Strategic Plan Teams

Strategic Planning Teams

ATRA is looking for individuals to assist with the implementation of ATRA 2025, our strategic plan. Specifically, we are looking for individuals to be apart of the following teams:

Advocacy & Legislative

For the Advocacy & Legislative Team, we are looking for individuals who have interest in, experience with, or a desire to learn about issues related to our advocacy and legislative issues. The goal of the Advocacy & Legislative Team is to advocate for legislative actions, policies, and regulations and partner with other advocacy groups to achieve policies that champion and support the practice of recreational therapy and the role within health and wellness models.

Board Facilitators:

Courtney Fecske & Kevin Enright

Quality Providers

For the Quality Providers Team, we are looking for individuals who have interest in, experience with, or a desire to learn about how we create and recognize excellence within the field. The goal of the Quality Providers Team is to create, implement, and promote a set of standards that will identify parameters that advance excellence within the practice of recreational therapy.

Board Facilitators:

LeAnn Wheeler & Nancy Nisbett

Membership Growth & Development

For the Membership Growth & Development Team, we are looking for individuals who have interest in, experience with, or a desire to learn about all issues related to growing the membership of ATRA. The goal of the Membership Growth Team is to identify, develop, inspire, and support recreational therapists who seek to become leaders within the organization and in the field. Additionally, exponentially grow the membership so that membership in ATRA is seen as a necessary educational, social, and ethical component of service within the practice of recreational therapy.

Board Facilitators:

Eric Oba and Adria Smith