NATA Now

August 12, 2025 by Beth Sitzler

NATAPAC Keynote Highlights Impactful Leadership

In the Chuck Kimmel Memorial NATAPAC Luncheon keynote address, Mark Coberley, MS LAT, ATC, NATA Hall of Fame member and past District Five director, offered reflections on leadership, advocacy and the power of consistent, intentional action. 

Speaking to a room of emerging and established leaders, he delivered a compelling message built not on personal accolades, but on decades of observation and lived experience.

November 11, 2022 by NATA Staff

Veterans Day – No Apostrophe

By Andrea Matthes Berg, DHSc, LAT, ATC, NATA COPA Armed Forces Committee Chair

 

Veterans Day does not belong to veterans, it is a day to honor all veterans.

What is the magnitude of the meaning Veterans Day for the United States? Did you know other countries’ federal holiday coincides with Veterans Day, to include Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, marking the end to World War 1?

November 8, 2022 by NATA Staff

CAC Shares DEIA Actionable Items

As part of Phase Six of NATA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) Response Plan, each NATA committee, commission and council was tasked with developing three to five actionable items that support one or more of the six NATA DEIA Commitments.

In this blog post, which is part of an ongoing series highlighting these efforts, NATA Career Advancement Committee Chair Nicolette Harris, DAT, LAT, ATC, outlines CAC’s actionable items, what the committee hopes to achieve and how members can get involved.

November 7, 2022 by NATA Staff

Advocacy and Access Exemplified

Commemorating National Native American Heritage Month in November, the NATA Now blog is highlighting some of NATA’s Native/Indigenous American athletic training leaders and their impact on the profession.


Growing up on a small reservation in Montana, Matea Barber, MS, LAT, ATC, and her classmates at Hot Springs High School didn’t have access to an athletic trainer.

November 2, 2022 by NATA Staff

EPC Shares DEIA Actionable Items

As part of Phase Six of NATA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) Response Plan, each NATA committee, commission and council was tasked with developing three to five actionable items that support one or more of the six NATA DEIA Commitments.

In this blog post, which is part of an ongoing series highlighting these efforts, NATA Early Professionals’ Committee Chair Emily Mulkey MS, LAT, ATC, outlines EPC’s actionable items, what the committee hopes to achieve and how members can get involved.
 

November 1, 2022 by NATA Staff

IC Shares DEIA Actionable Items

As part of Phase Six of NATA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) Response Plan, each NATA committee, commission and council was tasked with developing three to five actionable items that support one or more of the six NATA DEIA Commitments.

In this blog post, which is part of an ongoing series highlighting these efforts, NATA International Committee Chair Matthew Kutz, PhD, ATC, CSCS, outlines IC’s actionable items, what the committee hopes to achieve and how members can get involved.
 

October 31, 2022 by NATA Staff

Going Beyond the Comfort Zone

Commemorating National Native American Heritage Month in November, the NATA Now blog is highlighting some of NATA’s Native/Indigenous American athletic training leaders and their impact on the profession.


Early in her education, Saskia Richter, PhD, ATC, realized that although she loved health care, the hospital setting was not for her.