Ryan Hay graduated from DeSales University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in national security. He completed graduate education at Jacksonville State University, earning a Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in emergency management.

Ryan serves as the Vice President, Emergency Preparedness at Jefferson. His clinical experience includes nursing in both the emergency, EMS, and event medical environments with extensive experience in municipal and health care emergency management. He is an assistant chief on the Lehigh County Special Operations Team and a medical specialist on PA Company 3, a regional in-state urban search and rescue team in Pennsylvania. Ryan is board-certified as a certified emergency manager, flight nurse, emergency nurse and wilderness paramedic.

He serves as co-chair of Pennsylvania’s North East Healthcare Coalition and chartering secretary of Pennsylvania’s Healthcare Coalition Council. He is a longtime volunteer with the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation and a board member at Suburban EMS.