EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
Jeff Curwen, CAE WSCA Executive Director
I’d like to take a moment to address the early-career chiropractors reading this.
Communities are always strongest when each generation invests in the next. Today, we are at an important inflection point. Many of the profession’s seasoned leaders—whose dedication built the foundation we stand on—are stepping back from active roles. At the same time, the profession is evolving rapidly, bringing new challenges, perspectives, and opportunities. This moment calls for our younger members to step forward and help shape what comes next.
Leadership is not reserved for a select few or something to wait for “someday.” It is built through participation, curiosity, and a willingness to contribute. Your voice matters—not just in the future, but right now. You bring fresh ideas, new skills, and a deep understanding of emerging trends that are essential to keeping our association and profession relevant and forward-looking.
Stepping into leadership doesn’t require having all the answers. It starts with small but meaningful actions: joining a committee, volunteering for a project, sharing your perspective in discussions, or mentoring peers. These experiences not only strengthen the organization but also accelerate your own professional growth, expand your network, and build confidence.
Equally important, leadership today is about collaboration across generations. Our experienced members are eager to share their knowledge and support those who are ready to lead. When we combine experience with new energy, we create something far more powerful than either one alone. Day in and day out, I receive messages from chiropractors who are fed up with one issue or another, or who desperately want to change something about how chiropractic is practiced in this state, but they don’t know where or how to start. They have a vision for where the profession should be—one that, by all measures, is shared by many of their peers—but none of them know how to bring it to fruition. This is exactly what
the association exists for. We’re here to help facilitate the changes and advancements our members want to see in their profession. But no matter what, it is always a collaborative process. It requires input, deliberation, and leadership from the people who want that change. So, consider this an open invitation to take up that mantle.
I encourage you to see leadership not as an obligation, but as an opportunity—to make an impact, to grow, and to help define the future of our community. The next chapter of chiropractic is being written now. We need you to help write it.
Right now I can name off a half dozen ways any DC in this state could be an effective change agent within chiropractic. What I can’t do, is name a half dozen DCs with the desire to be that agent. That’s not because they don’t exist. I know they do. It’s because they haven’t told me they want to. If this describes you, please reach out to me and tell me what your vision is and what you have the capacity (in terms of time, effort, and skill) to do in its furtherance. The WSCA is here to help you realize that vision, but we can’t do it if we don’t know who you are.
So, please, email me at
jcurwen@chirohealth.org if you’re in the early to mid-stages of your career and you want to step up. Together, we can be Helping Chiropractors Help Patients.
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