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Alan H. Adams, D.C. Mr. Atkinson represents the referenced associations in ...is currently an academic all matters relating to regulation, disciplinary actions, administrator at Florida State model legislation and applications, and all phases of University.In August, he will examination programs including accommodations for assume the position of Vice the Americans with Disabilities Act. He is a frequent President of Academic Affairs speaker before these association clients as well as at Texas College. other regulatory groups. With over 26 years of experience in chiropractic Contact information: education and research, he is 1603 Orrington Ave, Ste 2080, Evanston, IL 60201 Co-chair of the Commission of Phone: 847-864-0070 CCGPP. Dr. Adams research Email: [email protected] interests and publications have focused on health professions education, health services research and clinical research.

Contact information: Florida State University, 110J Westcott Building, Grayden Bridge Tallahassee,FL 32306-1310 ... is the President of the Phone: 850-644-5339 / Fax: 850-644-2283 Canadian Chiropractic E-mail: [email protected] Association. Dr. Bridge brings extensive Association experience and 27 years of clinical practice to his role as President. He has served as the President of the College Dale Atkinson, J.D. of Chiropractors of Alberta ... is partner in the law firm of and has sat as a Governor Atkinson & Atkinson which on The CCA Board for eight represents the Federation of years. Dr. Bridge is Chair of Chiropractic Licensing the Canadian Task Force on Boards (FCLB); Association Clinical Practice Guidelines and Vice President of the of Regulatory Boards of Councils on Chiropractic Education International. A Optometry (ARBO), the graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic in the U.S.A., National Association of Dr. Bridge practices in Lethbridge, Alberta. Boards of (NABP); American Association of Contact information: Veterinary State Boards 42 Lakeshore Drive, Northbay, ON P1A 2A3 (AAVSB); Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB); Phone: 705-474-4800 Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards (FARB); American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE); National Board Examination Committee for Veterinary Medicine (NBEC); and the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) as well as other groups.

Joseph E. Brimhall, He received his law degree from Northwestern School of D.C. Law, Portland, Oregon. Mr. Atkinson is also the ...has been President of Executive Director of FARB which is composed of 13 Western States Chiropractic federations of regulatory boards.

1 College in Portland, Oregon since July 2003. He Contact information: graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in St. 901 Preston Ave, Ste 101, Charlottesville, VA 22901 Louis, Missouri and was in private practice as a Phone: 804-293-3800 / Fax: 804-295-2737 chiropractic physician in Ogden, Utah for 22 years. He email: [email protected] was appointed to the Utah Chiropractic Physicians Licensing Board where he served for ten years, six of those as Chairman. He was a Commissioner for the United States Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE- US) Commission on Accreditation (COA) and served three years as Chairman of the COA. He also served Peter Bull, D.C., MappSC, F.I.C.C. three years as a Director and as a Commissioner for the ...is a Senior Lecturer in Council on Chiropractic Education of Canada (CCEC). Radiology at Macquarie Currently he is a member of the Board of Directors of University, Sydney Australia. the Councils on Chiropractic Education-International He is also the Director of (CCEI), and is President of the CCE-US accrediting Postgraduate Studies in the agency. Department of Health & Chiropractic at Macquarie. Contact information: He was a member of the 917 East Country Hills Dr., Ste. 3, Ogden, UT 84403- NSW Chiropractors 2417 Registration Board from 1982 to 1992 and has been the Phone: 503.251-5712 continuous chair of the Board’s Examination Committee. E-mail: [email protected], He is also a member of the Chiropractic Overseas Assessment Committee (COAC) of CCEA and he is the Chair of Examiners for COAC. He is a 1979 graduate of SCC and took up his full-time academic career following 20 years of private practice. Contact information: David E. Brown, D.C. MacQuarie Universit, Building E7A, Suite 222, ...is a native of Virginia’s Macquarie University, NSW 2109 Eastern Shore. Dr. Brown Phone: 011-61-2-9850-9380 received a BA in history from E-mail: [email protected] the University of Virginia in 1977. He graduated from Western States Chiropractic College in 1981, and returned to Charlottesville in 1982, where he still maintains a full-time chiropractic practice. Angela Byers He is a former member of the Virginia Board of Medicine ...has been a Special Agent with the FBI for more than and the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, and 15 years. She was assigned to the Dallas Division in a former President of the Federation of Chiropractic 1990 where she spent the majority of her time working Licensing Boards. He was elected to Charlottesville City financial institution fraud matters including Savings and Council in May of 2004, and currently serves as mayor. Loan failures. She was subsequently assigned to the Washington Field Office where she worked public corruption matters. In February of 2001, she became a He and his wife of 25 years, Jean Hiatt, have two sons: Supervisory Special Agent at FBI Headquarters in the Greg, in his first year at Earlham College, and Evans, a Financial Institution Fraud Unit which is part of the junior at Charlottesville High School. Financial Crimes Section. In March of 2003, she assumed the position of supervisor of a squad of agents

