David Beshk
Award Winning Educator
Med Tac School Program Leader
Scout Program Mentor

David Beshk is an award-winning educator and developer of many powerful and impactful programs in STEM and other areas such as 3D printing and international collaboration of students. He is the lead educator in development of the Med Tac After School and Summer School program and a principal advisor regarding the design of child-appropriate training of lifeline behaviors for high impact care hazards. He had led, taught, and refined multiple school programs and was responsible for the first life saved through Med Tac before the first class graduated. He is a 2018 Pete Conrad Global Patient Safety Award winner for his role in developing the program for educators, schools, and scout groups. He has mentored the group of junior assistant Med Tac instructors from the ranks of middle and upper schools. He is an Eagle Scout and serves as an advisor to the Eagle Scout Mentorship Network.

Mr. Beshk is undertaking the training required to become an American Heart Association CPR/AED instructor and instructor for the American College of Surgeons Stop the Bleed Program.  He has been a driving force in the research and development of the Care Pack mobile units.  His leadership will be featured in the documentary 3 Minutes and Counting which makes the case for all schools, scout groups, companies, and faith-based organizations to adopt the bystander care practices that can dramatically improve the survival of victims of the most common causes of preventable death.

He is a 5th-grade science teacher and has been the Dean of Lower Students at a leading private school in Southern California.  His undergraduate degree is from Arizona State University in elementary education and has a masters degree in educational administration from the California State University.  Mr. Beshk will lead the development of the curriculum and train the trainer program for educators.