Applications are now being accepted for the Legacy of Leadership scholarship, a $5,000 award given to a deserving chiropractic student each year by ChiroCongress Cares.
Each year this scholarship will be named for a leader, past or present, in the profession. This year’s scholarship has been named in honor of Louis Sportelli, DC, one of the early visionaries who believed the profession needed a unifying organization that brought the state associations together under one umbrella and helped organize a gathering of leaders in 1969 that formed the Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (a.k.a. ChiroCongress).
Don Cross, ChiroCongress Cares’ President and ChiroCongress’ Past President, stated, “Visionaries like Dr. Lou Sportelli have made our profession stronger, and we are delighted and honored to recognize his contributions to ChiroCongress and ChiroCongress Cares by dedicating the 2024 Legacy of Leadership Scholarship in his name. We are forever grateful for his vision and support of chiropractic state associations.”
Sportelli has served in many capacities throughout his 54-year career in chiropractic. He currently serves as president of the NCMIC Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research and education organization. He formerly served for 25 years on the NCMIC board, including 20 years as president of NCMIC Group Inc., which provides malpractice insurance and financial services to more than 41,000 doctors of chiropractic in the U.S. and territories.
His prior involvement in chiropractic nationally and internationally included in his serving as president of the World Federation of Chiropractic, an organization having nongovernmental organizational status with the World Health Organization, and as chairman of the American Chiropractic Association board. He currently serves as vice chair of the Blue Mountain Health System hospital network.
The 2024 Legacy of Leadership scholarship will be awarded at the annual ChiroCongress Convention to be held in Denver, Colorado, Nov. 14-16.
For more information and the scholarship application, click here.
Applications are due by June 30, 2024.
