The Latest with AMTA-IN Chapter

May | 2022

The first few days in April were an incredible time in South Bend, Indiana! The weekend began Thursday evening with the Chapter Spring Conference. Here current events, legislature updates, chapter needs and award winners were discussed. Friday morning came briskly with the start of two different continuing education classes. Kelly Lott trained a group in Pregnancy Massage. Lin Roussel and Melissa Faith-Baun educated another group in their Essentials of Oncology Course. Attendees raved over each of these instructors and their informative courses!

Annual Business Meeting

Sunday, April 3rd, was the annual business meeting luncheon. The details and minutes can be accessed by the button below.

Business Minutes

Award Winners

Yearly, members are asked to submit nominations for massage profession and community betterment. This year, incredible constituents stepped up.

Sports Achiever - Micah Schaefer

Humanitarian - Terri Brandt

Humanitarian - Rachel Searcy (not pictured)

New Volunteer - Nichole Fowler

Gov Relations Activist - Michelle Bailey

Chapter Meritorious - Kim Pucka

Newest Volunteer - Jael Peirce

Thank you for being a member, bettering our massage industry and bolstering the Indiana Chapter!

Send nominations to

awards@amtaindiana.org

Left to Right Upper: Micah Schaefer, Terri Brandt, Nichole Fowler.

Left to Right Lower: Michelle Bailey, Kim Pucka, Jael Peirce.

Newly Elected Chapter Board

The Chapter is elated to announce new Board Members volunteering this year!

Mary Chambers - Secretary

An AMTA member for a number of years, Mary has been elected to undertake the position of Secretary.

Terri Brandt - Financial Administrator

Long time volunteer, board member and the elected Financial Admin, Terri has graced the IN Chapter with a couple more years of crunching numbers and mentoring new recruits.

Michelle Bailey - GR Chair & Board member

A fearless leader for government reform and strong advocate for massage licensure, Michelle had previously been a delegate and now has the voting power of a board member.

Quinn Kessler - Elections Chair swearing in the new board.

Left to Right: Mary Chambers, Michelle Bailey, Terri Brandt & Quinn Kessler.

A BIG Thank You

The Indiana Chapter Board shifted this past year. New doors opened and personal lives changed,

Jen Angel - Thank you for your time, energy and keeping notes for our interwoven ideas recorded. You have been a fantastic Secretary.

Erika Hoff - Thank you for your confidence, steadiness and working your magic behind the scenes as Awards Chair & a reliable Board Member.

Elizabeth Cain - Thank you for your creative flair, strength and 'show no fear' mentality as our Chapter President. Your ingenuity was needed during a rough few years.

To these wonderful women whom are greatly missed, the Chapter appreciates you and your time committed to the chapter. Thrive in your lives!

Left to Right: Terri Brandt, Erika Hoff, Jen Angel, Elizabeth Cain, Michelle Bailey & Nichole Fowler.

Reporting CEU's

Indiana's most recent rules are in the process of becoming adopted. This means that all massage therapists statewide will be required to complete CEU's. For those whom have been AMTA Members, continuing education has always been a requirement for membership. Your CEU's count for AMTA and State requirements. Please remember to manually enter your continuing education units to your AMTA account for easy reporting,

Housekeeping

In an ongoing effort to organize chapter historical records, past years awards and recipients names are missing. Please send and email if you ever received a state or national award and are not listed in this document. Click the button below for the list. Send the information containing your name, the year and the award to

website@amtaindiana.org

Award Recipients

New Volunteers

There has been an addition of lovely new faces to our volunteer staff. Thanks for joining the team!

Quinn Kessler - Elections Chair

Tora Harris - Membership Chair

Teresa Kennelly - Awards Chair

Kristen Thomason - Sunshine Chair

Kim Pucka - Social Media,

Website & CO-GR Chair

Nichole Fowler - Education Chair

Michelle Bailey - GR Chair

Jael Peirce - Newsletter Chair

If you have any interest in volunteering, please email newsletter@amtaindiana.org

Moving IN Forward

AMTA-IN GR Chair and the Chapter lobbyist group are working diligently to bring the most up to date information for Indiana licensure. As the rules are in process of being adopted, Kim Pucka (CO-GR), Michelle Bailey (GR) and Krieg DeVault (Lobbyists) have compiled a Q & A sheet for quick reference.

IN Licensing FAQ