2 in Philadelphia which his standard-setting work in investigates Financial pain management and Institution Fraud matters as chiropractic neurology, as well as U.S. Housing and well as his efforts to Urban Development related encourage overall quality Mortgage Fraud. On April 4, healthcare. He has been in 2005, she assumed the full-time practice since 1978 position of Chief of the Health when he graduated from Care Fraud Unit at FBI Palmer College of Headquarters. Chiropractic.

Currently president of the Federation of Chiropractic Frederick R. Carrick, DC, PhD, DACAN, Licensing Boards, Dr. Cole is also a member of the DACNB, DABCN, FACCN board of directors of the National Board of Chiropractic ...is the Professor Emeritus Examiners. He served on the Tennessee Board of of Neurology at Parker Chiropractic Examiners from 1996 - 2000. Dr. Cole is College of Chiropractic and is board certified by both the American Academy of Pain Logan College of Management and the American Chiropractic Neurology Chiropractic’s Distinguished Board, and held a neurology fellowship at the National Post Graduate Professor of College of Chiropractic in Chicago from 1992-1994. Clinical Neurology. He is the President of the ACA Council In 1992, the Tennessee Chiropractic Association on Neurology and is a presented Dr. Cole with the Torchbearer Award, and committee member with the voted him Tennessee's Chiropractor of the Year in 1997 National Organization for and 2000. Competency Assurance (NOCA). He served as Chairman of the New Hampshire Board of Chiropractic Contact information: Examiners for 7 years. 2845 Summer Oaks Dr, Bartlett, TN 38134 Phone: 901-377-2340 / Fax: 901-373-4570 Contact information: E-mail: [email protected] 203-8941 Lake Drive, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 Phone: 866-767-8362 E-mail: [email protected]

Richard L. Cole, D.C., D.A.C.N.B., F.I.C.C.

...has helped advance the practice of chiropractic with

Laurel J. Cowie, B.A., ...is currently Chair of the FCLB PACE Education Committee M.Sc., D.C. having been involved the development of PACE since the

3 beginning. She is formerly the registrar of the Nova Scotia Maryland Chiropractic Association as well as holding a regulatory board and currently chair of the CE committee for variety of committee chairs. He was the Maryland the Nova Scotia Board and Chiropractor of the Year in 1998 and 1996. In 1997-1998 Vice-Chair of the Nova Scotia he was appointed by Governor Glendening to a statewide College of Chiropractors. medical panel to develop consensus guidelines on the Contact information: diagnosis and treatment of neck and low back pain for the 192 North Street, state of Maryland. Bridgewater NS B4V 2V6 Phone: 902-543-1660 Dr. Gamerman earned his bachelor’s degree from Penn E-mail: State and his chiropractic degree from the National [email protected]. College of Chiropractic. He has been in private practice for ca 19 years.

