Delegates

APTA House Delegation

The House of Delegates is an APTA policy making body that comprises voting delegates (chapters, sections/academies, and PTA Caucus), and nonvoting delegates (the Board of Directors, ACAPT, APTA Student Assembly, Ethics and Judicial Committee, and Bylaws and House Documents Committee), and consultants.

The House meets annually, making decisions on issues that may have far-reaching implications for the association and for the profession of physical therapy. The House also elects national leaders including the APTA Board of Directors and APTA Nominating Committee.

Current NH Delegates and PTA Caucus Rep:

Chief Delegate – Eydie Kendall

Delegate – Willow Henry

PTA Caucus Rep – open

2025 House of Delegate Report by Eydie Kendall

The 2025 House of Delegates of the APTA occurred on July 13th and 14th in Washington D.C. You’re Chief Delegate (Eydie Kendall) and President (Willow Henry) attended and represented New Hampshire in the voting process.  Ami Faria also attended as a delegate for Leadership and Innovation. Jim Leahy, our Executive Director, was elected as an honorary member of the APTA. 
This was a designated By-laws review year, so several of the Bylaws for the APTA were updated.  Topics included the Code of Ethics, committee appointments,  PTA electability to the Board of Directors, and Board terms.  Notable bylaws motions that were defeated included giving the student council representatives a vote in the house and change of the necessary votes from 2/3 to a simple majority to amend bylaws. 
Other motions of interest that were adopted involved the PT role in mental health, primary care as an area of specialization, a cleaner vision of the diagnosis by a PT, name change for women’s health specialty to include and pelvic, faculty engagement in clinical practice, and pharmacology in PT practice.  After much debate, it was established that securing better payment for physical therapist service is APTA’s top priority.
It was a very busy year, and we did not get through the entire slate of motions.  There were over a dozen motions that were not heard, a few that were withdrawn, and one that was referred to the APTA Board of Directors to address. 

Eydie Kendall, PT, PhD
Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus