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The following have indicated their desire seek office with SEATA. Please
read the following biographies and then go to
https://www.SignUp4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=SEAT43E to vote. Select
one candidate for Secretary and
submit your online vote no later than midnight
EDT Tuesday, September 15, 2009.
Submitted electronic ballots are confidential and go to the SEATA Elections
Accountant, Jennifer Armstrong, CPA at the accounting firm of Gainspoletti
& Associates for validation and tabulation.
Candidates for Secretary
Please note that
this special election is completely independent of the current regular SEATA
election for Vice-President and Secretary. Should the winner of this special
election be a candidate for Secretary in the SEATA regular election and win that
election as well, he/she, in accordance with the By-Laws, would be eligible to
serve two full 3-year terms beginning in June 2010.
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Only
certified members in good standing in SEATA on September 1, 2009 are
eligible to vote.
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All
voting will take place between September 1 and midnight EDT Tuesday, September 15, 2009.
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All
submitted ballots (online or mail) are confidential and go to the
SEATA accounting firm for validation and tabulation.
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Go to
https://www.SignUp4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=SEAT43E to vote online OR
submit this ballot by mail (postmark) by Midnight EDT,
Tuesday, September
15, 2009 to:
Jennifer Armstrong, CPA
c/o Gainspoletti & Associates
Attention: SEATA Elections
P O Box 1259
Cleveland, MS 38732
Tom Bair, M.Ed., ATC, LAT
Candidate for
Secretary
 Beliefs: I
believe that the strength of SEATA can only come from the state associations. I
believe that SEATA should serve to facilitate success of its members by serving
the states with resources, knowledge and leadership to affect ideals of the NATA
to the states; and more importantly to facilitate success of the NATA by
imparting the ideals of the State Associations to the NATA.
SERVICE: In 1987 he was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the GATA. He was
re-elected twice serving in this capacity until 1993. This was a period of
explosive membership growth for the GATA. From 1996 through 2006 he served on
the GATA Executive Committee in the capacities of Vice-President, President, and
Past President. This period of GATA history is marked by robust legislative and
organizational changes and challenges. Bair was a part of the GATA leadership
team that was responsible for landmark reimbursement legislation known simply as
‘HB 93’ that dealt with reimbursement for Athletic Trainers. Further
legislative and regulatory adaptations in this period enhanced the profession of
Athletic Trainers. In addition to his Executive Committee duties since 2003
Bair has continued to serve the GATA in the capacity as Chairman of Governmental
Affairs. In 2008 he was honored by the GATA as the recipient of the Jerry Rhea
Athletic Trainer of the Year Award. Bair recently accepted appointment by the
Governor of Georgia to serve on the Georgia Board of Athletic Trainers.
He has served the SEATA membership on the Executive Committee; was the Chair of
the Committee on Revenue and continues to serve as a member of the NATA Council
on Revenue; he Chaired the SEATA Meeting Review Committee, and is the Georgia
representative to the SEATA NATAPAC.
In 2005, he was recipient of the NATA Service Award; and he served as a member
of the 2006 NATA Clinical Symposium Host Committee in Atlanta. In 2007 he was
recipient of the SEATA Clinical/Industrial/Corporate Athletic Trainer of the
Year. He has participated in the last four ‘Hit the Hill’ Days in Washington DC.
Bair has also been honored to serve on the Sports Medicine staff inside the
Olympic Village during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, as well as serving as the Head
Football Trainer for the South All-Star team of the Georgia Athletic Directors
Association in 1991 and 1992. He has volunteered as Athletic Trainer for both
Griffin High and later Spalding High schools for a total of 18 years, and was a
key figure in both schools hiring their own Teacher/Athletic Trainers. In
addition to his volunteer work with the local high schools Bair serves his
community on various local governmental, church, and educational boards and
committees. This service ranges from City of Griffin Watershed Council;
Regional Youth Detention Center; Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Screening
Committee and in 2002 he was a candidate for the Georgia House of
Representatives.
Employment: Bair is a partner in an outpatient physical rehabilitation
facility, The Morris Center, in Griffin, Georgia since 2004. In 2006 he also
became the Regional Director of Industrial Client Solutions for
ProgressiveHealth Aviation Service. Prior to his current partnerships in, 1993
Bair was President/COO and a founder of Griffin Rehabilitation Center which was
built and eventually sold in 1997. From 1990 to 1993 Bair was the Director of
Sports Medicine at Spalding Regional Hospital. From 1989 through 1990 Bair was
a Special Education Teacher/Athletic Trainer at Lowndes County Schools in
Valdosta, GA and from 1987 to 89 he was a Clinical Instructor/Graduate Assistant
Athletic Trainer at Valdosta State University.
