2014 Election Results
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President
Michael Mattia, PT, DPT, MS, MHA
Vice President
Tracy Sawyer, PT, DPT
Speaker
Lynn C. Rivers, PT, PhD
Nominating Committee Member
Hilary B. Greenberger PT, PhD, OCS
President
Biography
Name: Michael Mattia, PT, DPT, MS, MHA
NYPTA District: Brooklyn- Staten Island
Date of Membership in the Chapter: 1979
Education: Ohio University, Master of Health
Administration, Dec , 2012; Temple University – Transitional DPT
Program, January, 2006; Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York,
Master of Science, Concentration in Work Physiology, May, 1985; State
University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, Bachelor of Science, May,
1980; City University of New York, Brooklyn, Associate of Science with
Honors – Kingsborough Community College, May, 1978
Present Employment: Founder and CEO, Mattia Physical Therapy
and Rehabilitation, LLC. Private Practice Physical Therapy, Brooklyn,
NY; Director, Rehabilitation Therapies, The Beth Israel Medical Center
Brooklyn of the Mount Sinai Health System, Adjunct Professor, CUNY The
College of Staten Island Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, Adjunct
Professor, CUNY Kingsborough CC Physical Therapist Assistant Program
APTA Activities
Chapter: Chair, Advisory Panel on Legislation 2011-current
District: Legislative Liaison Brooklyn – SI
District 1983-1990 -- 1993-2013; District Delegate to DA multiple years
since 1979. Planning- Programming Committee member Brooklyn – SI
District
Vice President
Biography
Name: Tracy Sawyer, PT, DPT
NYPTA District: Eastern
Date of Membership in the Chapter: 1984
Education: BS PT, Ithaca College, 1985; DPT Boston University 2006
Present Employment: Per Diem Physical Therapist,
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital – covering inpatient acute rehab,
outpatient, and subacute rehab
APTA Activities
National: Public Relations Strategic Planning Task Force (2007); Advisory Panel on Public Relations (2007-2010)
Chapter: Delegate to House of Delegates (2009, 2012, 2013); Public Relations Committee Chair (2010-present, 2004-2007)
District: Secretary (1992-1996); Chair (1996-2002); ; Delegate to Delegate Assembly x 15; Lobby Day.
Nominating Committee (2002); Vice Chair (2002-2009); Public Relations Committee Chair (2002-2009).
Speaker
Biography
Name: Lynn C. Rivers, PT, PhD
NYPTA District: Western
Date of Membership in the Chapter: 1993
Education: BS in PT, SUNY @ Buffalo, 1985; MS in
Human Resource Management, SUNY College at Buffalo, 1995; PhD in
Educationaol Leadership and Policy SUNY @ Buffalo, 2004
Present Employment: D’Youville College Physical Therapy
Department, Buffalo, NY: Faculty member since 1991; Chairperson of the
Department since 2000.
APTA Activities
National: APTA Reference Committee, June 2013 - present
Chapter: HOD x 10, 2002; 2004-2013; NYPTA
Judicial/Reference Committee6/2000 - 2003; Chair 2004 - present;
Nominating Committee, May 1996 - May, 1998; Chair 6/1998 - 6/1999
District: Secretary, 2007 - 2010; Treasurer, 2002 - 2004, Director, 2005 - 2007, Delegate to the DA, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000-2008
Nominating Committee Member
Biography
Name: Hilary B. Greenberger PT, PhD, OCS
NYPTA District: Southern Tier
Date of Membership in the Chapter: 1989
Education: BA: Oberlin College, 1981; MSc in
Exercise Physiology: Dalhousie University, 1983; BS in Physical
Therapy: Ithaca College, 1989; PhD in Health Related Sciences, Virginia
Commonwealth University, 2006
Present Employment: I am an Associate Professor of
Physical Therapy at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY and have been teaching
full time at Ithaca since 1992. My area of teaching is in the
orthopaedic and research curriculum including musculoskeletal
examination and evaluation,
therapeutic exercise, joint mobilization, spine, and evidence based practice.
APTA Activities
National: Specialization Academy of Content
Experts (SACE) for Orthopaedic Specialization Exam, 1996-2000;
2008-2012; Committee of Content Experts (CCE) for Orthopaedic
Specialization Exam, 2012-2013; Orthopaedic Speciality Council,
2014-present; Evidence Based Practice SIG Nominating Committee (chair),
2011-2013
Chapter: Membership Committee, 1999-2000;
Committee to Approve Minutes of Delegate Assembly,1999; Research
Committee member 2008-2009, Chair 2010 to present
District: Nominating Committee, 1990-1992; Vice Chair Southern Tier, 1992-1995; District Delegate x 9 years
Additional Information: Board Certified Specialist in Orthopaedics, 1995. Recertified in 2003 and 2013.