board certification
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>> volume 21, number 1
summer 2006
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A Report from Russell E. Hilliard,
Chairman of the Board, 2006
An Interview with Roger Smeltekop,
Chairman of the Board, 1999-2000
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Notes
Inside CBMT
THE CERTIFICATION BOARD
FOR MUSIC THERAPISTS
>> This is an exciting time at
the CBMT, and I am honored
to serve this year as Chair of
CBMT’s Board of Directors.
First, I would like to extend a
great deal of appreciation to
former Board members Lee
Anna Rasar, Michael McGuire,
and Ada Bors. As the Board’s
public member, Ada repre-
sented our consumers and
the general public and added
a great deal to our process in
this regard. Both Lee Anna
and Michael served the cer-
tificants as board members for
five years, and for the past two
years, Michael served as Chair
of the Board of Directors. Both
Lee Anna and Michael encour-
aged a transparent approach to
our strategic planning process,
and as Chair, Michael led the
way in helping to ensure a posi-
tive working relationship with
AMTA. This vision of openness,
collaboration, and transparency
continue with the CBMT, and
we are all dedicated in support-
ing the certificants in this way.
>> Our relationship with
AMTA continues to be strong
as we collaborate on regula-
tory affairs issues to accom-
plish impressive work in this
area. Namely, we are making
strides with legislative issues
in California, are working in
conjunction with the New
Jersey State Task Force on
music therapy-related legis-
lative issues, and continue
to work with all the groups
involved in the New York
licensure situa-
tion as we push
for exemption
language to
protect bac-
calaureate
trained cer-
tificants. AMTA
and CBMT
work together
on a variety of
other impor-
tant issues
to promote
music ther-
apy, address reimbursement
issues, and assist certificants
with advocacy issues. O