Cary Lynn Berthelot,
MA, ATC, LAT
Candidate for
Secretary
 Cary
Lynn Berthelot, MA, ATC, LAT is a certified athletic trainer and member of NATA
& SEATA for 12 years. She currently serves as the Louisiana Representative to
the SEATA Executive Board and has been Secretary for the Louisiana Athletic
Trainers Association since 2002. She has served in numerous roles for the
National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Southeast Athletic Trainers’
Association and Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association, most recently serving
as the NATA Continuing Education Committee One-Day Workshop Co-Chair
(2007-2009), facilitating one-day workshops at district meetings across the
country. As Louisiana’s Secretary, she also serves as Chair of the
Organizational Affairs Committee for the state. At the District Level, she has
served on the Public Relations Committee, Elections Committee and Women in
Athletic Training Committee and at the state level she has served as Chair for
the Public Relations Committee as well as serving as Editor of the LATA
Lagniappe newsletter from 2000-2002.
Cary currently is a full time faculty member at Southeastern Louisiana
University, teaching primarily athletic training and anatomical kinesiology
courses. She also serves as a clinical assistant athletic trainer in the
department of intercollegiate athletics, and served as Clinical Coordinator for
Southeasterns’ Athletic Training Education Program from 2003-2004. During that
year she was named the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Nominee in
the Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies. Earlier this year she was
awarded the Charlie Martin Service Award from LATA.
Prior to returning to Southeastern, Cary worked for Lake Charles Memorial
Hospital Sports Medicine, in Lake Charles, Louisiana as an outreach athletic
trainer to local high schools and junior highs. During her time in Lake
Charles, she was named as an athletic trainer for the Louisiana High School
Athletic Association All Star Games. She also serves as faculty for the Lake
Area Athletic Trainers’ Association Student Workshop, in conjunction with LCMH
and McNeese State University. She participates annually in the SEATA Student
Symposium as a lab instructor, and has served as a moderator and presenter for
numerous state and district meetings.
Cary is also active in service to her profession, university and community,
having served on several committees and work groups. She served as a NATA BOC
examiner from 2001-2006. As faculty advisor for the Southeastern Athletic
Training Student Association, she regularly volunteers with the American Cancer
Associations’ Relay for Life. She is also active in the Honor Society of Phi
Kappa Phi, where she currently serves as Southeastern’s Immediate Past
President. As a student she served as a volunteer at the United States Track
and Field Championships in New Orleans, LA. She is also active in providing
athletic training services in a number of unconventional settings. She
currently works with Varsity Spirit Association and has served as an athletic
trainer for the National College Cheerleading and Dance Team Championships, the
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Capitol One Bowl and London’s New Year’s Day
Parade. In 2005, she served as the set athletic trainer for the Jerry
Bruckheimer film Glory Road.
Cary is a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University with a Masters Degree in
Kinesiology and is also a graduate of Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri. She
enjoys sports, music and is active in community theater. Cary currently resides
in Tickfaw, Louisiana.
Scott Byrd,
ATC, LAT
Candidate for
Secretary
 Scott
A. Byrd, ATC, LAT, is a graduate of Carson-Newman College.
He completed an athletic trainer apprenticeship with the Knoxville Blue Jays in
1992. In 1993, and again in 2002, Scott has been an active participant
providing medical services for the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Knoxville. In
1992, Scott accepted a role with Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic to provide game
night football coverage for Rutledge High School. He accepted a position as
head athletic trainer at Walters State Community College in 1997. Scott later
developed a contract between Walters State and Cosby High School to provide
athletic injury consultation for the Cosby High athletic program.
In 1999, Scott accepted a position with Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge
until he transferred to the Fort Sanders Therapy Center in Sevierville in
November. It was at this time when he began coverage of Gatlinburg -Pittman
High School.
Scott began to work on what was to become the Sevier County Sports Medicine
Program. The program was officially contracted with the Sevier County School
system in August 2001. The program provides certified/licensed athletic
trainers to all four of Sevier County's high schools. As program coordinator,
Scott ensures that quality health care is being provided to the schools and the
standards of the program goals are being met.
The Fort Sanders Sevier Sports Medicine Program received the Tennessee Athletic
Trainers' Society's Corporate Award in January 2005. Scott has received awards
from the Tennessee Athletic Trainers' Society as the Joe Worden Clinical /
Professional Athletic Trainer of the Year for 2001. He has also been recognized
from the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association as the Clinic /Corporate Award
recipient in April 2005.
In August 2002, he and the Sevier County Sports Medicine Program were profiled
in the National Athletic Trainers Association News magazine. In November 2005,
the program was highlighted in the NATA News in the "tips from the field"
section on the design of the portable hydration carts.
Scott is also a National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Approved Clinical
Instructor as well as a NATA Board of Certification approved examiner.
Currently Scott serves as Vice-President of the Tennessee Athletic Trainers'
Society and served as the TATS Secondary Schools Committee Chair from 2001-2006.
Scott enjoys playing golf, camping, hiking and spending time with his wife Carla
and sons Colton 5, Jackson 2 and Hayden 4 months.
