Dean Dow

Dean Dow has been named as its new executive director of Care Flight, a program of the Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority (REMSA).

Dow, who has more than 20 years experience in the air and ground emergency medical industry, previously was the owner of Drawing Board, LLC, where he assisted in the planning of strategic growth for ground and air medical services. His professional career also included roles as regional vice president of Air Method’s Southeast Region where he had business and operational responsibility for 45 medical aircraft and more than 650 personnel; program director for LifeNet of New York, an organization that includes five air medical bases with 76 personnel; director of business development and quality assurance for EagleMed/Ballard Aviation, Inc., the largest regional air medical service provider in Kansas; fire chief for Ford County Fire and EMS in Kansas; and program director for Alaska Regional Hospital’s two medical aircrafts.

Dow earned his master’s degree in business administration at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Albany, N.Y. and his bachelor’s of science degree in organizational management and leadership at Friends University in Wichita, Kan.