Leaders
Board Chairman
David Glavonjic is Managing Director of D&K Ventures Pty Ltd, a privately held consulting company specializing in business reconstruction, funding and strategy development. David is a proven senior executive with in excess of 20 years experience at the CEO level in various companies. He has established a reputation for creating profitable new ventures from start-up and is well known for successes in the field of e-Commerce (AT&T EasyLink Services Australia P/L) and also in Information Technology and telecommunications more generally (Vice President, Messaging Services AT&T Asia Pacific and CEO/MD for AAPT/ Connect Internet Solutions P/L).
David has an extensive track record in developing strong business strategies and executing to plan. As a qualified accountant he brings a high level of numeracy to the CEO/board role. He has a proven record in negotiating large complex deals with large global companies and experience in taking companies to listing on the Australian share market on both the NSXA and the ASX boards. David is an experienced Board director and has held a number of board positions on Private and Listed Company boards; as an executive director, non-executive director and Chairman of the Board. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
David Glavonjic is Managing Director of D&K Ventures Pty Ltd, a privately held consulting company specializing in business reconstruction, funding and strategy development. David is a proven senior executive with in excess of 20 years experience at the CEO level in various companies. He has established a reputation for creating profitable new ventures from start-up and is well known for successes in the field of e-Commerce (AT&T EasyLink Services Australia P/L) and also in Information Technology and telecommunications more generally (Vice President, Messaging Services AT&T Asia Pacific and CEO/MD for AAPT/ Connect Internet Solutions P/L).
David has an extensive track record in developing strong business strategies and executing to plan. As a qualified accountant he brings a high level of numeracy to the CEO/board role. He has a proven record in negotiating large complex deals with large global companies and experience in taking companies to listing on the Australian share market on both the NSXA and the ASX boards. David is an experienced Board director and has held a number of board positions on Private and Listed Company boards; as an executive director, non-executive director and Chairman of the Board. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
President
Dr. Jeff Scholten - In private practice in Calgary, Alberta, Canada since 2001, Dr. Scholten was selected as the Upper Cervical Chiropractor of the Year in 2015 by the International Chiropractic Association’s Council on Upper Cervical Care. His vision of a world in which the public is aware of the important health connection between the optimal function of their body and the proper function of their upper neck has inspired Dr. Scholten to devote significant time and attention to the development of his profession. He serves as President of the International Chiropractic Association’s Council on Upper Cervical Care, as President of Upper Cervical Health Centers Inc., and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Upper Cervical Research Foundation (UCRF) and the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association (NUCCA). Dr. Scholten is a past NUCCA Vice-President and Treasurer, a past chair of NUCCA’s fund-raising committee, a past chair of NUCCA’s corporate liaison committee and served the UCRF on a special committee as liaison to the Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine.
Dr. Scholten is the clinic director and owner of The Vital PostureTM Clinic, and is a practice consultant that works privately with individual chiropractors and chiropractic organizations. An engaging public speaker, Dr. Scholten regularly presents to chiropractic and non-chiropractic audiences on health topics associated with the craniocervical junction, strategic planning, patient satisfaction policies, models for creating win-win clinical associateships and professional relationship development. Dr. Scholten has organized a number of conferences focused on the business of chiropractic and currently is an active and founding organizer of the Upper Cervical eXperience, an annual seminar dedicated to collaboratively exploring topics in contemporary upper cervical chiropractic.
In 2006, Dr. Scholten co-founded and continues to administrate one of the chiropractic profession’s first Practice Based Research Networks (PBRN). A published researcher, he is engaged in clinical research with an interest in enhancing understanding and eventually predicting the likelihood of particular patient outcomes. Dr. Scholten became one of the first chiropractic clinicians to be awarded a public research grant in 2012 to study the information acquired in the PBRN by the Canadian CAM Research Fund. In 2012, he was awarded a Certificate of Merit in Clinical Research from the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association.
Originally earning a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology in 1996 from the University of Calgary, Dr. Scholten continued his studies graduating Magna Cum Laude from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2001. Dr. Scholten is currently enrolled in a graduate level certificate program in Pain Management at the University of Alberta, as well as a three-year, 300 hour, post-graduate Diplomate in Chiropractic Upper Cervical Procedures with the inaugural class for this designation.
