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NEWS RELEASE
November 25, 2002
Contact: Laurie Jake, ATRA
Communications Coordinator
Phone (480) 460-1525 or
Ann D Huston, ATRA Executive Director
Phone: (703) 683-9420
Recreational Therapist new Chair Elect of the CARF Board of Trustees for 2003
Tucson, Arizona – The 53 member CARF trustee board voted
Joanne F. Finegan, M.S.A., CTRS as Chair–Elect/First
Vice-Chair for 2003. Finegan joined the CARF board in 1997
as a representative of the American Therapeutic Recreation
Association. She will serve as Chair of the board in 2004and
the Past Chair in 2005. Finegan is the Chief Executive Officer
of ReMed in Conshohocken, PA,
a facility providing residential and outpatient services for
people with acquired brain injury and neurological disorders.
Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, the accrediting body is now known as CARF. CARF establishes customer-focused standards to help providers measure and improve the quality, value, and outcomes of their services. At present, CARF has accredited more than 3,700 organizations in the United States, Canada, and Sweden in the areas of adult day services, assisted living, behavioral health, employment and community services, and medical rehabilitation
ATRA President GT Thompson commented, “We are both excited and proud of this recognition of Joanne's obvious leadership abilities. She has certainly brought a great deal of recognition to our profession through her accomplishments.”
For more information, please
contact Laurie Jake, CTRS, ATRA Communications Coordinator
at (480) 460-1525 or the ATRA National Office at (703) 683-9420