Committees, Districts and Groups

More than 100 members serve on boards, committees, special interest groups and task forces that are part of the APTA Washington Chapter. Take a look at our groups to see what opportunities might be of interest to you. We also need volunteers to help at our conferences and other events.

Email committees@aptawa.org for more information.

To nominate someone for an elected position, such as board of directors or delegate, go to our Nomination Form.

Visit our Districts web page to see a full detailed map of our 13 member districts and to find job descriptions for District Chairs, as well as our new Legislative District Advocate positions. Connect with individual districts through the links in the chart below.

Committees and Task Forces

Persistent Pain Special Committee Brett Neilson, Co-Chair Sean Rundell, Co-Chair	Education Committee Christi Riley, Chair conference@aptawa.org	Legislative Committee and Information Janae Chinn, Chair legislative@aptawa.org
Communications and Public Relations Committee Megan Thomas, Chair committees@aptawa.org	Ethics Committee Open, Chair	Nominating Committee and Elections Jenny Jordan, Chair nominating@aptawa.org
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee Rachel Herron (she/her), PT, DPT, Chair aptawadeicomm@gmail.com	Finance Committee Kyle Stewart, Chair	Payment Committee Lori Marx, Chair Anthony Yengo, Co-Chair reimbursement@aptawa.org

Districts

Benton - Franklin District Kyle Stewart, Chair Noel Ybarra, Vice Chair tricitiesdistrict@gmail.com	North Central District Justin Harris, Chair Amanda Esmond, Co-Chair	Southeast District Open, Chair
Coastal District Open, Chair Open, Vice Chair	Peninsula District Open, Chair	Southwest District Open, Chair
Island - Skagit - Whatcom District Megan Thomas, Chair districts@aptawa.org	Pierce District Open, Chair	Spokane Northeast District Kelly Bartleson, Chair Kristi Nave, Vice-Chair
King District Rachel Boziwick, Chair Open, Vice Chair APTAWAkingcounty@gmail.com	Snohomish District Lauren Astrup, Co-Chair Megan Dalton, Co-Chair
Lewis - Mason - Thurston District Jill Murphy, Chair	South Central District Open, Chair

Special Interest Groups

Geriatric Special Interest Group Jeffery Scott, President Annelies Smith, Vice President ptwagsig@gmail.com	Physical Therapist Assistant Special Interest Group Anna Neil, Chair Lisa Nau, Vice Chair ptasig@aptawa.org	Student Special Interest Group Haley Coen, SPT, President Maia Chin, SPT, Vice President ptwassig@gmail.com
Pediatric Special Interest Group Hillary Kaufman, State Chair ptwapsig@gmail.com	Private Practice Special Interest Group Brian Cronin, Chair