About MPT-PAC
Moving physical therapy forward for our patients and our profession.
The MPT-PAC is a Political Action Committee whose purpose is to educate legislators and candidates in support of the profession of physical therapy. Maintaining a financially strong political action committee is the best way to ensure that your profession stays healthy and strong. If you have any questions about the MPT-PAC, please contact the MPTA office at (800) 242-8131. Please go to the MPT-PAC Donation page on the MPTA website to make your contribution.
MPT-PAC Statement of Organization
Michigan Bureau of Elections PAC Manual
The objectives of the MPT-PAC are:
- To promote the profession.
- Support candidates running for the Michigan State House and Senate that are sensitive to the issues that affect your profession.
- Educate legislators and candidates about our profession.
- Coordinate and facilitate district and statewide PAC fundraising activities that are necessary support these objectives
- Distribute expenditures according to MPTA legislative goals.
MPT-PAC News
GVSU Wins the Annual College War and Eastern District Wins the District War
posted: April 07, 2016
The MPT-PAC would like to congratulate Grand Valley State University for winning College Wars VI and collecting the prestigious "Golden Goniometer" and Delta College for winning the PTA school contest and the "Freedom Gait Belt" for the second year in a row. Overall, the students helped make this our most successful student drive to date. We also held our first "Plank for the PAC" competition which was won by Ashley Avery from GVSU with an amazing time of 8 minutes and 3 seconds, which destroyed my time of 96 seconds.
In District Wars XIII, the Eastern District again prevailed followed by Western, Northern and the Upper Peninsula Districts in that order.
The 2016 Spring Conference was one of our most successful overall for MPT-PAC, which was a much needed boost in revenue. This influx will help MPT-PAC moving forward as we continue to attend fundraisers in Lansing and educate legislators on all of the positive benefits physical therapy provides to their constituents. We could still use your help now as we look to meet new challenges in Lansing.
Please consider making a 2016 contribution to MPT-PAC. A club level contribution of at least $100 would be greatly appreciated. If that is too much for you, please consider at least making a $20 contribution. Every dollar donated helps!
Edward Mathis, PT, DPT
MPT-PAC Chair
Thank You to our 2015 Club Level Contributors
posted: April 07, 2016
The MPT-PAC would like to thank the following individuals for making contributions at the club level in 2015:
Lake Superior Club
Janet Downey
Jake Jakubiak Kovacek
Gina Otterbein
Katherine Palazzolo
Susan Talley
Lake Michigan Club
Deborah Doherty
Brian Gilbert
Meri Goehring
Edward Mathis
Craig Miller
Chris Moore
Jeff Moore
John Peck
Lake Huron Club
Kaelee Brockway
Reyna Colombo
Karin Crute
Loren & Vicki DeVinney
Teresa Duncan
Ann Fox
Stan Guest
Mary Ann Herrmann
Holly Hester
Chris Hinze
Neal Johnson
Melodie Kondratek
Vijay Kumar
Matthew Likins
Peter Loubert
Tim McGuire
Elizabeth Mostrom
Ed Orloff
Leah Parizon-Mitteer
Steven Pedley
Suzanne Perkins
Cindy Pfalzer
Meagan Sechnick
Michael Shoemaker
Martin Sytsema
Kathleen Walworth
Gwen Warby-Marsh
Tim Zipple
Thank you very much for everyone that contributed in 2015! We appreciate your support and hope that you consider making a club level contribution in 2016.
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Why Donate to the MPT-PAC?
By financially supporting the MPT-PAC you will ensure that a single voice dedicated to protecting and advancing the profession of physical therapy will be heard where it is needed most: the state capital. The MPT-PAC educates legislators so that they can come to realize that the services and functions physical therapy professionals provide to the community are extremely beneficial.
FAQs About MPT-PAC
The MPT-PAC is a Political Action Committee whose purpose is to educate legislators and candidates in support of the profession of physical therapy. Maintaining a financially strong political action committee is the best way to ensure that your profession stays healthy and strong. If you have any questions about the MPT-PAC, please contact the MPTA office at (800) 765-7848 x7119. Please go to the MPT-PAC Donation page on the MPTA website to make your contribution.
By financially supporting the MPT-PAC you will ensure that a single voice dedicated to protecting and advancing the profession of physical therapy will be heard where it is needed most: the state capital. The MPT-PAC educates legislators so that they can come to realize that the services and functions physical therapy professionals provide to the community are extremely beneficial.
The MPT-PAC, is a Political Action Committee that purpose is to support and protect the profession of Physical Therapy. If you have any questions about the MPT-PAC please contact the office at MPTA office at 1-800-999-2782 x3251. If you would like to donate, visit the MPT-PAC Donation page.
The committee assesses the previous track record of the incumbents such as accessibility to MPT-PAC and MPTA leadership and our advocates, whether they carried legislation on behalf of physical therapy, or if they spoke in support of physical therapy bills. If the incumbent had any committee assignments and leadership positions is also taken into account.
If no incumbent is running, we talk to the candidate(s) in an attempt to see what he/she knows about the practice of physical therapy and if he/she is sympathetic to our views. This also provides us the opportunity to educate potential new legislators about who physical therapists are and what they do. In addition, we encourage the input of local physical therapists and rely on political intelligence to assist us in determining if the candidate is "electable."
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