A leadership crisis was averted during the APHA 135^th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC when CHC section Chair Dr. Elaine Cooperstein generously offered to serve one additional year as Chair for 2008.  Former chair-elect Dr. Kurt Hegetschweiler who would have become chair on November 8, 2007 had resigned unexpectedly citing “personal circumstances, great regret, and heartfelt apologies” a few days before the start of the Annual Meeting.

APHA protocol for this situation is that a replacement can be elected by the eligible members of the section who are in attendance at the Annual Meeting. Elaine agreed to serve, was duly nominated, and elected unanimously!  This puts her in the odd position of being the current chair and the immediate past chair at the same time, but all are confident that she can handle it well!

The elected and newly elected Section officers for 2008 are:

Chair: Elaine Cooperstein, DC        

Chair-elect: John Stites, DC, DACBR           

Immediate past chair: 

    Elaine Cooperstein, DC                                                                 

Secretary:  Alisa Fairweather, MPH         

Section Council:     

    Joseph Brimhall, DC

    Maria Hondras, DC, MPH            

    Jonathon Todd Egan, DC, MPH, PhD (cand)   

    Lori Byrd Spencer, BA                 

    Gerald Stevens, DC,  MS, MPH

    M. Wil Evans, DC, MA, PhD

Governing Council:   

      Paul Dougherty, DC                    

      Mitchell Haas, DC, MA    

And the appointed and re-appointed Committee Chairs will be:                                    

Awards:        Gerald Stevens, DC, MS, MPH                   

Membership: Jonathon Egan, DC, MPH              

Nominations: Elaine Cooperstein, DC and Alisa Fairweather, MPH         

Program:        John Stites, DC, DACBR           

Communications:  John Pammer, Jr., DC, DACBR     

Resolutions:           Paul Dougherty, DC                       

Section Manual:     Mitchell Haas, DC, MA                 

 Intersectional Council (ISC):  

       Elaine Cooperstein, DC             

       John Stites, DC, DACBR            

 Action Board Rep.:   Bonnie Hillsberg, DC, MHA    

Others:  (positions under the Communications Committee)

Dynamic Chiropractic Column Editor: Rand Baird, DC                                Website Coordinator:    Raheleh Khorsan, MA                                 

Exhibit Booth Coordinators:  Lori Byrd Spencer & Lisa Killinger, DC                         

Newsletter Editor:  Kara Burnham, PhD                                     

Please thank and support all of them in their difficult duties.  Any one of the Committee Chairs above would be happy to have some volunteer help, so if you have an interest in serving on one of these committees, contact them as soon as possible.