President

Kathleen Kenney, MS, LAT, ATC
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Kathleen Kenney currently serves as the athletic trainer at Laurel Middle High School, where she has been since 2013.
She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Delaware in 2011, where she served as President of the then Student Athletic Trainers' Club (SATC).  She went onto get her Master's at Drexel University in Sports Management while working with field hockey and women's lacrosse.  
Kathleen has also volunteered since 2009 as medical staff for the Blue Gold All Star football game in Delaware.

President-Elect

Heather Heidel, LAT, ATC
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Heather Heidel received her undergraduate degree in athletic training from the University of Delaware. Before joining the staff at Sussex Tech, Heather worked as an athletic trainer at another area high school and at Tidewater Physical Therapy in Milton, DE.

Treasurer

Melanee Johnson, MS, LAT, ATC
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Melanee Johnson currently serves as an Athletic Trainer for the University of Delaware. Before coming to Delaware, Melanee was an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Rutgers University from 2008-2016. At Rutgers, Mel assisted the volleyball team in the fall from 2008-2014, followed by the women’s soccer team from 2014-2016, going to the final four during the 2015 season. Mel also assisted the softball team during the spring from 2008-2016.
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Melanee earned her Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences from Howard University in 2003 and earned her Master’s degree in Athletic Training from Shenandoah University in 2008.

Secretary

Megan Smith, MS, LAT, ATC
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Bio

Past- President

Kelly Stafford, MS, LAT, ATC
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Kelly Stafford currently serves as an Assistant Athletic Trainer for the University of Delaware. She received her bachelor's degree in athletic training from the University of Delaware in 2008. As an undergraduate, she earned the Paris Delligatti Memorial Scholarship for commitment to the well-being of student athletes and the departmental Robert A. Layton award for service and academics.  She earned her master’s degree in athletic training from the University of Kentucky in 2010. While at UK, she worked with a team of graduate assistants to organize, develop, and implement an athletic training program for 11 public middle schools in Lexington, Ky. 

Following graduate school she worked as the assistant athletic trainer at SUNY Old Westbury in Old Westbury, N.Y. While at Old Westbury she was awarded the departmental Ted Panteles Award for her dedication to the Athletics and Recreation Program. ​​