Meet The Evolve Team

Our Founder

Maren Steiner

 
 

Maren Steiner brings over a decade of medical and risk management experience and a unique perspective to the event planning process. She is a specialist in ensuring the health and safety of guests at entertainment gatherings, and has built medical teams and emergency action plans for some of the largest events in the world. Her recent work includes exciting events like the SAG Awards, The Dodger Victory Parade, and West Hollywood Pride. She’s also the go-to provider for some of the biggest and most iconic venues, including the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, The Shrine Auditorium, The Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and the Long Beach Convention Center & Entertainment Center.

Maren also coordinates medical services for multiple major venues in and around Southern California and provides full service, pre-hospital care centers for West Hollywood and other major cities during mass gatherings, such as the LA Pride Parade & Festival. She also served as the Medical Coordinator for CBS Television City working on shows such as American Idol and Dancing with the Stars and was the first female member of the emergency response team, F-31 employed by NBCUniversal in Universal City, California. 

During her time as the Insomniac Health & Safety Director, she worked on ground-breaking research in support of mass gathering medicine protocols in the United States and abroad. These protocols are now being used for the treatment of patients at music festivals including Insomniac's international Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, New York, Orlando, Japan, and Mexico City - to name a few.

Our Team

  • Dr. Jess Coates, MD

    MEDICAL DIRECTOR

  • Juan F. Ledezma

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

  • Harrison Schofield

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

  • Angie McChesney

    LOGISTICS MANAGER

  • Joey Mandel

    OPS/FINANCIAL COORDINATOR

  • Andrea Leonor

    OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

  • Meghan Birnbaum

    OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

  • Mark Kirkendall

    OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

The Professionals

We are an ever-growing team of experienced and motivated emergency medical professionals, committed to making your event as safe and successful as possible. 300+ employees including

  • Emergency Medicine Physicians

  • Critical Care Registered Nurses

  • Paramedics

  • Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs)

  • Emergency Dispatchers

  • Non-Licensed Support Team Members

Interested in joining the Evolve team?