Advisors to Put You on the Right Track

Gwinnett Tech advisors provide evaluation and guidance to help you explore and choose program options, class selection and scheduling, and career and educational goals. Students are assigned an advisor after being accepted into a program of study. You should meet with your advisor prior to each quarterly registration to discuss your plans and progress towards graduation. Keep in mind that it is your overall responsibility to meet all graduation requirements, but advisors are here to assist you in your academic planning.

Do you have questions about your academic program or your course of study?

Steven L. Moyers, NREMT-P, M.A.
Dean, Health Sciences
678-226-6732
[expand bio]

Steve Moyers is the Division Director for the Public Safety and Services Division and Program Director of Emergency Services Education at Gwinnett Tech. He has been involved in EMS for 20 years, with the majority spent in education.

Moyers implemented and completed the process for Gwinnett Tech to become Georgia’s first and only nationally accredited EMS program.  Most recently, Gwinnett Tech awarded Moyers Instructor of the Year. Moyers is a Level III EMS Instructor, a past Georgia EMT of the year, a member of the Region III EMS Council, past chair of the Georgia DTAE Paramedic Consortium, a National Registry Representative, and was directly involved in the creation and implementation of the 2000 Georgia Paramedic Curriculum. Moyers presented a written proposal and Gwinnett Tech was competitively selected as one of five national pilot sites for what eventually became the 1999 DOT EMT-I Curriculum.

He holds an Associate of Applied Science degree in Health in Paramedic Technology from DeKalb College, a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Georgia, and a Master of Arts in Leadership from Shorter College. Moyers has been married to wife Cathy for 16-years, and has two boys, Matt and Michael.

Allan Dalrymple
Program Director, Emergency Services Education
678-226-6745
[expand bio]

Allan C. Dalrymple, EMT/Paramedic instructor at Gwinnett Tech, has been in the EMS field since 1974 when he helped start a Cadet Core of a Volunteer First Aid Squad in New Jersey. He rose through the ranks as a member to an officer and an EMT instructor, and was involved with one of the first MICU (mobile intensive care units) in northern New Jersey,

Dalrymple moved to the Atlanta area with his wife Donna in 1991, received his paramedic certification and worked for a private school teaching EMT and paramedic programs. He joined Gwinnett Fire and EMS in 1994 as a paramedic and spent seven years in the field caring for the citizens of Gwinnett while continuing to teach part-time. In 2000, he was promoted to the Gwinnett Fire Training Academy as a training officer and later returned to the field as a fire/medic. He has been teaching as an adjunct instructor for Gwinnett Tech since 2000 and was teaching the EMT program for Gwinnett Fire through the college, until he joined Gwinnett Tech full-time in 2006.

Dalrymple and his wife have an 11-year-old son. Dalrymple is also involved with the Boy Scouts organization and enjoys traveling.

Russ Pomrenke
Program Director Criminal Justice
678-226-6630
[expand bio]

Russ Pomrenke, Criminal Justice Program Director at Gwinnett Tech, began his career with the Baltimore, MD, Police Department after graduating from the University of Louisville, KY, with a BS in Police Administration. He spent nine years with the Baltimore Police Department serving as a police officer, field trainer, supervisor and instructor. While with the police department, he completed his Master's Degree in Legal Studies from the University of Baltimore, MD. In 1989, he was recruited to the Gainesville, GA, Police Department as Director of Training/Personnel. He spent seven years with the agency, coordinating such activities as recruitment, hiring, background investigations, internal investigations and training.

Pomrenke is a P.O.S.T. Certified Peace Officer, Instructor and Firearms Instructor.  He has also worked as an independent trainer and consultant including as Venue Security Manager in the 1996 Olympic Games, with the University of Georgia's Institute of Government, the Georgia Public Safety Training Center and the University of North Florida's Institute of Police Technology and Management. Since 1998, Russ has been teaching in the technical college system.

David Newton
EMT/Paramedic Instructor
678-226-6344
[expand bio]

David Newton is an EMT/ Paramedic instructor in the public safety and services division at Gwinnett Tech. He is a former graduate of the EMS programs from Gwinnett Tech, having completed both the college's EMT certificate and paramedic diploma. Newton also began his teaching career at Gwinnett Tech as an adjunct instructor in 1999. He has taught full time at Lanier Technical College, and was the EMS Program Director at Dalton State College for three years. After his first year at Dalton State, he was named the 2005 EMS Educator for the State of Georgia.

Newton returned to Gwinnett Tech in September of 2006 as a full-time faculty member. He teaches both the EMT and paramedic classes. Newton is also attending the University of Georgia, where he is a graduate student in the Master's of Public Health program.

Newton is the proud father of three children, Ethan, Wyatt, and Cassidy.