During his professional training at Palmer College of Chiropractic, Dr. Scholten was inducted into the exclusive Vogt Society as recognition for exemplary personal leadership, was awarded with a Certificate of Recognition for Extraordinary Personal Action from the American Red Cross, received a Certificate of Merit for his role as an Anatomy Teaching Assistant and earned a membership in Pi Tau Delta, an International Chiropractic Honor Society as a recognition of superior academic achievement. During his time at the University of Calgary, he was granted a Jimmy Condon Athletic Scholarship to reward athletic and academic excellence.
Jeff originally considered a career in health care because he liked the idea of being able to spend his life contributing to his community by improving the quality of someone’s life. The amazing health benefits experienced by many family members through upper cervical chiropractic care led Dr. Scholten to pursue a career in chiropractic.
Dr. Jeff Scholten - In private practice in Calgary, Alberta, Canada since 2001, Dr. Scholten was selected as the Upper Cervical Chiropractor of the Year in 2015 by the International Chiropractic Association’s Council on Upper Cervical Care. His vision of a world in which the public is aware of the important health connection between the optimal function of their body and the proper function of their upper neck has inspired Dr. Scholten to devote significant time and attention to the development of his profession. He serves as President of the International Chiropractic Association’s Council on Upper Cervical Care, as President of Upper Cervical Health Centers Inc., and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Upper Cervical Research Foundation (UCRF) and the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association (NUCCA). Dr. Scholten is a past NUCCA Vice-President and Treasurer, a past chair of NUCCA’s fund-raising committee, a past chair of NUCCA’s corporate liaison committee and served the UCRF on a special committee as liaison to the Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine.
Dr. Scholten is the clinic director and owner of The Vital PostureTM Clinic, and is a practice consultant that works privately with individual chiropractors and chiropractic organizations. An engaging public speaker, Dr. Scholten regularly presents to chiropractic and non-chiropractic audiences on health topics associated with the craniocervical junction, strategic planning, patient satisfaction policies, models for creating win-win clinical associateships and professional relationship development. Dr. Scholten has organized a number of conferences focused on the business of chiropractic and currently is an active and founding organizer of the Upper Cervical eXperience, an annual seminar dedicated to collaboratively exploring topics in contemporary upper cervical chiropractic.
In 2006, Dr. Scholten co-founded and continues to administrate one of the chiropractic profession’s first Practice Based Research Networks (PBRN). A published researcher, he is engaged in clinical research with an interest in enhancing understanding and eventually predicting the likelihood of particular patient outcomes. Dr. Scholten became one of the first chiropractic clinicians to be awarded a public research grant in 2012 to study the information acquired in the PBRN by the Canadian CAM Research Fund. In 2012, he was awarded a Certificate of Merit in Clinical Research from the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association.
Originally earning a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology in 1996 from the University of Calgary, Dr. Scholten continued his studies graduating Magna Cum Laude from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2001. Dr. Scholten is currently enrolled in a graduate level certificate program in Pain Management at the University of Alberta, as well as a three-year, 300 hour, post-graduate Diplomate in Chiropractic Upper Cervical Procedures with the inaugural class for this designation.
During his professional training at Palmer College of Chiropractic, Dr. Scholten was inducted into the exclusive Vogt Society as recognition for exemplary personal leadership, was awarded with a Certificate of Recognition for Extraordinary Personal Action from the American Red Cross, received a Certificate of Merit for his role as an Anatomy Teaching Assistant and earned a membership in Pi Tau Delta, an International Chiropractic Honor Society as a recognition of superior academic achievement. During his time at the University of Calgary, he was granted a Jimmy Condon Athletic Scholarship to reward athletic and academic excellence.
Jeff originally considered a career in health care because he liked the idea of being able to spend his life contributing to his community by improving the quality of someone’s life. The amazing health benefits experienced by many family members through upper cervical chiropractic care led Dr. Scholten to pursue a career in chiropractic.
Board Member
Dr. Thad Vuagniaux is the Co-Founder of Upper Cervical Health Centers, Inc. Along with Dr. Drury, they utilized their experience and expertise to create the franchise systems that are currently implemented in each of the UCHC offices. He has coached and consulted over 60 successful Upper Cervical doctors. As Co-Founder of UCHC, Inc., he continues to train doctors and staff on the franchise systems. Dr. Vuagniaux has written dozens of patient education tools that are each essential to the UCHC Brand. He has been an instructor in Knee Chest Upper Cervical and is a frequent speaker at various chiropractic universities and Upper Cervical conferences.
