The Pedorthic Footcare Association (PFA) announced that its board’s executive committee has nominated Teresa Alpert, CO, CPed, BOCO, BOCPD, CMF, to continue her service to PFA as the next executive director effective May 31. Simultaneous to her presidency ending, Jeffery Rich, CPed, will take over as the next PFA president.
Certified by both the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics, as well as the Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC), Alpert has been in private practice for over 30 years. She was past chairwoman for BOC, a past education chairwoman for the National Shoe Retailers Association and recently was appointed to the American Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Society Allied Health workgroup. She also serves on several association and work-related committees and is the founder of the non-profit SHARE, Support Hospice Area Resource Exchange, to benefit hospice homecare.
Alpert currently holds a faculty appointment at the University of Colorado as the orthotist to the Foot and Ankle Institute where she created and implemented the durable medical equipment, orthotics and prosthetics division for the orthopedic department. She is responsible for training the residents and fellows, working with the Gait Lab, research, and direct patient care.
