Alycia Brantz-Miller

Alycia Brantz-Miller is a Medicare insurance professional with Vitality Medicare Solutions, where she helps senior clients in the United States navigate hospital indemnity programs designed to close the gaps left by standard Medicare coverage. Her path into insurance was shaped by a wide-ranging career in emergency medicine and education: she spent eight years as a combat medic before working as a civilian paramedic, a chapter that came to an end following a back injury. That setback redirected her toward clinical research, where she supported pediatric oncology patients at Sanford Health, and eventually into academic leadership as paramedic program director for Sanford Health and the University of South Dakota. In that role, she rebuilt the program's curriculum from the ground up and steered it through an accreditation review without a single citation. Alycia holds a self-designed bachelor's degree combining a primary concentration in biology with supporting coursework in chemistry and social sciences, and she has continued her education with a Master of Science in Educational/Instructional Technology from Fort Hays State University and an Ed.S. in Curriculum and Instruction from Liberty University. She remains a licensed paramedic with more than two decades of EMS certification behind her, along with instructor credentials from NAEMSE and NAEMT, and was previously affiliated with the National Educators for EMS Education. In recognition of her career and leadership, she was selected for a 2026 Influential Women feature. What defines Alycia most is her insistence on doing right by the people she serves. She approaches her work in insurance the same way she approached medicine and education: with honesty, discipline, and a refusal to cut corners, even when it isn't the easiest or most profitable route. Having spent much of her career as one of few women in male-dominated fields like the military and emergency medicine, she is candid in encouraging other women to trust their training, hold their ground, and recognize that they've earned their place. She credits her resilience — the simple, repeated act of getting back up — as the thread running through every stage of her career.