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APTA is led by a national Board of Directors, which is elected by the House of Delegates, a policy-making body made up of APTA members from across the country.
Jun 3, 2020/Author
Elise Latawiec, PT, MPH, is lead senior practice management specialist at APTA. Her primary responsibilities include the development of resources related to all areas of practice management as well as the impacts of health care reform. Before joining APTA she was the national director of quality assurance
Lois Douthitt is senior director of member communications at APTA, where she contributes to the strategic development and implementation of the association’s overall communications and publications. Before joining APTA in 2000, she was director of publications at the American Gas Association. She is
Troy Elliott is program director of strategic messaging at APTA.
Alicia Hosmer is the senior director of brand strategy at APTA. Before joining the association in 2018, she was vice president of marketing at Nareit, the leading trade association for real estate investment trusts. In that role she led an organization- and industry-wide rebrand to strengthen the relevance
Jun 4, 2020/Author
Laura Keivel is the grassroots and political affairs specialist at APTA. Before joining the association in 2019, she was the advocacy program and events manager at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, where ran the society’s largest event, the Leadership Summit & Lobby Day legislative fly-in.
Kara Gainer was director of regulatory affairs at APTA from 2017-2021. She has extensive knowledge and experience working on policies related to Medicare, Medicaid, health care reform, and provider billing and reimbursement. Before joining the association in 2017, she was a health care consultant with
Nancy R. Kirsch, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, a former member of APTA's Ethics and Judicial Committee, is the program director and a professor of physical therapy at Rutgers University in Newark. She also practices in northern New Jersey, and her book "Ethics in Physical Therapy: A Case-Based Approach" compiles
Direct mail continues to be one of the most effective and economical ways to reach prospects with your catalogs, flyers, samples, surveys, or personalized letters. APTA has the largest, most accurate, and most current mailing list of physical therapy professionals available.
Jan 1, 2022/Article
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