South Orange Rescue Squad Board Members
Fred Stipe, South Orange Rescue Squad Board Chair
Fred Stipe is a Chapel Hill native and has had long-standing involvement with various community agencies. Fred has been a member of SORS since 1997 and has served as a Board Member and Board Chairman as well as overall champion for the Squad. Fred is also a member of the UNC Community Emergency Response Team and is President and Director of Operations for Show Pros Event Services of Chapel Hill, Inc.
Matthew Mauzy, South Orange Rescue Squad Chief
Matthew Mauzy has served as Chief of South Orange Rescue Squad since 2004. A member of SORS since 1996, he's served in various roles within both the EMS Division and the Technical Rescue Team. He's a certified swiftwater rescue, rope rescue, and ICS instructor. He's also been a firefighter, Captain, and Safety Officer for the New Hope Fire Department.
Chief Mauzy served on the Orange County Board of County Commissioners Emergency Services Workgroup and the Radio Tower Site Committee.
Chief Mauzy currently serves as the Lead Rescue Tech for the Eastern section of the North Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (NCHART).
Jacques M. Morin, EdD, South Orange Rescue Squad Treasurer
Jacques Morin is currently a Director of Clinical Placement for the US, Canada and UK with Keypath Education - a digital education company based in Chicago, IL. His career in education and Information Technology spans more than 25 years. Jacques is a graduate of the Peabody School of Education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. He continues to conduct research and publish on EMS related topics.
In a former life, Jacques served as a volunteer first responder for several fire and EMS departments in rural Alberta in Canada. He also worked as a career EMS provider for the City of Calgary for more than 12 years. Jacques has been with SORS since 2007, serving in numerous organizational roles.
Ben Smith, MD is an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UNC, an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, a faculty member for UNC's EMS fellowship, and the assistant medical director for Carolina Air Care. He began his career in emergency medicine as a volunteer EMT and technical rescue technician for SORS in 2007 and continued to volunteer while he was an undergraduate and medical student at UNC. He took a brief hiatus for residency training in emergency medicine in Las Vegas and returned as a Technical Rescue Technician in 2017 and as a Board member in 2018.
Liz Shipman is a well-respected science and paramedicine educator. As a proud alumna of the UNC - Baccalaureate Education in Science and Teaching Program, she received her degree and teaching licensure in 2015. She has worked in secondary science education, post-secondary science curriculum development, and EMS education. Liz joined South Orange Rescue Squad almost a decade ago, serving in various roles on the EMS and TRT divisions, and recently became a member of the Board of Directors. She currently works as a paramedic for Guilford County Emergency Services.
Matthew J. Sullivan, JD, MSW recently retired as the Fire Chief for the town of Chapel Hill after more than three decades of dedicated public services to his community. As a member of the Town’s executive team, he participated in the development and implementation of the Town’s strategic vision. Matt’s areas of interest within emergency services include response to large community events, mental health responder, interagency coordination and cooperation, and the development of 21st-century emergency service leaders.
Hattie Morehead was raised in North Carolina and is a recent UNC Chapel Hill graduate. Eager for a future in healthcare, South Orange Rescue has been the encouragement, education and exposure she needed to solidify this passion. She has loved giving back to the Orange County community as an EMT with SORS since November, 2019. With a year as EMS Lieutenant already on the books, she is excited to continue growing as a Director on the Board.