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President
Paige E. Kurtz, MS, OTR/L, CHT
In Motion Rehab
Virginia Beach, VA
E-mail: pkurtz@asht.org |
President-Elect
Joy MacDermid, BScPT, PhD
St. Joseph's Health Centre
London, ON, Canada
E-mail: jmacdermid@asht.org |
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Vice President
Peggy Boineau, OTR, CHT
Brazosport Regional Health System
Lake Jackson, TX
E-mail: pboineau@asht.org |
Secretary/Treasurer
Maureen Hardy, MS, PT, CHT
St. Dominic Hospital
Hand Management Center
Jackson, MS
E-mail: mhardy@asht.org |
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Secretary/Treasurer-Elect
Dorit H. Aaron, MA, OTR, CHT, FAOTA
Aaron & Rose Hand Therapy Services, Inc
Dallas, TX
E-mail: daaron@asht.org
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Board Member-at-Large
Melissa Thurlow, MBA, OTR/L, CHT
Peachtree Orthopedic Physical Therapy
Atlanta, GA
E-mail: mthurlow@asht.org |
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Board Member-at-Large
Robinette Amaker, OTR/L, PhD, CHT, FAOTA
Army Medical Department Center & School
Fort Sam Houston, TX
Email: ramaker@asht.org
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Board Member-at-Large
Gretchen Kaiser, MBA, OTR/L, CHT, OTD
Phoenix, AZ
Email: gkaiser@asht.org |
Past President
Stacey L Doyon, OTR/L, CHT
Orthopaedic Associates of Portland, PA
Portland, ME
E-mail: sdoyon@asht.org |
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Interested in volunteering or have a question about one of ASHT's current offerings? Contact the appropriate Division Director below.
Romina Astifidis, MS, PT, CHT
Professional Relations Director
rastifidis@asht.org
Professional Relations
The Professional Relations Division provides support for all international relations, implements initiatives as identified in ASHT's strategic plan, develops public relations initiatives, assesses effectiveness of communication mediums, identifies new opportunities, creates promotion plans for ASHT products and services, implements marketing plan, and provides copy for web updates.
Barbara Haines, OTR/L, CHT
Education Division Director
bhaines@asht.org
Education Division
The Education Division develops, implements and coordinates ASHT's education activities. These include implementing initiatives identified annually under ASHT's strategic plan, developing new educational products or courses, and updating/revising existing educational products or offerings. Projects that currently fall under the Education Division include the following: Surgical Demonstration CD-ROMs, Read and Respond Program, Webinars, Teleconferences, Hand Therapy Certification Study Module, Regional Courses, etc.
Teresa Brininger, OTR/L, CHT
Research Division Director
tbrininger@asht.org
Research Division
The Research Dvision identifies, implements and coordinates ASHT's research activities as defined in the strategic plan. Projects that currently fall under the Research Division include (but are not limited to) the following: identifying new research grant opportunities, reviewing grant applications, planning the content of the Research Breakfast and coordinating a research course at the Annual Meeting, gathering and tallying evaluations for evidence-based research, promoting submissions to the Journal of Hand Therapy and mentoring prospective researchers.
John DaLomba, MS, OTR/L, CHT
Advocacy Division Director
jdalomba@asht.org
Advocacy Division
The Advocacy Division implements initiatives as identified in the annual strategic plan, monitors industry, legal and regulatory trends with the ASHT Government Relations staff and works cooperatively with the Professional Relations Division on promotion efforts regarding these issues.
Melissa Thurlow, MBA, OTR/L, CHT
Membership Division Director
mthurlow@asht.org
Membership Division
The Membership Division implements initiatives as identified in the annual strategic plan, identifies ways in which we can recruit new ASHT members, develops content for email updates to members, evaluates current member benefits and services and makes recommendations for new ones.
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