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Board of Directors
The nine members of the NCBTMB Board of Directors supervise, control and direct the affairs of the national certification program, its committees, publications and examinations. They also determine NCBTMB policies and procedures.
 Chair
Donna Feeley, MPH, BSN, RN, NCTMB
Falls Church, VA (term ends December 31, 2008)
Donna Feeley brings more than 20 years of nonprofit experience to her role as NCBTMB Chair, including program administration, program design, strategic analysis, marketing, leadership, and board development. She served at the national headquarters American Red Cross for 15 years in developing and directing a broad range of national health promotion and injury prevention programs.
Feeley is currently a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she teaches complementary, alternative, and indigenous medicines. In addition, she has been a practitioner of shiatsu, therapeutic massage, and energy work for over 20 years.
She holds a master’s degree in public health from the University of Hawaii, a certificate in tropical medicine from Johns Hopkins University, bachelor’s degrees in both nursing and behavioral sciences, and a certificate from the Baltimore School of Massage.
 Chair-Elect
Neal Delaporta, NCTMB
Danbury, CT (term ends December 31, 2010)
Neal Delaporta is a retired state agency police officer with experience in all facets of law enforcement. An honors graduate of the National Holistic Institute in California, he passed the NCE in 2000 and then returned to Connecticut to establish a private practice as a massage therapist and holistic health educator.
While preparing and presenting adult education courses in his local communities, he was invited to join the Continuing Education Panel of the NCBTMB in 2001 and accepted an appointment as Chair of the Continuing Education/Recertification Committee in early 2005. He is currently the Chair-Elect.
 Treasurer
Karen Stork, RN, NCMMT, CLT, NCTMB
Oley, PA (term ends December 31, 2010)
Karen Stork is owner and principal therapist of RN Therapeutics® LLC, a private practice providing medical and therapeutic massage. She specializes in chronic pain management for injuries and postural dysfunction and also works as a nurse-massage therapist for Ephrata Community Hospital’s Center for Women’s Health.
An RN, Stork specialized in critical care and perioperative nursing for ten years.
She is a Nationally Certified Medical Massage Therapist, a Certified Infant Massage Instructor, and a Certified Lymphedema Management Therapist. She received a nursing degree from Reading Area Community College and a diploma from East-West School of Massage.
Public Members
 David Banks, PhD
Washington, DC (term ends December 31, 2010)
David Banks is a faculty member at the University of Maryland, where he teaches psychology and behavioral and social science. He has published collaborative articles in American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Black Psychology, and Transfusion.
Banks has over 20 years of experience providing evaluation research, technical assistance, and training services to not-for-profit, for-profit, and government health and human service organizations.
He earned a PhD from University of Maryland, an MPH from University of North Carolina, an MSSW from University of Texas, a BSN from Georgetown University, and a BA from LeMoyne College.
 Leonard Gaffga, MBA
Alpharetta, GA (term ends December 31, 2009)
Leonard H. Gaffga is a professor of global economics at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA. In 2000, he became a full-time faculty member, with an appointment at the University of Jordan (Amman, Jordan) teaching production operations management and management information systems to both graduate and undergraduate students.
Throughout a career at IBM, he specialized in software for manufacturers and developed a major IBM software product, MAPICS. He published several technical articles on production scheduling and plant floor operations before retiring from IBM in 1997.
He holds a BA in economics from Yale University and an MBA in international business from the Wharton Business School. He is also retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
Members
 Michele Baker, RCMT, NCTMB
Jackson, MS (term ends December 31, 2010)
Michele Baker is owner/operator of To Your Health! Therapeutic Massage Associates, an exclusive, referrals-only outcall service. Her practice offers Swedish massage, pregnancy massage, reflexology treatments, deep tissue, neuromuscular therapy, aromatherapy, Reiki and ear candling. She is currently working on a reference manual of massage cures and healthcare treatments for common ailments.
For three years, she taught at therapeutic massage at a local college and mentored dozens of therapists.
Baker received a bachelor's degree from University of Arkansas and graduated at the top of her class from Mississippi School of Therapeutic Massage.
 Sue Kozisek, MS, NCTMB
Lincoln, NE (term ends December 31, 2008)
Sue Kozisek is the owner of Massage Therapy Associates and has served as a long-term adjunct faculty at Nebraska Wesleyan University since 1989. She is also the president/director of the Myotherapy Institute, Inc., a college of massage therapy.
Kozisek was appointed to the Nebraska Board of Directors of Massage Therapy in 1998 and previously served on the NCBTMB Board from 1998-2001.
She earned a master's degree in adult education and a BS in education. In addition, Kozisek received a diploma in massage therapy from Midwest Institute of Health Sciences in Iowa.
 Monica J. Reno, AS, LMT, NCTMB
The Villages, FL (term ends December 31, 2010)
Monica Reno has been a Licensed Massage Therapist since 1984 and nationally certified since 1998. She is the co-owner of Tuscany Day Spa & Salon, a full- service day spa and salon. Before then, she operated Allied Therapeutic Protocols (ATP Massage), where she also served as the director of education for the Central Florida School of Massage Therapy.
In 1999, Reno joined NCBTMB as an item writer for the Examination Review Committee, and later was appointed as a subject matter expert in the areas of anatomy/physiology, clinical assessment and application, pathology, sports and orthopedic massage. She served on the committee until elected to the Board of Directors. She also served on the Job Survey Analysis Task Force.
Reno is an American Red Cross Certified Instructor and a USA Triathlon Coach.
 Alexa Zaledonis, CMT, NCTMB
Annapolis, Maryland (term ends December 21, 2011)
Alexa Zaledonis is the owner/operator of Even Keel, a wellness spa employing seven massage therapists in Annapolis, Maryland. A graduate of the Baltimore School of Massage, she passed the NCE in 2002 and spent the past four and a half years building a practice in her community. Zaledonis is a certified Lotus Palm Thai Yoga Massage practitioner and instructor and opened a school for Thai Yoga in January 2008.
A former Certified Public Accountant, Alexa specialized in healthcare and nonprofits. She received her Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut.
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