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Amber Flenniken has been a Summit County local since 1995. She moved here for the mountain living and was a ski Instructor for Vail Resorts for 10 years. She attended Colorado Mountain College to receive a certificate as an EMT, IV, 12 Lead EKG and Wilderness EMT Upgrade. She worked for Summit County Ambulance, High Country Health Care, and St. Anthony Summit Medical Center over the last 13 years. Amber has worked with Summit County Coroner’s Office for 2 years as a Death Investigator and was promoted to Chief Deputy Coroner in 2019. She is a Certified Death Investigator with the Colorado Coroners Association and is a member of The American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators and has completed courses in Forensic Pathology and Investigative Techniques Using Social Networking Sites with the National Criminal Justice Center. In addition to her primary role, Amber also works as a Security Officer, Patient Care Tech, and Critical Care Tech for Centura Health and freelances as a Yoga Instructor. Though she wears many hats in a professional capacity she likes to spend her free time hiking, rafting, paddle boarding, skiing and spending time with her friends and family in our beautiful mountains.