Charge:

Responsible to the ACAPT Board of Directors for the overall planning and implementation of the strategic initiatives noted above. The primary intent is to increase leadership skills for ACAPT's stakeholders and recognize the role of leadership in healthcare and secondarily, the development of leadership in students.  

• Stephanie Kelly, PT, PhD, Dean, University of Indianapolis
• Alexis "Alex" Ortiz, PT, PhD, Professor & Director of Residencies, Texas State University
• Nannette Hyland, PT, PhD, Associate Professor, Mercy College
• Judi Schack-Dugre, PT, DPT, EdD, Director of Clinical Education, University of Florida

The Leadership Oversight Committee oversees the subcommittees below, which provide leadership training and resources for physical therapy administrators, faculty, and students as a member benefit at low or no cost that are contemporary, visionary, open and inclusive to encourage participation.

Charge:

• Identify available leadership resources for the ACAPT Leadership Academy (ALA) Compass, including but not limited to, websites, publications, people, workshops, and programs.
• Identify a source, fee, and usefulness rating of each resource that can be shared with stakeholders.
• Perform ongoing review and monitoring of resources and update as needed. 
  
  
• Mark Bowden, PT, PhD, Program Director and Associate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina

Charge:

• Identify ways to target students with leadership activities and work with students to identify academic roles as career paths and encourage students to consider PhD programs.
• Identify other possibilities and plans to incorporate leadership development for students at the national level. 

• Lauren Petrisin
• Kenneth Wessel

If you are interested in joining this group, please email ala@acapt.org.

Charge:

Design a series of Leadership Development Summits to empower faculty and program leadership to create vision, plan for change, develop resources to support new initiatives, and effect promotion and growth in the academy.

• Chair - Janette Scardillo, PT, DPT, Director of Clinical Education, University of Scranton
• Marcia Himes, PT, DPT, Assistant Professor, Missouri State University
• Michelle Mulhall, Main Line Health
• Yasser Salem, PT, MS, PhD, Professor, University of Texas Health Sciences 
• Paula Smith, PT, DPT, Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Clinical Education, University of Vermont