The Board of Massage Therapy staff is the backbone and frontline associates who field questions and assist applicants and licensees. Just to give you some statistics, for the month of April, 2009, the staff handled 2,155 telephone calls, returned 512 voicemails, reviewed 416 application files, and processed 954 pieces of correspondence. This is only a portion of their duties. They conduct their duties with professionalism and courtesy to the public and for this they are applauded.

Listed below are the Board of Massage Therapy staff and their duties:

Kaye Howerton – Executive Director
Kaye Howerton also serves as the Executive Director for the Boards of Acupuncture, Osteopathic Medicine, Speech Language Pathology and Audiology and the Council on Midwifery. Ms. Howerton brings a wealth of knowledge in the regulatory field. She has over thirteen years experience in licensure and regulation formerly with the Department of Health and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. She has served on national federation committees for other boards including examination and education. Ms. Howerton’s responsibilities are administrative and include legislative, budget, and policy issues.

Paula Mask - New Program Operations Administrator
Paula came to the Board of Massage Therapy office in January 2009. Paula has 14 years experience as an administrator in other board offices and a number of years experience in the regulatory arena. She also serves as the Program Operations Administrator for the Board of Acupuncture. Her responsibilities to name a few include staff supervision, agenda and meeting preparation, policy issues and day to day operation for the profession.

Chelisa Kirkland - Regulatory Specialist II
• Massage Therapist History Applications (A-Z)
• Massage Establishment History Applications (A-Z)
• Colonic Applications (A-Z)
• Apprenticeship Applications (A-Z)
• Massage Therapy School Applications
• Continuing Education
• Reactivation of licenses

Jackie Clahar-Anderson - Regulatory Specialist I
• Massage Therapist Applications (A-F)
• Massage Establishment Applications (A-F)

Brandy Boehm - Regulatory Specialist I
• Massage Therapist Applications (G-O)
• Massage Establishment Applications (G-O)

Regina (Gina) Decker - Regulatory Specialist I
• Massage Therapist Applications (P-Z)
• Massage Establishment Applications (P-Z)

Erica Milam – Regulatory Specialist II
• Assists Executive Director and Program Operations Administrator with board projects