Chapter Officers

Have you wondered how conventions, training, and education happen in the American Massage Therapy Associations? It is the result of the efforts of volunteers. Volunteers just like you! These individuals use their time, talent and passion for massage to make changes in NC Massage industry. We do this:

  • by proposing changes in the massage practice act
  • by organizing and holding events (conventions, unit meetings, volunteer events) that promote positive and healthy aspects of massage therapy
  • by Mentoring each other by providing continuing education to members and non-members
  • and by promoting research in massage

It takes lots of hands and talent to run an organization for nearly 2,000 members. We welcome you to help join our efforts and you will benefit from our combined efforts. You will find many friends here with wisdom. This will give you a chance to network with a diverse collective of individuals. It will help you grow as a massage therapist with advanced training, research and ideas. Volunteering is the best way to make a difference in massage therapy.

Are you ready?

Here begins our story.

President

Sandra York

Sandra joined AMTA as a student in 2005 and started out as an AMTA-NC volunteer in 2010 as the Membership Chair.  She then added the role of Unit Administrator a couple years later. Sandra now serves as an AMTA-NC Board Member and the AMTA-NC Newsletter Editor.

Sandra has been the owner of a small spa since 2007.  In her spare time away from her profession and volunteering, she enjoys the outdoors as often as she can and is an avid hiker. She enjoys taking her boxer-mix dog, Wyatt, with her on her adventures.

As an AMTA-NC volunteer, she strives to provide AMTA members in North Carolina with the best service that she can!

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Board Members

Darin L Moretz

An eleven-year member of AMTA, Darin has been practicing as an independent contractor and as owner of MSpa
Massage Therapy since October 2013 (NC LMBT# 13383). In addition to practicing massage, he is an
instructor for the Massage Therapy program at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute. He has also served on the Massage Therapy Advisory Committee with Caldwell Community College since 2013.

Prior to massage therapy, Darin spent more than 25 years with Bank of America Corporation as Vice President /
International Treasury Manager, among various other roles with the bank during his corporate career.

Darin also served as Interim Executive Director for the Caldwell Arts Council, where his responsibilities were to
implement the policy directives emanating from the Board of Directors and assume the role of leadership to
administrative staff, projects, and grant management. He was responsible for fiscal management, operating
within the approved budget, ensuring maximum resource utilization, and maintenance of the organization in a
positive financial position. He worked with Board of Directors and staff to ensure that the mission was fulfilled
through programs, strategic planning and community involvement.

 

T A Gallimore Woods

 

 

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Financial Administrator

Mandy Hatch

 

Secretary

Kim Moore

Kim Moore received an A.S. degree at Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, NC and did her medical secretarial internship at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA.  She worked in the hospital environment for several years and felt that there had to be a better way to positively impact people’s lives. Kim switched to the business world and began her much-stressed career in human resources.

Still wanting to be more of a positive role model, she returned to school to receive a diploma from Forsyth Technical Community College in therapeutic massage.  During school, Kim decided that she wanted to return as a teaching assistant.  Four years later, she assumed the position of Program Coordinator for Forsyth Technical Community College’s Therapeutic Massage curriculum.  Kim has devoted her life to educating people, whether, in the classroom for therapeutic massage, as a Tai Kwon Do instructor and 2nddegree black belt, or with her clients in therapeutic massage sessions to better achieve their goals.

She completed her B.S. degree in Occupational Education Career and Technical Education.  Kim continues to be an active in volunteer capacities with the AMTA (American Massage Therapy Association), NC Chapter President, Government Relations committee member, AMTA) and previous President of the NQC (North Carolina Council of Community CollegePrograms on Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork); maintains a private practice;as well as, several committees for the College.

 

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