Colorado Chapter Board
The AMTA Colorado Chapter is governed by a chapter member elected Board of Directors made up of volunteers. If you are interested in joining your Chapter Board of Directors click HERE to be directed to our Elections page for more details.
Below each member’s name is an email address which we encourage you to use to contact your Board of Directors. The board is here to assist with your questions, concerns and general comments.
Meet Your 2024 Board Members
Colorado Chapter President: Shelly Cox
Colorado Chapter Secretary: Bonnie Chan, LMT, BCTMB, MBA
Bonnie is a former IT professional pursuing her passion in bodywork and movement. A graduate of the Massage Therapy Institute of Colorado (MTIC) in 2019, she combines fifteen years of experience in dance, yoga, Pilates and martial arts with massage to help people stay active and recover from pain and injury. She specializes in Trigger Point therapy, Deep Tissue massage and focuses predominantly on injuries through workers comp and auto accident cases. She is also certified in Corrective Exercise through NASM and finishing a Pilates Mat certification through BASI™ Pilates. She offers self-care guidance to alleviate chronic pain with positive results.
Colorado Chapter Financial Administrator: Karrin Kalb
Colorado BOD Member #1 (Education Chair): Nancy Specian
Colorado Chapter BOD Member#2 (Membership Chair): Troy Lavigne
Troy Lavigne is a skilled professional in massage therapy, specializing in techniques like KinesioTaping, Orthopedic/Sports, Pediatric, and Lymphatic Drainage. He has a wealth of experience, having served as the Director of Education for the Colorado AMTA from 2016 to 2023. Troy is also a published author and researcher who hosts a podcast called The Sensory Approach to Manual Therapy.
He started his own massage clinic in Boulder, CO, in 2005 and has worked with various renowned teams and organizations, including the Colorado Rapids U-23 Team, Trek Factory Racing and Cannondale Facotry Racing. In addition, he has provided massage care for children with special needs in India and continues to work with the pediatric population regularly.
Troy is also dedicated to educating others and has developed courses like the Sensory Approach to Manual Therapy. He has taught and shared his expertise in numerous hospitals, universities, and colleges worldwide.
Colorado Chapter Delegate: Suzanne Eccher
Suzanne Eccher, Licensed Massage Therapist and Massage Industry Mentor is owner of Next Generation Therapies since 1995, and co-owner of New Business Dimensions
Suzanne is a successful massage practice owner, mentors small business owners in the massage industry and in other industries how to get clients, create multiple income streams, learn collaboration techniques and develop treatment-based programs. She has been a speaker for 2 Colorado based conferences, has coordinated 3 live conferences for massage therapists and other business professionals and has mentored hundreds of practitioners and business owners throughout her career. She is a Nationally Approved Provider of Education for the massage industry and two time author. Suzanne has consulted for massage schools and book companies, reviewing business plans, content and education.
Her mission is to Increase confidence of the independent massage owner in their business and practice, and help all massage therapists in any setting continue to love their career.
Colorado Chapter Delegate: George Glass
George Glass has been a practicing Massage Therapist since 1992. Currently, George maintains a private practice in Durango, Colorado under the name Glass & Glass Bodywork. His focus is on injury rehabilitation, pre and post orthopedic surgery, chronic pain, and postural restoration, implementing advanced orthopedic massage techniques. In addition, George has taught workshops and provided presentations on a variety of topics since 1996.
George’s volunteer work with the AMTA began in 1993 with the Vermont Chapter of the AMTA as Sports Massage Chair and grew into roles as President, Treasurer, and as a Vermont state representative to the New England Regional Conference (NERC). George has also served as a delegate for both the Vermont Chapter AMTA and the Colorado Chapter AMTA and served on the National Sports Massage Education Council. His other, local, volunteer passions are currently, serving on the Board of Director’s as Chair for Our Own Lives, Community Connections, Inc, The Durango Derailers Steering Committee, and as a volunteer for the La Plata County Humane Society.
All in all, George’s greatest joy is his family. George’s wife, Lori Ann, joins him in Glass and Glass Bodywork as a Craniosacral practitioner. And his two girls are in college studying technical theatre and business and in high school in the theatre program and riding horses competitively. He was lucky enough to have spent many hours with them on the soccer pitch as licensed youth soccer coach. Now he gets to watch them thrive on their own!
Colorado Chapter Government Relations Chair: Cobi Clark
Colorado Chapter Community Service Massage Team (CSMT) Chair: Brian Keene