Thor Eglington, M.Sc. Contact information: ...is the Editor-in-chief, Clinical Analyst Specialist and 138 E Antietam St #101, Hagerstown, MD 21740 President of Eglington Health Communications Inc (EHCi, Phone: 301-797-3737 http://eglington.org). Mr Eglington completed an applied E-mail: [email protected] Master of Science degree at McGill University in 1992, and joined the Canadian Government's national health Vicki Grant department (Health Canada) for three years as a national ...began her career with Florida state government in 1974 program manager. Since completing that posting in1995, filling various administrative positions. Since 1992 she has he has worked in the 'health knowledge management' served as the Program Operations Administrator for the realm for more than 10 years. Mr. Eglington has focused on following professions: Chiropractic Medicine, Optometry, the development, use and analysis of clinical and Clinical Laboratory Personnel, Nursing Home epidemiologic information in formats that support clinical Administrators, and Medical Physicists. In that capacity practice. His experience as an Editor-in-chief of peer she has been responsible for the implementation and reviewed clinical practice guidelines dates to 1995. administration of policies and procedures for each of the boards she serves as well as ensuring compliance with Since, Mr. Eglington has completed over 100 projects, rules and regulations pertinent to those professions. She including several significant pieces working with: The is responsible for the direct supervision of 7 staff members Canadian Chiropractic Association & Canadian Federation whose ultimate duties are to evaluate and determine of Chiropractic Regulatory Boards, the Ontario Women's licensure eligibility. Health Council ;the Heart and Stoke Foundation of Canada; the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada; and Health Mrs. Grant is married to Arthur Grant; has one son, two Canada's Evidence and Information for Chronic Disease step sons and 7 grandchildren. She resides in Policy Division, as well as its First Nations and Inuit Health Tallahassee, Florida, when she and Arthur are not found Branch and its National Diabetes Surveillance System. fishing at their weekend retreat along the banks of the St. Johns River. Contact information: 39 River Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 3P1 CANADA Contact information: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, FL Marc Gamerman, D.C. 32399-3257 ...is the Vice-President of the Maryland Board of Phone: 850-245-4355 Chiropractic Examiners. At the 2003 FCLB conference, he E-mail: [email protected] gratefully accepted the Outstanding Regulatory Board Jerry Grod, D.C. Award on behalf of the Maryland Board. He was appointed ...earned his Doctor of Chiropractic from the Canadian to the CCE-Committee on Accreditation Site Team Memorial Chiropractic College in 1977 and is a Fellow of the Academy in 2004. College of Chiropractic Sciences. He has practised for over twenty years and has held various positions with the Dr. Gamerman has been elected President , Vice- Chiropractors’ Association of Saskatchewan as chair of the examining board, registrar and vice-president. He has President, Treasurer, Chairman of the Board of the served on numerous provincial health commissions and is

4 a former professor and chair of the Diagnosis Department of March 1, 2003. In addition to administering the State Board, the Southern California University of Health Sciences and she also is responsible for reviewing all curricula of foreign remains an adjunct professor for the So. Cal. Univ. of Health professional schools and all endorsement requests for Sciences. licensure; developing regulations for the chiropractic He has been a member of the National Board of Chiropractic profession; participating in program registration; Examiners test committee for the last 12 years and is coordinating and monitoring disciplinary proceedings; presently chair of the Associated Clinical Sciences approving all continuing education sponsors as well as committee. He was Deputy Registrar and Registrar for the enforcing the mandatory continuing education requirement; regulatory body in Ontario. As well, he served as a Director and providing information to the Board, the Department and on the Board of the Ontario Chiropractic Association and the the public. In addition to her Executive Secretary Osteoporosis Society of Canada. Dr. Grod is a Certified responsibilities, Ms. Laks is also the legislative coordinator Association Executive. He is published in chiropractic and for the Office of the Professions, coordinating legislative medical peer-reviewed journals and presently is Professor comments provided in and Director of Continuing Education at CMCC. response to the multitude of bills that affect the 47 licensed Contact Information: professions under the authority 6100 Leslie Street, Toronto, ON M2H 3J1 of the Board of Regents. Most Phone: 416-482-2340 x232 of the members of the State E-mail: [email protected] Boards know her best as the primary coordinator of the Board Member Discipline Seminars as well as the Discipline Process Resource Gene Jenkins, Jr., D.C. Guide. She also has been a ... is a 1987 graduate of Parker lead person in implementing College of Chiropractic. He has improvements to the practiced chiropractic in the professional discipline hearing process and coordinates the state of Florida since February scheduling of all first-time hearing dates for the professions. of 1988. He presently serves on the Florida Board of Chiropractic Medicine. In 1997 Ms. Laks received her Master of Arts from he was appointed to the Board Columbia University Teachers College, her Bachelor of of Chiropractic medicine by then Science from New York University and has taken additional Governor Jeb Bush. He has served as the Vice Chairman post-graduate credits in public administration at Nelson A. and Chairman, has chaired the rules committee, continuing Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and Russell education committee and as chairman of one of the probable Sage Graduate School. cause panels. Contact information: Prior o his board appointment he served as a consultant for 89 Washington Ave., 2nd Floor East Wing, Albany, NY the Florida Department of Health, Florida Agency for 12234 Healthcare Administration, and the Florida Department of Phone: 518-474-3817 x 450 Business and Professional Regulation. E-mail: [email protected] Lester C. Lamm, D.C. Contact Information: ...is a 1980 graduate of Western States Chiropractic 1298 Timberland Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312 College (WSCC). Upon graduation he established the Phone: 850-668-4057 first ever chiropractic clinic in Kathmandu, Nepal where E-mail: [email protected] he practiced until 1982. Upon returning to the U.S. Dr. Lamm entered private practice and accepted a clinical teaching position at WSCC.

