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    ASRT Announces 2024 Election Results

    Mar 11, 2024

    Members of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists have elected four officers to serve on the 2024-2025 ASRT Board of Directors.

    Daniel DeMaio

    Daniel DeMaio, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(CT), was elected to serve as president-elect. DeMaio is an associate professor and director of the radiologic technology program at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. DeMaio currently serves as vice president on the ASRT Board.

    Marissa Mangrum

    Marissa Mangrum, M.S.R.S., R.T.(T), was elected to serve as vice president. Mangrum is a program director/assistant professor, medical imaging and radiation sciences, at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. Mangrum currently serves as treasurer on the ASRT Board.

    Jennifer Thompson

    Jennifer Thompson, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(QM), was elected to serve as secretary. Dr. Thompson is the radiography program director and associate professor for Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.

    Beth Vealé

    Beth Vealé, Ph.D., R.T.(R)(QM), was elected to serve as treasurer. Dr. Vealé is a professor of radiologic sciences at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.


    The new officers will begin their one-year terms after the 2024 ASRT Annual Governance and House of Delegates Meeting, June 28-30.

    President-elect Heather Moore, Ph.D., R.T.(R), will be elevated to ASRT president for the 2024-2025 term, and President Brandon A. Smith, M.B.A., M.S.R.S., R.T.(R)(VI), CIIP, will be elevated to chair of the Board.

    Voters also elected 24 chapter delegates. Terms for the newly elected chapter delegates will begin July 1, 2024. See a complete list of the newly elected chapter delegates here.

    More than 2,000 ASRT members cast votes for officer and delegate candidates in the 2024 ASRT election. Polls were open from Feb. 13 to March 5. Survey & Ballot Systems, an independent election management service based in Minnesota, managed the election process and independently certified the results of the balloting.


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    • ASRT Announcement

    ASRT Seeks Applicants for Online Advocacy Academy

    Mar 15, 2024

    Perhaps no greater tool to help advance the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession is the voice of its members. To help members gain the education needed, ASRT is offering a 10-week Online Advocacy Academy and is accepting applications March 10 through May 12, 2024.

    The OLAA provides education on how to affect positive change in the policies guiding the profession to members of ASRT and their state’s affiliate society. The program includes asynchronous videos, discussion posts, three conference calls and projects that provide hands-on experience for strategic advocacy campaigns. OLAA begins in July and runs through mid-September.

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