Michael LaBombard
mike@netsvt.com
Owner and CEO
Michael LaBombard gained an interest in the fire and emergency services at a young age hearing stories about the 25+ years his grandfather spent on the Burlington Fire Department. During high school, Mike spent two years gaining knowledge within the medical field in the Burlington Technical Center’s Sports Medicine Course. Mike attended Johnson State College in Vermont, graduating with a B.A in Psychology. During his time in college, Mike joined the Essex Fire Department in 2010 and began taking classes in fire and emergency services. Mike then spent three years in the volunteer/call-staff system of the Fire Service. In 2013, Mike was hired by the Burlington Fire Department and is now assigned as a Lieutenant on Engine 1 in Downtown Burlington. Mike has spent the last 10 years following in his grandfather’s footsteps with one of his greatest accomplishments being the completion his Paramedic in 2019.
Mike is Vermont State Instructor/Coordinator and has pioneered an initial entry EMT training program with the Burlington Technical Center. Due to Mike’s dedication and love for teaching, students who attend and successfully graduate from this program are eligible to test for their National Registry certification. During his off time, you can find Mike working multiple job ventures, spending time with his wife and his daughter, watching sports, or enjoying a day hunting and fishing.
Physician Medical Director: Sarah Schlein M.D.
sarah@netsvt.com
Sarah is an Emergency Medicine attending physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center, as well as the Porter Medical Center in Middlebury, VT. She is an Associate Professor at the Larner College of Medicine and Wilderness Medicine director in Burlington, VT. She founded and directed the medical school and Emergency Medicine residency Wilderness Medicine program and is the Wilderness Medicine Fellowship Director. She is fellowship trained in medical education and has completed her Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) and Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM) through the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS). Sarah completed medical school at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah. She is president for Vermont Wilderness Medicine, LLC, a wilderness medicine education company that empowers leaders through backcountry adventure and wilderness medicine training. She believes it is the responsibility of all educators to create environments where humility, vulnerability and humor can allow students and faculty to learn with honesty and authenticity. A born and raised Vermonter, she has maintained a reservoir of joy for life through farming, early morning backcountry ski tours, and running up any mountain she can find. Sarah and her family live and work on their off-grid 100-acre homestead in Huntington, VT, dotted by sugar maples, gardens, and too many chickens, all surrounded by granite topped peaks simply begging to be run or skied every day.