Cynthia Laks He has served the college in numerous capacities as a ... was appointed by the Board of Regents to be the clinic director, classroom instructor, Enrollment Executive Secretary for the NYS Board for Chiropractic on Management Administrator, Dean of Postgraduate and

5 Continuing Education, Academic Dean and Chief ...is the current President of the Canadian Federation of Academic Officer. Chiropractic Regulatory Board (since 2000), Past Chair of the Nova Scotia College of Chiropractors and a Dr. Lamm was elected to the Commission on member of the CCA-CFCRB Clinical Practice Accreditation for the Council on Chiropractic Education Guidelines Task Force. Dr. MacPhee has served as in 2000 and is currently the Vice-Chair. Dr. Lamm has President of the Nova Scotia Chiropractic Association, also served on the Continuing Education Committee for Chair of the Board of the Nova Scotia College of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards and was Chiropractors and Registrar of the regulatory Board in an active member of the collective that created the Nova Scotia. policies and protocols for the PACE project. She is a 1994 graduate of the Canadian Memorial Contact information: Chiropractic College. She is in private practice outside Western States Chiropractic College of Halifax, Nova Scotia where she works with her 2900 NE 132nd Ave., Portland, OR 97230 husband, Dr. Andrew Phone: 503-251-5717 Kleinknecht. Dr. MacPhee is Email: [email protected] the proud Mommy of Claire (age 5) and Thomas (age 2).

Contact information: Eugene A. Lewis, D.C., M.P.H. 5209 St. Margaret's Bay ...is a graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic and Road has practiced in Greensboro, North Carolina since Phone: 902-826-1088 1979. He earned his Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Dr. Lewis has served as president of the North Carolina Chiropractic Association, president of the Southeastern Chiropractic Federation and has been a member of the North Carolina State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. He has served as a commissioner of the North Carolina State Radiation Protection Commission and as a benefits advisor to the North Carolina Health Planning Commission.

Dr. Lewis was a member of the Commission for Chiropractic Quality Assurance and Practice Sherry McAllister, D.C. Parameters, which published Guidelines for ...earned her Doctor of Chiropractic Quality Assurance and Practice Chiropractic degree from Parameters in 1993. He has been a member of the Palmer West College of Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Chiropractic. Dr. McAllister Parameters since 1997 and has been chairman since also received a Masters of 2002. Dr. Lewis is a Fellow of the International Science in Education from College of Chiropractors. California State University and Bachelors of Science from the Contact information: University of Calgary. She has earned Online Teaching 1311 N. Elm St, Ste 3, Greensboro, NC 27401 and Learning Certification and is also certified as a Phone: 336-333-2244 / Fax 336-274-8113 Qualified Medical Examiner for the State of California. E-mail: [email protected] Dr. McAllister has maintained an active private practice since 1996 while acting as an online instructor for the Palmer Institute and a continuing education consultant. Wanda lee MacPhee, D.C. Her work as a practitioner and educator has won her

