Commission

LesLee Taylor, PhD, LAT, ATC
President
Program Director/Associate Professor
Master of Athletic Training Program
Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center Lubbock, TX
Term: 2013-2019
Mark Merrick, PhD, ATC, FNATA
Past-President
Associate Professor of Health
& Rehabilitation Sciences,
Division Director
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Term: 2013-2019
Jack Weakley
Treasurer/Public Member
Athletic Training Consulting Services LLC
Term: 2014-2020
Kathy Dieringer, EdD, ATC
Athletic Trainer Member, NATA
Representative
Co-owner / Athletic Trainer
D&D Sports Med
Denton, TX
Term: 2016-2019
Barbara Long, EdD, ATC, LAT
Athletic Trainer Member
Division Head, Professional Studies
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, VA
Term: 2017 – 2020
Valerie W. Herzog, EdD, LAT, ATC
Athletic Trainer Member
Graduate Athletic Training
Program Director,
Director, Office of Graduate Studies
Weber State University
Ogden, UT
Term: 2015-2018
Eric Sauers, PhD, ATC, FNATA
Athletic Trainer Member
Professor and Chair - Department of
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
A.T. Still University - Arizona School
of Health Sciences
Mesa, AZ
Term: 2012-2018
Bonnie Van Lunen, PhD, ATC, FNATA
Athletic Trainer Member
Professor & Chair, School of
Physical Therapy and Athletic Training
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
Term: 2017-2020
Christopher Ingersoll, PhD, ATC, FNATA
Administrator Member
Dean of the College of Health
and Human Services
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH
Term: 2017-2020
Amy Valasek, MD, MSc
AAP Representative
Assistant Clinical Professor,
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Sports Medicine, Pediatric Division
Westerville, OH
Term: 2015 – 2018
Monty Cavanagh, MD
Physician At Large Member
Family Medicine Clinic
University of Oklahoma - Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
Term: 2016-2019
Jon Schultz, MD
AAFP Representative
Physician, University Physician Associates
Faculty, University of Missouri Kansas City
Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Kansas City, MO
Term: 2015-2018