NATA Presidential Candidates.
It is half way through the election month for the new NATA president and there is just two weeks left until the polls are closed. Russell Richardson EdD, ATC is an Athletic Trainer and Associate Professor at University of Montana-Western, Chair of NATA’s Executive Committee of Education, and President of Northwest Athletic Trainers’ Association. If elected president, Richardson plans to raise awareness for athletic trainers within the health care profession and build interprofessional education. He believes that the best way to improve job opportunities and pay is by advocating for compensation through the medical model. Richardson also wants to advance the association’s position in youth sports safety, specifically concussions in sport. Richardson aims to continue the expansion of athletic trainers in secondary schools.
Scott Sailor EdD, ATC is the Chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Program Director for the Athletic Training Program at California State University, Fresno. He also serves as the Vice President of NATA, District VIII Director and Vision Quest Workgroup Chair. Sailor’s main focus for his presidency is access, awareness, and allies. Access is in regards to giving the public access to athletic trainers, not just in athletic settings. He believes in bringing awareness and advocating for athletic training. He wants us, as a profession, to build allies with the companies and organizations that use’s athletic trainers like the NFL, and to use these allies to further our profession.
To learn more about the candidates, visit the Presidential Election Webinar link, here, and listen to each candidate address pressing issues that athletic trainers are facing today. Voting for the next NATA President is done through a web-based poll, which has been emailed out to NATA members with further instructions. Results will be announced in October and the new President will be inaugurated at the 2015 NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo for a three-year term.
Shannan Rowe LAT, ATC
Scott Sailor EdD, ATC is the Chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Program Director for the Athletic Training Program at California State University, Fresno. He also serves as the Vice President of NATA, District VIII Director and Vision Quest Workgroup Chair. Sailor’s main focus for his presidency is access, awareness, and allies. Access is in regards to giving the public access to athletic trainers, not just in athletic settings. He believes in bringing awareness and advocating for athletic training. He wants us, as a profession, to build allies with the companies and organizations that use’s athletic trainers like the NFL, and to use these allies to further our profession.
To learn more about the candidates, visit the Presidential Election Webinar link, here, and listen to each candidate address pressing issues that athletic trainers are facing today. Voting for the next NATA President is done through a web-based poll, which has been emailed out to NATA members with further instructions. Results will be announced in October and the new President will be inaugurated at the 2015 NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo for a three-year term.
Shannan Rowe LAT, ATC
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