Cetronia Ambulance Corps’ Board of Directors has announced Bob Mateff will serve as interim chief executive officer.

Mateff joined Cetronia Ambulance Corps as chief operating officer in 2017.

He graduated from the Ambulance Service Manager Program in 2019 and currently serves on the Government Affairs Committee of the American Ambulance Association.

He was instrumental in the development of the Northampton County 911 Center and was former chairman of the Northeast Regional Counterterrorism Task Force.

In addition, he was appointed by Gov. Tom Wolf to serve as deputy of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, where he worked on the statewide 911 system.

Also, as part of this transition, Larry Wiersch has announced his retirement.

Mateff has demonstrated strong leadership skills and is now ready to take on this new role.

“It is with great enthusiasm I take on the role of interim CEO at Cetronia Ambulance Corps,” Mateff said. “I look forward to carrying forward the vision and mission of this organization into the future.”

“We want to thank Larry for his service and accomplishments over the last 40 years,” said Christopher Lakatosh, board chairman. “Under Larry’s direction, Cetronia was the first and only to implement high performance EMS in this region and he oversaw the design and fruition of Cetronia’s state-of-the-art joint operations facility, thereby creating the first aspect of community regionalization and preparedness.”

“With Bob’s leadership, we can continue our efforts to be an industry and community leader.

“Bob’s experience, coupled with our high-performing employees and our dedicated community partners, will lead us into the future of health care and EMS leadership.”

Before joining Cetronia, Mateff worked as director of emergency communications and operations at the University of Pennsylvania.

He also served as a former deputy sheriff and emergency medical technician.

Mateff, a graduate of DeSales University, has a certificate in preparedness leadership from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.