As the President of TAPS, I'd like to say thank you to all who attended this year's Annual Conference. It was incredible to see so many first time attendees. Each of you brought excitement and energy with you which contributed to a very successful conference. Based on feedback we received, not only was this a great state conference, it was also recognized by SHCA, the national society, as one of the best they have been involved with.

Certainly we could not have done this without each of you, some great speakers and experts in the field, and all of our sponsors. I personally want to also thank each of the 2008 - 2009 board members and committee members for working so hard to pull this off despite the economic challenges we are all faced with. I'm extremely honored to be surrounded by such great members and leaders. I cannot wait to see where we go from here.

Sincerely,

Kyle Whitaker
TAPS President