After selecting an all-star Advisory Committee (AdvCom) to support the efforts of the Chiropractic Centennial Foundation (CCF)'s Board of Trustees, five special subcommittees were established to accomplish a number of important functions for the Centennial Year Celebration. While each subcommittee has only three members, the participants are very powerful, hard working individuals.
The following is a list of each subcommittee, the chairperson and the membership:
Chiropractic Centennial Foundation
Advisory Committee
Subcommittees
Jerilyn Kaibel, D.C., Chairperson Chairperson of Conventions and Seminars, California Chiropractic Association
Karl Parker, D.C. President, Parker Chiropractic Resource Foundation
Edward Williams, D.C. Executive Director, Florida Chiropractic Association
Juan Nodarse, Chairperson Director of Marketing and Communications, Palmer Chiropractic University
Terry Rondberg, D.C.
Publisher, Chiropractic Journal
Donald M. Petersen Jr.
Editor, Dynamic Chiropractic
Guy Riekman, D.C., Chairperson
President, Quest Seminars International
Louis Sportelli, D.C.
Past Chairman, American Chiropractic Association
Gary Street, D.C. Vice President, International Chiropractors Association
Many companies who serve the chiropractic profession are already interested in becoming sponsors of the Chiropractic Centennial and the various projects that will be a part of our celebration. The Endorsements and Sponsors subcommittee will be developing the specific programs to allow those companies who serve the chiropractic profession an opportunity to be an integral part of the Centennial events.
Rick Flaherty, Chairperson
President, Leander Health Technologies, Inc.
Arlan Fuhr, D.C. President, National Institute of Chiropractic Research
Kent Greenawalt
President, Foot Levelers, Inc.
Michael Schroeder, Esq., Chairperson Vice President, National Association of Chiropractic Attorneys
Rick McMichael, D.C. Vice President, Congress of Chiropractic State Associations
Sid Williams, D.C.
President, Life College of Chiropractic
The Chiropractic Centennial is going to be a big event. With a little participation by everyone in the profession, our Centennial could be the beginning of a whole new era for chiropractic.
These 15 individual subcommittee members are just the beginning. Your input and assistance will be needed to fulfill our potential. If you have any suggestions, or would like to be a part of making this a reality, please contact:
Donald M. Petersen Jr., Chairperson
CCF Advisory Committee
P.O. Box 6070
Huntington Beach, CA 92615
Fax (714) 536-1482
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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