6 recognition and multiple awards and honors. new licensee examination, preliminary investigative committee, college inspection and NBCE alternate Dr. McAllister currently consults with the Palmer Institute for delegate. He is currently entering his sixth year on the Professional Advancement and acts as an Online New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Instructor for the Palmer Institute. She also serves as Chair of the PACE Review Team. On a federal level Dr. O’Connor has participated in Contact information: directing prominent researchers from around the 90 East Tasman Dr., San Jose, CA 95134 country to establish new testing methods and Phone: 408-944-6086 regulations to the U.S. Department of Transportation, E-mail: [email protected] National Highway, Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to prevent whiplash injuries. He has been instrumental Julia McDaniel, BSN, DC introducing new technologies to the U.S. Department of ...is a 1990 graduate of Life University. In 1994 she was Energy promoting efficient energy sources for the appointed to the Vermont State Board of Chiropractic future. Examiners where she served for nine years. During her tenure she was elected to chair for three years and Dr. O’Connor is enjoying a 22 year career as a elected as Vice-Chair for one year. Chiropractor with his wife Rita and their three In 2000 she was presented with the Chiropractor of the daughters. Year Award from the Vermont Chiropractic Association recognizing her years of service to the state, especially Contact information: noting her involvement in the passage of Insurance 30 Harrington Ave, Westwood, NJ 07675-1822 Equity Legislation for Vermonters. In 2001 she began Phone: 201-666-8581 serving as the State Delegate to the FCLB and NBCE. E-mail: [email protected] In 2002 she was elected by the NBCE Board of Directors to serve as member of the board. Since retiring from the State board last year, she has remained active with the CCE Site Team Academy, completing her fourth site visit this past spring. Contact information: 9 Washington Street, Middlebury, VT, 05753-1183 Phone: (802) 388-0970 E-mail: [email protected] Martha S. O'Connor, Ph.D. Lawrence O’Connor, D.C. ... is the Executive Director of the Council on …..is currently Alternate Chiropractic Education. A graduate of the University of District Director for District III, Wisconsin - Madison in Occupational Therapy, she Chairman of the earned a Masters degree from the University of Governmental Affairs and Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Adult Education / Legal Advisory Committee Administrative Leadership, and a from and the past Chairman of Georgia State University in Higher Education CIN-BAD Committee. As Administration. chairman of the Governmental Affairs Dr. O'Connor has had experience in professional Committee he has practice, higher education, national credentialing in established a working relationship with the Federal accreditation and later in certification examination Bureau of Investigation (FBI) benefiting the member development. state boards in their pursuit to eliminate criminal behavior. Dr. O’Connor is the delegate to FCLB from the She is an avid reader, and loves to go to museums, the state of New Jersey where he is an active board theater and to sail, golf and play bridge. member participating on the following past and present Contact information: committees; rules and regulations, intra-board relations,

7 8049 North 85th Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85258-4321 American Chiropractic Board of sports Physicians, Phone:(480) 443-8877 / Fax:(430) 483-7333 Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner, and Industrial E-mail: [email protected] Disability Evaluator. He has previously served as an Exam Commissioner for the State of California BCE and the NBCE.

Professional memberships include Academy for Chiropractic Education, American Chiropractic Association (and its Sports Council), American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians, California Mary-Ellen Rada, D.C. Chiropractic Association, Federation Internationale ...has been in private practice for 16 years in Ocean Chiropractique du Sport, International College of County, New Jersey. In 2000, she was appointed to the Chiropractors, And United States New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, of Federation. which she is the immediate past president. Sports appointments have included working at She has also chaired the Preliminary Investigative professional and amateur (including juvenile and adult, Committee and the Rules and Regulations Committee. high school to Olympic) events locally, nationally, and Dr. Rada has been instrumental in developing, writing, internationally. He is presently working with the US Tae and filming an innovative on-line orientation and Kwon Do Union, Twin Cities Cougars semi-pro football jurisprudence examination program using streaming team, local high school athletic teams, and Team video technology. This program is being used as a Stalley endurance horse riding. model for other state board programs. Contact information: Dr. Rada has been active with the NBCE Part IV Exam, 412 Fourth Street, POB 893 and is a member of the FCLB ethics task force. In Colusa, CA 95932-0893 addition, she chairs the Federation’s Board Member Phone: 530-458-7774 / Fax: 530-458-2789 Training Development Committee. E-mail: [email protected]

