FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS
IN THIS ISSUE OF CURRENT PEDORTHICS
Tara A. Mina, C.Ped., L.Ped.
Tara Evans Mina is a Certified Pedorthist and co-founder of Comfort Shoes by SpringsMed
of Bonita Springs, Fl. She has been in the foot care industry for over a decade. Her clinical
experience has specifically concentrated on the prevention and healing of diabetic wounds.
She is a liaison between her patients, physicians and products. Tara is also a Licensed Nail
Technician & Certified Yoga Instructor with special interest in alignment and foot health.
Rick Sevier
Rick E. Sevier BOCO RPOA CPED is the co-owner of CFS Allied Health Education;
providers of ABC & BOC approved distance continuing education, ABC Certified
Therapeutic Shoe Fitter courses, and BOC Orthotic Fitter courses.
Rick holds dual associate degrees in orthotics and prosthetics (Assistant Level), as well as a BS
degree in education. Rick is a BOC Orthotist, ABC Certified Pedorthist, ABC Certified O &
P Assistant. Rick is also a former PFA board member & Educators committee chair, former
BOC board member and a former NCOPE / CAPE committee member. Rick has further
experience as the former Pedorthic Program Director at Oklahoma State University and at
Pro-Learn in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Andy Krafsur
Andy Krafsur is the co-founder and CEO of Spira Footwear. He graduated from Albion
College and Wake Forest University School of Law. He was the founder of the Krafsur
Gordon and Mott, PC, a full service law firm in El Paso, Texas. He was board certified in
consumer and business bankruptcy law, and served as a member of the panel of standing
Chapter 7 trustees.
Andy was named the entrepreneur of the year by the El Paso Chamber of Commerce in 2002.
Andy and his wife and co-founder, Holly Fields, have 3 children, Alyssa 20, Alana 18 and Neil
14.
Valerie Vasys-Montague
Valerie Vasys-Montague graduated from Emerson College in Boston in 1990. After a long
successful career in Los Angeles in the Entertainment Business, Valerie went back to her roots
– shoe business. Her father was a Manufacturer’s Representative for New Balance Athletic
Shoes for over 30 years.
Valerie now owns and operates a New Balance concept store in Naples Florida. She earned
her CPed designation after studying with Bill Meanwell’s International School of Pedorthics in
2005.
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