PADDY ROSSBACH TO RETIRE NEXT YEAR AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AMPUTEE COALITION OF AMERICA

PADDY ROSSBACH TO RETIRE NEXT YEAR AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AMPUTEE COALITION OF AMERICA

Leslie Duncan

7/19/2007

Contacts: Pat Isenberg

Amputee Coalition of America

865 524-0591 x 8104

 

Idan Sims

Sims & Associates, Inc

212 725-3838

 


PADDY ROSSBACH TO RETIRE NEXT YEAR AS PRESIDENT AND CEO


OF AMPUTEE COALITION OF AMERICA

 


For Immediate Release


 

Knoxville, TN, July XX, 2007-Paddy Rossbach, president and CEO of the
Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) since 2002, will retire early next
year, the Amputee Coalition board of directors announced today.

The Amputee Coalition of America, based in Knoxville, TN, is the leading
national, non-profit, amputee consumer organization that empowers people
who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences
through education support and advocacy. More than 1.9 million
individuals are living with the loss or absence of a limb in the U.S.

 I have enjoyed more than ten wonderful years working in various
capacities with members of the Amputee Coalition, supporters of our
mission and the ACA's staff and board, during which time we have
achieved significant progress in educating, supporting and advocating on
behalf of individuals with limb differences. Now it is time for someone
with a new perspective to lead the Coalition to the next level, said
Ms. Rossbach.

Paddy's tenure as President/CEO of ACA is noteworthy for a pattern of
continuous achievement and commitment to the organization's mission,
said ACA Board Chairman, David McGill. In her first year leading ACA
she helped put the Coalition on firm financial footing. In addition, her
passionate and tireless advocacy on behalf of those with limb loss
enabled the ACA to initiate many significant new programs. Paddy oversaw
the implementation of the Action Plan for People with Limb Loss, a
national campaign that has resulted in 7 states passing legislation
requiring health insurers to provide adequate prosthetic coverage, and
an additional 28 states in play. In addition, she was instrumental in
forging a relationship with the Department of Defense that resulted in a
Military Amputee Peer Visitation program and a publication designed
specifically for America's returning wounded warriors. She also oversaw
the creation and expansion of the ACA's annual Summer Youth Camp for
children with limb loss.

Under Paddy's leadership, the Amputee Coalition also established
productive partnerships with health care and advocacy organizations, the
medical community, and prosthetic manufacturers for the benefit of all
amputees.

We look forward to Paddy continuing to provide important contributions
to ACA in a different capacity even after moving on to the next stage of
her life, said Mr. McGill.

Ms. Rossbach, 69, is a registered nurse. As a child in England, she lost
a leg when struck by a military truck. She has specialized in educating,
supporting and advocating for individuals of all ages who have either
had a limb(s) amputated or were born with a limb difference. She
co-founded and is the President of ASPIRE, Inc., a nonprofit
organization known for its work encouraging young amputees to be active
through sports. She has spoken extensively nationally and
internationally on all aspects of living well with an amputation. She
has consulted for the Landmine Survivors Network, traveling to their
network countries and teaching outreach workers about peer visitation.

The Amputee Coalition of America's membership includes individual
amputees, amputee educational and support groups, family members and
friends of amputees, physicians and other health care and rehabilitation
professionals, prosthetists, amputation or limb loss related agencies
and other organizations.

 

For information on becoming a member or making a donation to the Amputee
Coalition of America, please visit the ACA website at
<URL Redacted> < <URL Redacted>> . A
national 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, the Amputee Coalition of
America relies on grants and private support for its programs. Donations
to the Amputee Coalition of America are tax deductible.

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Leslie J. Duncan, MIS

Manager, Information Services

Amputee Coalition of America

900 East Hill Ave., STE 205

Knoxville, TN 37915

888-267-5669 Ext. 8115

865-525-7917 (Fax)

<Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>>

www.amputee-coalition.org

 

Do you have private insurance? Let us know about any changes in your
prosthetic coverage by taking the quick online user survey located on
the left side of ACA's home page: www.amputee-coalition.org

 

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