RIPPT holds elections in the spring-summer during the ACAPT election cycle. If you are a RIPPT member, you are registered to vote. If you have not yet joined the RIPPT, do so now by clicking on the "Request to Join" Box above. As with any organization,
formation of a leadership team is representative of its members who vote.
Persons elected to a leadership position are expected to attend the annual ACAPT Educational Leadership Conference (ELC), where RIPPT's annual
business meeting will be held.
Congratulations to elected leaders whose terms are October 2020 - October 2022:
- Darcy Reisman, PT, PhD, from the University of Delaware -- Nominating Committee Member
- Jules Dewald, PT, PhD, from Northwestern University -- Nominating Committee Member
Chair
Deborah Givens, PT, DPT, PhD
Professor and Director
Division of Physical Therapy
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Vice Chair (Chair Elect)
Mary Snyder Shall, PT, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Physical Therapy
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Secretary
Stacy L. Fritz, PT, PhD
Associate Professor and Program Director
Physical Therapy Program, Department of Exercise Science
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Past Chair
Julius P.A. Dewald, PT, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences
Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Nominating Chair
Mary Rodgers, PT, PhD, FAPTA
George R. Hepburn Dynasplint Endowed Professor (Emeritus)
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
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ACAPT Liason
John A. Buford, PT, PhD
Professor and Director
Physical Therapy Division
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH