The ACR would like to thank all members who donated to RheumPAC during this year’s matching campaign, which raised over $26,000 from members and another $17,000 from volunteer leaders who made a pledge for each donor.
This year’s campaign was extremely successful, with donations from 137 ACR and ARP members. A record-high 46 first-time donors contributed to RheumPAC in November.
If you have not yet made your 2021 donation or want to tack on a little more this year, there is still time to give. RheumPAC is close to having a record year! Help us close out the year strong and maximize rheumatology’s impact in Washington, D.C., by going online and supporting RheumPAC today.
Have questions about how RheumPAC works on your behalf or how we operate? Click here to see our current legislative priorities or watch this short video.
We also would like to take this opportunity to thank our champions of RheumPAC, who stepped up to the plate and matched a total of $99 for each donation from a previous donor and $262 for each first-time donor. This match allowed even the smallest contributions to have an enormous impact on advancing our advocacy efforts and helped RheumPAC raise more than $43,000 this November. We give a special thanks to this gracious group of individuals below:
| Herbert Baraf, MD | Bonita Libman, MD |
| Mara Becker, MD | Jay Mehta, MD |
| Howard Blumstein, MD | Gwenesta Melton, MD |
| Lou Bridges, MD, PhD | Victoria Menzies, APRN, PhD |
| Deborah Dyett Desir, MD | Timothy Niewold, FACR, MD |
| Steve Echard, CAE | Stephanie Ott, MD |
| Sean Fahey, MD | Chris Phillips, MD |
| Joseph Flood, MD | Ken Saag, MD, MSc |
| Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH | Amanda Schnell, MD |
| Harry Gewanter, MD | Grant Schulert, MD, PhD |
| Ellen Gravallese, MD | Padma Sivaraman , MD |
| Jody Hargrove, MD | Barbara Slusher, MSW, PA-C |
| Will Harvey, MD, MSc | Grant Syverson, MD |
| V. Michael Holers, MD | Zachary Wallace, MD, MSc |
| Kent “Kwas” Huston, MD | Kelly Weselman, MD |
| Karla Jones, CPNP, RN | Patience White, MA, MD |
| David Karp, MD, PhD | Angus Worthing, MD |
| Karen Kolba, MD |
