Foundation Leadership

BOARD OF  DIRECTORS

Nan Frederick, President – (Mrs. Francis L. Wenger, MD); BA, University of Colorado; journalist; ret. US Agency for International Development; founding director American University in Bulgaria; trustee American Center for Oriental Research (Amman) and Council of American Oversees Research Centers, Smithsonian Institutions.

Bethany M. Ward, Vice President for Foundation – MBA, University of Georgia, Athens, Management Science and Operations Management; Director, ActionPotential, Inc., Durham, North Carolina; Lead Instructor, Rolf Institute® of Structural Integration, Boulder, Colorado.

Robert Schleip, Vice President for Fascia Congress – PhD, University of Ulm, Germany; currently Research Director of European Rolfing Association, Munich, and European Fascia Research Projects, Ulm and Bradford University, United Kingdom.

Cosper Scafidi, Treasurer – MBA, University of Maryland; Certified Advanced Rolfer; formerly served as President of the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration; Board of Directors, National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB); Regional Clinical Director, American Whole Health; currently managing partner Mind-Body Matters, Alexandria, Virginia.

Thomas W. Findley, Executive Director – MD, Georgetown University; PhD, physical medicine and rehabilitation, University of Minnesota; currently Co-Director, Center for Health Care Knowledge Management and Research Chair of Integrative Medicine Committee, Veterans Administration Medical Center; Prof., Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Adjunct Prof., School of Health Related Professions, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey; Editor in Chief, International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Body Work.

Kathy Culpepper Richards, Board Member – PhD, University of Texas; RN, FAAN; currently Director, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence and Center for Integrative Science in Aging, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia; Director, Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn & Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life, North Wales, Pennsylvania; Professor, University of Pennsylvania; School of Nursing, Philadelphia.

SCIENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL

Eric Jacobson, Chair – PhD, Harvard University, social anthropology; currently lecturer, Dept. of Social Medicine, Harvard and adjunct faculty of the MGH Institute of Health Professionals; co-investigator of three research projects and consultant on another.

Leon K. Chaitow, DO, ND, British College, London; Certified in Acupuncture, Cranial Osteopathy, and diploma in Orthomolecular Nutrition; ret. senior lecturer and course leader, School of Integrated Health, Westminster University; currently founder/editor in chief, Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy; visiting lecturer at institutions of higher learning in Australia, Holland, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland and United States.

Stephen Paul Evanko, PhD, University of New Mexico, biology; currently staff scientist Hope Heart Program, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, Washington.

Helene M. Langevin, MDCM, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; currently Research Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Neurology, University of Vermont, Burlington; principal investigator of one research project and co-investigator on another.

Moshe Solomonow, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, systems engineering and neuroscience; honorary MD, Vrije University, Brussels; currently professor and director of the Bioengineering Division and of the Musculoskeletal Disorders Research Laboratory in the Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver; Director of Occupational Medicine Research Center and panelist with National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, National Academy of Sciences Research Council, and Center for Disease Control.

PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL

Our President's Council is made up of leaders of organizations and institutions involved in the practice, teaching, and research of manual manipulation in both medical and alternative medicine fields. This council helps us create a closed-loop of communication between educators, clinicians, and researchers.