National and State Representation

Genesis Rehab Services supports and encourages members of our staff to take active roles in their professional organizations. Our staff serve on committees and boards of their professional associations, and develop and facilitate presentations for local and national audiences. Listed below is a sampling of our state and national representation.

Committees

Elaine Adams, Manager, Regulatory Compliance (OTR)

Governor-appointed delegate for the State of Connecticut: White House Conference on Aging

Member, Government Affairs Committee, Connecticut Occupational Therapy Association
Regulatory Consultant, Federal Affairs/Public Affairs Division, American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).

Regulatory Representative, Gerontology Special Interest Section Listserv Committee, AOTA

Kerri Bednarcik, Manager, Education & Staff Development (PT)

Public Relations Chair, Section on Geriatrics, American Physical Therapy Association

Alice Bell, Vice President, Clinical Services (PT)
Member, APTA Media Corps

Director, Section on Geriatrics, American Physical Therapy Association

Representative, Joint Commission Long Term Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC)

Springfield College Clinical Education Advisory Group

Springfield Technical Community College Physical Therapist Assistant Advisory Committee

Dawn Bieber, Area Director (OT)

Chair, Committee on Organizational Affair

Member, Gerontology SIS Listserv Committee, American Occupational Therapy Association

Dawn Bookshar, Clinical Specialist (PT)

Program Advisory Committee of the PTA Program at Remington College - West Cleveland Campus.

Alison Brothers, Director - Clinical Operations (SLP)

Member of the HealthCare Committee for New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Felicia Chew, Clinical Director - Occupational Therapy

Alternate Representative, American Occupational Therapy Association (July 2007 - July 2010)

Susan Chapman, Director, Clinical Operations (SLP)

State Advocate for Reimbursement, North Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Associatio

Board of Directors, North Carolina Speech, Hearing and Language Association (NCSHLA)

Stacy Frome Christian, Clinical Specialist (PT)

Education Committee Planning Board and Memory Walk Committee, Alzheimer's Association of West Virginia.

Delle Crowe, Clinical Specialist (PT)

Advisory Committy, Horry-Georgetown Technical College PTA Program.

Kym DeFour, SLP

Chair, Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Professional Specialty Group for Speech Language Pathology members (PSG 06).

Diane Durham, Sr. Director, Education & Staff Development (OT)

Regional Trainer, AOTA Train-the-Trainer Institute for the Fieldwork Educator Certification Program.

Dan Hirschfeld, President, Genesis Rehab Services

Board of Directors, National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care

Board Member, Allied Health Research Institute

Mike McGregor, Clinical Specialist - Education & Staff Development (PT)

Section on Geriatrics Advocate for the North Carolina Chapter of the APTA

Rich Pell, Senior Vice President, Administration, Genesis HealthCare LLC.

Board of Directors, American Health Care Association

Garry Pezzano, Sr. Vice President, Clinical Practice

National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care (NASL) Member of the Year for work as Committee Chair, Medicare B Alternatives.

Vice President - Medical Services Committee, NASL

Joanne Wisely, Vice President, Regulatory Administration & Compliance (SLP)

Pennsylvania Medicare Intermediary Representative to ASHA
Chairperson, Legislation & Regulation Committee, Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association (PSHA)

Chairperson, Coding and Fee Schedule Committee, National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care
AdHoc Regulatory and Reimbursement Consultant, ASHA Health Care Economics Committee
Member, ASHA Special Interest Division - Administration and Supervision
Member, ASHA Special Interest Division - Dysphagia


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