When I returned to Massachusetts after PA school, I was dragged to my first MAPA CME meeting and made a member of that committee. My political involvement was born at that time. I was elected a MAPA board member, then secretary and took the office of President in 1994. I have been on many reference committees. I have had the pleasure of chairing a number of reference committees.
All testimony concerning resolutions to the HOD occurs at the reference committee hearings.
It is the job of the reference committee to then distill the testimony, research the issue and report its recommendations to the delegates for action. I am the representative of the House of Delegates to the Board of Directors. I find the HOD to be fascinating, where the action is, and fun. The House IS the policy-making body of the Academy. The direction of our profession is set here.