APMA News - November/December 2024 - 2

president's message
Growing Our
APMA Community
As we look toward a new year, I'm excited about the many new
opportunities for APMA to develop new relationships, new collaborations,
and new initiatives to advance the profession.
We welcomed our Executive Director and CEO Meghan
McClelland, MBA, just a few months ago, and she has brought fresh
thinking and an openness to new conversations to the position. Her
perspective on building partnerships has been particularly helpful,
and we are excited about the many collaborative discussions she
already has initiated. See page 10 for an inside look at some of her
meetings over the past few months.
Among the new relationships we're nurturing is an evolving collaboration
with the American Medical Association. A team of APMA
volunteer and staff leaders met with our AMA counterparts at their
headquarters in the fall and had a very positive and productive conversation
about how we can better support our mutual goals and
avoid negative rhetoric in the public sphere. We discussed how we
can work together through legislative and other types of advocacy
to support each other's professions. I am eager to continue to foster
this partnership in the months ahead.
In January, APMA will launch a major member recruitment
campaign that we believe will lead to many new relationships with
individual podiatrists. This campaign will be conducted in close
collaboration with the state component and affiliated organizations.
We hope that as part of the APMA community, you will encourage
non-member podiatrists to learn more about APMA and consider
joining to experience the value of belonging. At a cost of less than
$3 a day and delivering tens of thousands of dollars in savings and
benefits annually, APMA membership is one of the best investments
podiatrists can make.
As we look forward to the many new opportunities and initiatives
ahead in 2025, I am grateful for the many long-term relationships
we have with our partners and members. Our podiatry community
will gain fresh perspectives as we forge new connections, but it will
rest on the foundation of our committed members and partners.
I wish you a joyous holiday season and peace and prosperity in
the New Year!
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