Priority since 2016 starting as a Paramedic and progressing to become Crew Chief and now works full time as an educator. He and his wife Ashley have two sons. 

Alisha was born and raised in North Platte Nebraska and graduated from North Platte High School with the class of 2001.

Alisha wanted to be a make-up artist for the movies in Hollywood once she was finished with high school, unfortunately, Hollywood was a bit too far for her parents to bear and she attended Joseph’s College of Beauty in Kearney Nebraska instead. Later, she determined that because it wasn’t Hollywood, being a cosmetologist wasn’t the right fit for her.

In 2005 her family opened and operated Hometown Cash Advance Inc. a payday lending company where she was the compliance officer and assistant manager.  This is where her passion for people began. In 2008 along with Hometown, her family formed and operated NP Hometown LLC, a business that remodeled, rented, and sold real estate. Alisha became the Jack of all trades in this position, while still performing her duties with Hometown, she was the coordinator, property manager, repairman and even conducted the sale of real estate. Sadly, in 2021 the payday lending industry took a hard fall and Hometown was forced to close their doors.

Late in 2021 she found herself looking for her everlasting career and she accepted a position as the Human Relations manager with Priority. Although new to the EMS industry, she has gained an exceptional amount of knowledge from the Priority team. During her time with Priority, she has successfully recruited many providers to the team, assisted in creating a five-week accelerated EMT course and the opening of their newest location, Fremont.

Alisha resides in North Platte with her husband Todd and son Gunnar. They can usually be found on a soccer field or watching their son perform in their local theatre.

Kelsey’s career began as a Licensed Massage Therapist, (LMT) in 2012. She has received two “Best of Columbus” awards during her time as a LMT. Her intellect in medical and insurance knowledge stems from her self-employment experience and LMT work within a chiropractic office. Kelsey shifted her career focus in 2016 and is now a Certified Ambulance Coder. She previously worked for a large ambulance company as the head of Veteran Affairs, Medicaid, and Helicopter billing, etc. Her success in this career transition can be attributed to her ambition to continuously expand her understanding of the ambulance and billing industry. Kelsey joined the Priority Medical Transport team in 2021 and now handles the full billing process, leveraging her wide range of knowledge in revenue cycle management. Kelsey and her husband Brett have 3 beautiful children, a dog named Nola, and a cat named Catherine - who’s preferred name is “Cat”.