Kathleen Martin, MSN, RN, is a trauma system consultant who develops trauma centers and trauma systems globally. Previously, she served as senior director of trauma services at UCHealth (Colorado), where she had responsibility for developing four trauma centers. She has also served as trauma nurse director at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany (the first ACS-verified trauma center outside the U.S.) and trauma program manager at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Kathleen just completed 9 years on the board of directors of the American Trauma Society (ATS) and is faculty for the ATS Trauma Program Management Course. She served for 19 years as a board of director member of the Society of Trauma Nurses (STN) and was the 2000-2001 STN President. Kathleen was also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Trauma Nursing. In addition, she was a charter developer of the Trauma Outcomes and Performance Improvement (TOPIC) course and has developed several far-reaching trauma PI processes. She has numerous publications to her name.  As a consultant, Kathleen has mentored trauma professionals nationally and internationally and has presented trauma education for colleagues in Europe, Ukraine, South Korea, Middle East, South America, Australia and New Zealand.