MTF Announces Winner of Distinguished Service Award

12/02/2016

Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF) President Jerrilyn Cambron announced Jean Shea from Biotone as the 2016 Massage Therapy Foundation John Balletto Distinguished Service Award recipient.

Shea was recognized for her service to the profession and her generous and long-time support of the Foundation.

“One of the most important values a company has is to give back. I have always felt that the massage therapy profession has supported the goals of Biotone, and I wanted to make sure that we helped to advance the profession doing so by supporting the Massage Therapy Foundation,” Shea says.

Cambron says, “Jean Shea has been an amazing friend of the Foundation for decades. I was so pleased to announce her as the 2016 Massage Therapy Foundation John Balletto Distinguished Service Award recipient and to thank her for all that she has done for the Foundation, especially for the field of massage therapy. Thank you, Jean!”

For more information, view the full press release at www.massagetherapyfoundation.org/archives/2177.

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