Her experience includes work as a full-time professor at Georgian Court College in Lakewood, NJ where she developed and taught the Holistic Health Certificate Oliver R. “Bud” Smith, Jr., D.C. Program. She has also been a guest speaker at the ... was elected as FCLB Harvard/MIT Conference on Alternative Medicine and at Treasurer May 3, 2003, at the Yale University Medical School. 77th FCLB International Conference in Orlando, Contact information: Florida. 2584 Highway 9 South, Howell, NJ 07731 Phone: 732-901-4343 / Fax: 732-901-1080 Dr. Smith graduated from E-mail: [email protected] Texas Chiropractic College in 1975 and went into practice with his father that same year. Dr. Smith is a former President of the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners Richard A. Rinzler, D.C. and was elected the District IV Director for the ...graduated in 1982 from Cleveland Chiropractic Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards in 1999. College, Kansas City and practiced for several years in Italy. He has practiced for the past 18 years in Colusa, He received the Keeler Plaque Award in 1997 which is California. Appointments and certifications include State bestowed by the Texas Chiropractic Association on the of California Qualified Medical Evaluator, International outstanding Doctor of Chiropractic in Texas. He has a Chiropractic Sports Science Diploma, Fellow of the special interest in rodeo and racing trucks. International College of Chiropractors, Diplomate of the

8 Contact information: services for the health care industry and businesses of 1417 North Brown, El Paso, TX 79902 all sizes and types. Phone: 915-533-2225 / Fax: 915-533-0974 E-mail: [email protected] Prairie Star is located in Greeley, Colorado with a goal to bring information technology services expertise, of the type that is normally found only in lager cities, to Northern Colorado, Southern Wyoming, and Western Nebraska.

Bill is a native of Colorado and has worked in information technology and health care for close to 20 Louis Sportelli, D.C. years. He has served in senior positions for, and ... has served in many developed information systems for Kaiser Permanente, capacities throughout his 40- Blue Cross and Blue Shield, HMO Colorado, The year career in chiropractic. Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Caravel He served as chairman of the Systems, Colorado personalized Education For board of the American Physicians, Ischemia Technologies, and the Federation Chiropractic Association in of Chiropractic Licensing Boards. 1989. He is currently serving as President/ CEO of NCMIC Contact information: Group Inc., which provides 2142 42nd Ave, Greeley, CO 80634 insurance and financial Phone: 970-330-7050 / Fax: 970-330-7050 services to health care email: [email protected] providers.

Dr. Sportelli has written an educational booklet, Introduction to Chiropractic, which is the most widely used patient education publication in the world and is now in its 10th edition. David N. Taylor, D.C., DABCN ...is a graduate of University of He has served as one of the country's outstanding Massachusetts and National spokesmen, being involved in more than 1000 radio, TV University of Health Sciences and newspaper interviews. and has practiced in Greenfield, Massachusetts His involvement in chiropractic nationally and since 1984. He earned his internationally has resulted in his serving as President of Diplomate in Neurology from the World Federation of Chiropractic in 1998-1999, and Logan College of Chiropractic. led to his winning the FCLB’s Arvidson award in 2004. Dr. Taylor has served as Contact information: Secretary of the 175 Delaware Ave, Palmerton, PA 18071 Massachusetts Licensing Phone: (610) 826-6500 Board, and as a Board Member of the Massachusetts E-mail: [email protected] Chiropractic Society. He has also worked in numerous consulting capacities including director of quality assurance for Spine Managed Care. He is past Chairman of the FCLB Practice Standards Committee and is the current representative of the FCLB on the CCGPP. Bill Steinmiller ... is the owner and operator of Prairie Star Contact information: Information Technology. Prairie Star was formed in 1998 74 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 01301 in order to provide software and systems development Phone: 413-774-7501

9 email: [email protected] by the Congress on Chiropractic State Associations in conjunction with 20 other national chiropractic organizations.

