Rafael is an active member of the community. He is an emergency medical technician and volunteer with the Central Park Medical Unit and was a former member of the United States Public Health Service, National Disaster Medical System, New York Disaster Medical Assistance Team. Mr. Castellanos currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York City, Inc. and is President and Co-Chairman of the Board of the Central Park Medical Unit, Inc., (www.cpmu.com) an all volunteer ambulance and rescue squad which operates in the worlds busiest park in the heart of New York City. Mr. Castellanos has been affiliated with the Medical Unit for more than 30 years; he and his colleagues are in the business of saving lives and responding to the emergency needs of more than 35 million people who visit Central Park annually. The Medical Unit is staffed with 150 certified emergency medical technicians, paramedics and physicians who volunteer on weekends and special events.  The Central Park Medical Unit (“CPMU”) is a 501(c)3 Not for Profit Corporation. CPMU does not bill their patients or their insurance for the medical treatment or the transportation we provide. These services routinely cost in excess of $840 with a typical ambulance service. Responding to dozens of calls on a daily basis during the hours of operation, many of these calls are true medical emergencies resulting in life saving care -- which represents well in excess of two and a half million dollars in FREE care to the people of New York City. The Medical Unit's response time is usually under three minutes, the fastest in the State. The injuries they encounter range from broken bones to heart attacks, but they also respond in times of major disasters, such as plane crashes, blackouts and the incidents at the World Trade Center in 1993 and 2001. For his volunteer efforts, Mr. Castellanos has received numerous commendations and citations from various New York City Mayors and the New York Police Department. He has also been recognized by the City's media, including radio, television, and key newspapers. In an age when most people get satisfaction from breaking 80 on the golf course, or going three sets on the tennis court, Rafael Castellanos is getting his satisfaction by helping those in emergency need, saving lives and lessening the suffering of the sick and injured and by managing one of the most impressive volunteer emergency medical corps in the nation today. Mr. Castellanos is married to his college sweetheart, lives in Manhattan with their two sons