The American Chiropractic Association’s (ACA) House of Delegates (HOD) met recently in Portland, Ore., to elect new leadership, approve new policies, and set the course of the association for the next year.

Delegates focused their energy on how the chiropractic profession can seize new opportunities that healthcare reform implementation will bring in the next several years.

Members of the HOD elected a new president, Keith Overland, DC, of Norwalk, Conn., to lead the association during this pivotal period. Overland brings a wealth of political experience to the position, having served previously as ACA vice president and as chair of the ACA’s Political Action Committee.

In his home state, he served as co-chair of the Connecticut Governors Committee on Physical Fitness, a member of Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s (I-Conn.) Health Care Task Force and a member of Rep. Christopher Shays’ (R-Conn.) Task Force on Human Services. Overland has also made a name for himself in sports chiropractic, having worked with the New York Mets, the United State Speed Skating team, the United States Olympic Training Center, The World Games in Taiwan, and countless other state and local teams.

In his first remarks as president of the association, Overland called for continued efforts to unite the profession and urged HOD members to “recommit with passion and enthusiasm to ACA.” He stressed that “failure is not an option for this team.”

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