The 2020 CATA election will be held between March 30-April 12. The CATA election will utilize electronic voting. All certified and retired CATA members with a valid email address on file will receive an email with the link to the online survey. If you do not have a valid email address on file, please contact Mandi Elder, elections chair, at coataelections@gmail.com and provide the correct email address.

“Our daily routines are affected by the fluidly changing situation surrounding the coronavirus,” said David Middlemas, EdD, ATC, CCISM, chair of NATA ATs Care Commission in his NATA Now blog post “ATs Care Support During COVID-19.” “These changes directly impact both the athletic trainer’s personal and professional lives, often with minimal or no input into the planning. As a result, we are thrust into a period of uncertainty that has the potential to negatively impact one’s daily life.”

Getting government backing on issues that directly affect athletic trainers is no easy feat. This is why the Colorado Athletic Trainers’ Association (CATA) has recently galvanized athletic trainers statewide, utilized the social currency of high-profile athletes and consulted with their lobbyist to accomplish their current goal to pass HB19-1083 into law.