About Our Section
Contacting the HPA Executive Office:  

Health Policy & Administration
Robin Childers, Exec. Director
PO Box 4553
Missoula, MT 59806-4553

 877/636-4408
406/251-5270
office@aptahpa.org

The Section on Health Policy & Administration is headquartered in Missoula, Montana, home of Executive Director Robin Childers. Like many APTA components, the Section is served by a part-time staff of one person. Section projects and activities are accomplished with the assistance of member volunteers, in coordination with the Section Executive Director.

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Our Mission:

 

 The mission of the HPA Section is to achieve Vision 2020 by:
  • Developing healthcare leaders within the profession
  • Advocating for and influencing APTA positions and initiatives regarding health policy and the administration of professional physical therapy practice;
  • Serving as a resource to members through practice, education, and scholarship.
Board of Dirctors
President

Rick Gawenda, PTRick Gawenda, PT
Ypsilanti, MI
Practice Area: Hospital Administration

 Vice President

Angie Phillips, PTAngie Phillips, PT
Amarillo, TX
Practice Area: Consulting
Secretary

Cyndi Scott, PT
Jackson, MS
Practice Area: Clinical Practice with Geriatrics

 Treasurer

Dennis Spillane, PT, MBA, RPDennis Spillane, PT, MBA, RP
San Diego, CA
Practice Area: Retired
   
Committee Leadership  
   
Member Services Committee Chair

Terri Simzer, PT

Practice Area: Academics/Hospice & Palliative Care

   Program Committee Chair

Steven G. Lesh, PhD, MPA, PT, SCS, ATCSteven G. Lesh, PhD, MPA, PT, SCS, ATC
Walnut Grove, MO
Practice Area:

 
Nominating Committee Chair

Jay Segal, PT
Birmingham, AL
Practice Area: Academics- Faculty member Regis University,Denver, CO

   Publications Committee Chair

Sue Schafer, PT, PhDSue Schafer, PT, PhD
Denton, TX
Practice Area: Professor Emerita, Texas Woman’s University
 
     
Bylaws Committee Chair

Julie L. Rosen, PT, MBA
Glencoe, IL
Practice Area: Long Term Care

   Government Affairs Committee Co-Chair

Francine L. Wheelock, MPA, PTFrancine L. Wheelock, MPA, PT
Gardiner, ME
Practice Area: Home Health

 

 
 
 
 
 
   
Research Committee Chair

Linda Resnik PhD, PT, OCS
Providence RI

 
 
Special Interest Group Leadership  
Cross Cultural & International SIG Co-Chair

Jill Black Lattanzi, PT, EdDJill Black Lattanzi, PT, EdD
Wilmington, DE
Practice Area: outpatient orthopedics and oncology; Assistant professor at Widener University

 

 

 Technology in Physical Therapy SIG Chair

Daniel J. Vreeman, PT, DPT, MScDaniel J. Vreeman, PT, DPT, MSc
Fishers, IN
Practice Area: Academia (Medical Informatics Research)
 
Meeting Minutes