Dr. Triano is the recipient of a number of awards and Vernon Temple, D.C. honors including the ICA Researcher of the Year (1987), ...has practiced in Vermont for the past 24 years and is a FCER Researcher of the Year (1989), AHCPR Service Diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Award (1993), ACA Council on Rehabilitation Doctor of the Orthopedists and a member of its Council since 1992. Year Award (1998), the DC Person of the Year (2002), the ACA Chairman’s Award (2003) and Special Presidential He served on the Vermont Board of Chiropractic Examiners Recognition, Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards for over 14 years, including three terms as its president. 78th Annual Congress (2004).

Dr. Temple has also been District III Director of the FCLB Contact information: for six years, serving as Executive Board Chair from 1999 6300 West Parker Rd., Plano, TX 75093 thru 2000. Phone: 972-608-5062 E-mail: [email protected] He is currently the District III Director for the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners. His board responsibilities have included co-chairing the NBCE Computerization Committee, which made the Special Purpose Examination for Chiropractic (the SPEC exam) available on computer at over 350 testing centers in North America.

Contact information: 102 Saxtons River Road, Bellows Falls, VT 05101 Phone: 802-463-9522 E-Mail: [email protected] John Triano, D.C. Ronald Tripp, D.C. ... was elected to his first ... is a graduate of Logan three-year term as District IV College (DC), Webster Director in 2003. He has College (MA), and the served as board president of University of Michigan the Oklahoma Board of (PhD). He is a Fellow of the Chiropractic Examiners since College of Chiropractic 1997. Scientists (Canada) and serves as an editorial Originally from Lake Orion, advisor to the Journal of Michigan, he is a 1979 Manipulative and Graduate of Palmer College of Physiological Therapeutics, Chiropractic, and has Spine, The Spine Journal, maintained a private practice in The BackLetter, and the Journal of the Canadian Norman, Oklahoma since 1980. Chiropractic Association. Dr. Triano is a Research Professor in the Department of Engineering, Biomedical He is a court appointed Independent Medical Examiner to Engineering Program at The University of Texas at the Oklahoma Workers Compensation Court and was a Arlington. To date he has written 63 scientific and clinical contributing author of the Neck and Back Treatment articles and 16 book chapters. He is currently the Co- Guidelines for Injured Workers while a member of the Director of Conservative Medicine and Director for the Court's Physician Advisory Committee in 1996. Dr. Tripp Chiropractic Division at the Texas Back Institute, a served as president of the Oklahoma State Chiropractic multidisciplinary spine facility. He currently serves the Association seven terms. profession as Co-chair of the Research Commission for the Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Dr. Tripp is also president of USA Judo and a member of Parameters, an apolitical professional organization created the board of directors of the United States Olympic

