Chief Joseph Hundley

Hundley currently serves as Chief of Emergency Services of Forsyth County, NC. Previously he served as EMS chief of Virginia Beach Emergency Medical Services, Director of Operations for American Ambulance Services and director of the American Professional Educational Services health school in Connecticut. He began his public safety service as a volunteer first responder in the Pilot Mountain Volunteer Rescue Squad in 1989. He served as a volunteer chief and paramedic in Virginia from 1996-2007 and a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT) in Connecticut from 2014-2019. From 1990-2016 Hundley was a U.S. Navy Command Master Chief and was responsible for approximately 2,000 people in seven schoolhouses around the world delivering training to approximately 15,000 sailors for the U.S. submarine fleet supporting various presidential and fleet commander missions worldwide. Hundley has an associate degree in emergency medical services from Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach, a bachelor’s degree in EMS management from Hampton University in Virginia, and a master’s in emergency and disaster management from the American Military University in Charlestown, West Virginia, where he graduated with honors.