Joe Lizana Region: Chesapeake Region [Delaware, Maryland, N. Carolina, Southeastern Pennsylvania, Virginia, D.C.] Vice President No bio yet. Contact Information: Raleigh, NC 919-850-9649

 

Shelley Parker Region: Northeast Trager Association (NETA) [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont] Secretary I have a passion for organizational development, cultivating community understanding and creating forums where the emphasis is on self-awareness and communication. I bring this passion to my local community, currently through involvement in an environmental organization and a cancer support organization. I have welcomed many international language students into my home and discovered that every day brings opportunities for appreciating diverse perspectives in the most ordinary of settings. I discovered Trager in 2003, became a practitioner in 2004 and turned much of my energy toward supporting my regional organization. I love understanding the big picture as I work locally and, in 2006, decided to get more involved in our Trager organization at the national level. This has given me the opportunity to combine my training and background in education, project management, team building and law with my passion for the Trager Approach and our community. Contact Information: Shelley Parker Northampton, MA 413-585-8428

 

Mary Branson Region: Great Lakes Trager Association (GLTA) [Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin] No bio yet. Contact Information: Dousman, WI 262-567-1493

 

Anna Marie Bowers Administrative Director Assistant Treasurer Anna Marie Bowers has had a passion for the Trager Approach for more than 25 years. She found herself in a Trager training as a result of her own search for balance and health. Anna Marie became a certified Trager Practitioner in 1982. She is also a Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Infant Massage Instructor. Anna Marie received her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Wright State University. In addition to her tasks as Administrative Director of the USTA, she maintains a Trager practice in Burton, Ohio. Contact Information: Anna Marie Bowers 13801 W. Center St. Suite C P.O. Box 1009 Burton, Ohio 44021 440-834-0308 FAX: 440-834-0365 info@trager-us.org

 

Betty Post Region: Mid-Atlantic Trager Association (MATA) [New Jersey, New York, Eastern and Western Pennsylvania, W. Virginia] Betty Post has been a Trager Practitioner for over twelve years. She is also a tutor and an Introductory Workshop Leader of The Trager Approach. Betty is in private practice and works with a diverse range of clients, including athletes, dancers and musicians, individuals with special needs such as chronic pain, fibromyalgia, muscular dystrophy, and Parkinson's Disease. Also with healthy individuals of all ages seeking stress relief or relaxation. In addition to Trager, Betty has studied Craniosacral Biodynamic work, Energy work, Shiatsu Shin Tai, and Myofascial Release. Because Trager is the center of her professional work, and the quality and expansion of the work are very important to her, she coordinates Trager trainings in her region and has been a member of the MATA board for many years. She is committed to help in the development and expansion of the Trager community. Contact Information: Princeton Junction, NJ 609-275-3802

 

Marty Dawson Region: Northwest Trager Association (NWTA) [Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming] No bio yet. Contact Information: Portland, OR 503-222-3811

 

Sue Holper Region: Northern California (NORCAT)[California zip codes 93000-96999] Sue Holper has been a Trager Practitioner since 1982 and Tutor since 1985. Focusing on Consciousness and Communication in Bodywork she completed reSource's 1000-hour program in Advanced Professional Bodywork in 1987 and has continued to expand and deepen her bodymind studies ever since. The Trager? Approach remains the essential core of her work with clients. At The Trager? Table, which describes her intention and experience in "doing" this work, appeared in the 1997 May/June issue ofMassage Magazine. Sue recalls with nostalgia her years developing and implementing the original Trager? Grievance Procedure with the Ethics Committee and especially treasures the initial nine-month group process which gave birth to the Trager? Code of Ethics. She also served on the Tutor Committee in its early days. In recent years she has turned her attention to studying and teaching Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication model, described by her late friend and mentor Julie Greene as "verbal Trager," and returns with the inspiration of new tools to serve her community as Northern California's representative on the USTA Board of Directors. Contact Information: Mountain Ranch, CA 209-754-5518

 

Sharon King Green Region: Trager Southeast (TSE)[Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, portions of N. Carolina, S. Carolina] Sharon was introduced to the idea of the Trager Approach while attending Massage School in North Carolina in 1987. "I was so intrigued by just the words and the expression of softness on the face of the person telling me her experience of receiving a Trager session. I knew that there was something special about the feeling that she was recalling." Sharon became a Trager Practitioner in 1990. She is studying to become a Tutor of the Trager Approach. Sharon shares a private practice with her husband in St. Augustine, Florida, and has a son in elementary school. Her goal is to encourage Trager students in their growth, and to support the Trager Association by assisting in open communication between the organization and its members to encourage support, growth, and active participation. Contact Information: St. Augustine, FL 904-501-3533

 

Nan McConnaughey Region: Four Corners Trager Association (FCTA) [Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah] President No bio yet. Contact Information Lakewood, CO 303-274-1414

 

Dianne Khebreh Region: Southern California, Hawaii, Nevada (SOCHANE) [California zip codes 90000-92999, Hawaii, Nevada] Treasurer No bio yet. Contact Information: Hermosa Beach, CA 310-379-1317

 

No Current Representative Region: Heartland (HRTLND) [Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas] Contact Information: info@trager-us.org