10 Committee as well as maintaining active business interests Peter J. Waite, BA, CAE in Internet and wireless communications. An accomplished ...has a BA in Political Science and History from the coach and athlete, he was an assistant coach on the University of Toronto. He was granted the Certified University of Oklahoma Wrestling staff from 1979 - 1992. Association Executive designation by the Canadian Society of Association Executives in 1987. Mr. Waite Contact information: has over twenty years experience in senor positions in 2304 N. Interstate Dr, Norman, OK 73032 the association management field. Phone: 405-321-8530 / Fax: 405-321-1478 E-mail: [email protected] In 1988 Mr. Waite established Association Management International, a firm providing administrative and management support to association. His current list of clients includes the Canadian Richard Vincent, D.C. Federation of Chiropractic Regulatory Boards (CFCRB), ...helped chiropractic gain the Council on Chiropractic Education of Canada acceptance in Massachusetts (CCEC), and the Pension Investment Association of as he was one of the first Canada (PIAC). He serves as Executive Director for all licentiates in the three of these organizations, as well as General commonwealth. Dr. Vincent Manager of the Joint CFCRB/Canadian Chiropractic has served on the Association project to develop Clinical Practice Massachusetts Board of Guidelines. Registration of Chiropractors as both a member and as Contact information: Chairman. His chiropractic 39 River Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 3P1 CANADA career has included terms as Phone: 416-646-1600 President of the FCLB, and of Email: [email protected] the NBCE, President of the Practice Resource Group, of the Society of Chiropractic Management Consultants, N. Edwin Weathersby, D.C. and of the Massachusetts Chiropractic Society. Dr. ...is currently the Federation’s Vincent has also served as Chief Executive Officer of vice president. Prior to Spine Managed Care Network, and Clinical Director of receiving his Doctor of Chiropractic Services for Triad Healthcare, Inc. Chiropractic Degree from Western States Chiropractic In addition to his work as a chiropractor, Dr. Vincent has College, Dr. Ed Weathersby contributed to his community through a diverse public studied at Colorado State and civic career. He has served as Chairman of the University. Board of Trustees of North Shore Community College, Board of Directors of the Beverly Savings Bank, and He was elected Chairman of the Arizona Board of Vice-Chairman of the Massachusetts Governor’s Chiropractic Examiners in 1996 and was appointed by Committee on Mental Retardation. the Governor of Arizona as a chiropractic regulatory board member in 1994. Dr. Weathersby has held the Currently, Dr. Vincent continues to work with the office of President and Vice President of the Arizona chiropractic profession, teaching “Starting into Practice” Association of Chiropractic and was a District Director workshops at chiropractic colleges. for Congress of Chiropractic State Associations. Currently, Dr. Weathersby is the FCLB Vice-President. Contact information: 51 Carlson Lane #8, Falmouth, MA 02540 Dr. Weathersby was awarded Arizona Chiropractor of Phone: 508-457-7865 the Year in 1993 and is a Diplomat in the International email: [email protected] Academy of Pain Management and Fellow of the American Academy of Pain Management.

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11 6033 W. Bell Rd., Ste H, Glendale, AZ 85308 He is married with adult sons and daughters, and is Phone: 602-978-3321 / Fax: pursuing a Master of Divinity Degree at Cincinnati Bible 602-978-5701 Seminary. E-mail: [email protected] Contact information: 1413 Linn Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45214 PH: (513) 621-2728 Laura Chadwick-Weeks E-mail: [email protected] ... serves as elected chair of a three person executive committee of the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Chiropractic Education (COA/CCE). Weeks has served the executive committee as secretary and vice chair and was first named to the Commission in January 2000. Weeks says she enjoys her work on the commission because it gives her another outlet to promote educational excellence through strong chiropractic educational standards.

In addition to her service on the Executive Board of the COA/CCE, Weeks is a member of the South Carolina James Winterstein, D.C. Women in Higher Education Administration. Before ... is a 1968 graduate of National University of Health being appointed vice president for academic affairs at Sciences. He completed his residency in diagnostic Sherman College in early 2001, she served as dean of chiropractic health services. She is a 1990 graduate of imaging in 1970 and became a diplomate of the Sherman College and received the Distinguished American Chiropractic Board of Radiology in May of Alumnus award in 1997 and Service to Sherman College 1970. Dr. Winterstein has served the chiropractic award in 2000. She also holds a bachelor of science in profession in various positions including as President of business from Winthrop University and has completed the American Chiropractic College of Radiology, graduate courses in business administration at Clemson President of the Council on Chiropractic Education, University. Secretary of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges, Contact Information: Secretary of the American Academy of Chiropractic 2020 Springfield Road, PO Physicians and President of National University of Box 1452, Spartanburg, SC Health Sciences for the past 19 years. Dr. Winterstein 29316 has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Phone: 864-578-8770x1237 Federation of Illinois Independent Colleges and E-mail: Universities for the past 15 years and also serves as a [email protected] board member for Alternative Medicine Integrated Inc. A participant in many professional venues and a prolific Earl L. Wiley, D.C. author, Dr. Winterstein has 4 children and 9 ... is a 1978 graduate of Los Angeles College of grandchildren and one great grandson. Chiropractic and current member of the Ohio State Contact information: Chiropractic Board. 200 East Roosevelt Road, Lombard, IL 60148-4583 Phone: 630-889-6604 He is in full-time practice at West End Chiropractic in E-mail: [email protected] Cincinnati, Ohio. A Vietnam combat veteran, be is also a certified ringside judge for the USA Amateur Boxing Association.

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