Kristen
Couper
Schellhase, EdD, ATC, LAT, CSCS
Candidate for
Secretary
 Kristen
C. Schellhase is the Program Director and an instructor for the Program in
Athletic Training at the University of Central Florida. Prior to becoming the
Program Director, she was an Associate Athletic Trainer at UCF working with the
Softball, and Track and Field Teams since 1999. She has been an instructor with
the Program since 2000. Mrs. Schellhase has a Master of Education in Athletic
Training from the University of Virginia, and an undergraduate degree in
Exercise Science/Athletic Training from The Pennsylvania State University. She
recently earned her Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction Program from UCF.
Before coming to UCF, Schellhase was the Assistant Athletic Trainer at Coastal
Carolina University. While there, she earned her certification by the National
Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and supervised the student
athletic trainer internship program, and student athletic trainer’s
organization.
Schellhase served as the athletic trainer to the U-21 Women’s Basketball
National Team, traveling to France and Moscow for the World Championships. In
addition, she was a 2007 recipient of the NACADA Outstanding New Faculty Advisor
Award as well as the 2005 College and University Athletic Trainer of the Year
Award. In 2008, she won the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from the
College of Health and Public Affairs.
Schellhase has been involved with the Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association
as the Florida representative to the Women in Athletic Training Committee. She
also helped plan the SEATA Educators’ Conference in 2008 and 2010. She was on
the planning committee in 2005 and 2006 for the SEATA Annual Meeting mentoring
workshop. She was an NATA approved examiner/model from 2000 to 2006. She has
been a member of SEATA since 1999.
Schellhase, her husband Rich (the Camp Director for YMCA Camp WEWA) son Adam,
and daughter Elizabeth reside in Apopka, Fl.
Larry M. Starr, ABD, ATC,
LAT, CSCS, USPTA
Candidate for
Secretary
 After
graduating from Ohio University in 1968, Starr was named the assistant athletic
trainer at his alma mater under head athletic trainer, Al Hart. During this
tenure he also received his Masters Degree in Education. In October, 1971, he
was named the head athletic trainer for the Cincinnati Reds. During his 21
years in Cincinnati, he was a part of three World Championships, 1975, ‘76, and
‘90 and along with his former Reds’ assistant athletic trainer Dan Wright
received the Major League Baseball Athletic Training Staff of the Year Award in
1991. He also served as National League athletic trainer for MLB All-Star Games
in 1976, ’77, ’85, ’88, and ’95. In November, 1992, Larry was named the Head
Athletic Trainer for the Florida Marlins and played a key role in the Marlins’
1997 World Championship, the quickest in MLB history. Starr served as the
Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society’s (PBATS) Secretary from
1990-1995 and as its Historian from 1996-2001. During this tenure he completed
the first PBATS history entitled Behind the Scenes: The History of PBATS
and was a contributor to The Professional Baseball Trainers’ Fitness Book.
Larry received the NATA’s 25-year Distinguished Service award in 1991 and
served on the NATA Public Relations Committee 1990-1995. He had the distinction
of being inducted in the Ohio Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame in April, 1994 and
named “SEATA Professional Athletic Trainer of the Year” in March, 1999. Larry
received the NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in June, 2006.
After 30 years in professional baseball, Starr returned to the academic world as
the Assistant Athletic Director/Sports Medicine at Nova Southeastern University
(NSU) in August, 2002. Larry is also a guest lecturer in the athletic training
curriculum, physician assistant and physical therapy programs at NSU while
serving as an Approved Clinical Instructor. He has also given presentations at
the NATA Annual Symposium in 1986 (Las Vegas) and 1995 (Orlando) as well as
numerous presentations at SEATA, PBATS, ASMI, and ATAF Symposiums. In addition,
Starr has given presentations at many regional, state, and local organizations
throughout the country including numerous athletic training student workshops in
Ohio and Florida.
In April, 2005, Larry was also honored by being inducted into the Athletic
Trainers Association of Florida’s Hall of Fame and served as Vice President of
ATAF, 2006-2009. Larry also received the Ohio University Alumnus Medal of Merit
Award for High Achievement in the Profession of Athletic Training, September 27,
2008.
Larry is a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and holds a
Professional 2 level certification with the United States Professional Tennis
Association. Larry is the co-founder of Miracles for Life Inc., a national 501c
3 non-profit dedicated to inspiring teens and children recovering from life
saving tissue and organ transplants.
Larry is an avid runner, completing 17 marathons, and is also an Elvis Presley
memorabilia buff. He and his wife Linda, a certified reading specialist, have
two grown daughters, Laura and Amy. They reside in Coral Springs, FL
Go to
https://www.SignUp4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=SEAT43E to vote. Select one candidate for each office and
submit your online vote no later than midnight
EDT Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Submitted electronic
ballots are confidential and go to the SEATA Elections Accountant, Jennifer
Armstrong, CPA at the accounting firm of Gainspoletti & Associates for validation and
tabulation.
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