NATA Presidents
Marje Albohm
2008 - present
NATA President Marjorie J. Albohm, MS, ATC, is currently manager of Customer Education and Fellowship Programs for Ossur Americas, a principal of Firm Solutions, LLC consulting company and an instructor with Speech Fitness Communications, a marketing and media training company .
She is the former director of business development and orthopaedic research for Orthopaedics Indianapolis and the Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind, and is now based in Santa Fe, N.M., Indianapolis and Charleston, S.C.
Albohm is the former president of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Research and Education Foundation, past chair of the NATA Reimbursement Advisory Group, former vice president and secretary/treasurer of the NATA board of directors and past District 4 director to the NATA board of directors. She has received the NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award, the Tim Kerin Award for Excellence in Athletic Training and is a 1999 inductee in the NATA Hall of Fame.
Albohm also served on the medical staff – and has coordinated the medical coverage for – numerous national and international events, including the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, the 1987 Pan American Games, the 1988 Track and Field Olympic Trials, the 1991 World Gymnastic Championships and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
She received her bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University and her master’s degree from Indiana State University. She has authored many articles that have appeared in a variety of journals. Albohm is the author of the book, Health Care and the Female Athlete, and co-author of Your Injury - A Common Sense Guide to Sports Injuries, and Reimbursement for Athletic Trainers. Albohm has lectured nationally on a variety of athletic training and sports medicine related topics.