Dr. Vuagniaux was invited to participate in a historic meeting between the leadership within the major Upper Cervical communities, representatives of the Board of Directors of the International Chiropractic Association and faculty of Life Chiropractic College West. This event was instrumental in the development and implementation of the ICA’s newest postgraduate council, the Council on Upper Cervical Systems. Dr. Vuagniaux was selected as one of the Founding Directors for the ICA’s Council on Upper Cervical Systems and was actively involved in the development of the ICA’s 300-hour post-graduate Upper Cervical Program, which successfully launched in 2013. He was re-elected for a 3-year term in 2012. Dr. Vuagniaux is in his 20th year in private practice and runs a large Upper Cervical office in Illinois along with his wife and associate doctor.
Dr. Thad Vuagniaux is the Co-Founder of Upper Cervical Health Centers, Inc. Along with Dr. Drury, they utilized their experience and expertise to create the franchise systems that are currently implemented in each of the UCHC offices. He has coached and consulted over 60 successful Upper Cervical doctors. As Co-Founder of UCHC, Inc., he continues to train doctors and staff on the franchise systems. Dr. Vuagniaux has written dozens of patient education tools that are each essential to the UCHC Brand. He has been an instructor in Knee Chest Upper Cervical and is a frequent speaker at various chiropractic universities and Upper Cervical conferences.
Dr. Vuagniaux was invited to participate in a historic meeting between the leadership within the major Upper Cervical communities, representatives of the Board of Directors of the International Chiropractic Association and faculty of Life Chiropractic College West. This event was instrumental in the development and implementation of the ICA’s newest postgraduate council, the Council on Upper Cervical Systems. Dr. Vuagniaux was selected as one of the Founding Directors for the ICA’s Council on Upper Cervical Systems and was actively involved in the development of the ICA’s 300-hour post-graduate Upper Cervical Program, which successfully launched in 2013. He was re-elected for a 3-year term in 2012. Dr. Vuagniaux is in his 20th year in private practice and runs a large Upper Cervical office in Illinois along with his wife and associate doctor.
Board Member
Dr. Julie Mayer Hunt is a second generation upper cervical Orthospinology Chiropractor practicing in Clearwater, FL. Mayer Chiropractic was founded in 1958 and continues to grow as an affiliate of Upper Cervical Health Centers of America. In 2000, Dr. Hunt completed her Diplomate in Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics (DICCP) and began presenting seminars in upper cervical pediatrics across North America for the ICPA, the ICA, Society of Chiropractic Orthospinology, The Florida Chiropractic Society, Academy of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Organizations, Upper Cervical Evolution and other state conferences. Dr. Hunt, as a founding member of the ICA Upper Cervical Care Council, has launched a new Board certification program, Diplomate of Chiropractic Upper Cervical Procedures (DCUCP) which is a 300 plus hour advanced degree program.
Dr. Julie Mayer Hunt is a second generation upper cervical Orthospinology Chiropractor practicing in Clearwater, FL. Mayer Chiropractic was founded in 1958 and continues to grow as an affiliate of Upper Cervical Health Centers of America. In 2000, Dr. Hunt completed her Diplomate in Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics (DICCP) and began presenting seminars in upper cervical pediatrics across North America for the ICPA, the ICA, Society of Chiropractic Orthospinology, The Florida Chiropractic Society, Academy of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Organizations, Upper Cervical Evolution and other state conferences. Dr. Hunt, as a founding member of the ICA Upper Cervical Care Council, has launched a new Board certification program, Diplomate of Chiropractic Upper Cervical Procedures (DCUCP) which is a 300 plus hour advanced degree program.
Board Member
Dr. Joey Miles' life was changed after receiving Upper Cervical care. Through the healing process he has experienced improved ability to focus, enhanced capability of comprehension, balanced digestion, better athletic recovery, and an overall feeling of well-being. He has since devoted his life to the study of health and healing through Upper Cervical care. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Human Biology. He then went on to graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, MO, with a Doctorate of Chiropractic. Dr. Miles furthered his education and received his Upper Cervical Academy (U.C.A.) post graduate degree from Sherman College and utilizes the Hole in One (H.I.O.) Upper Cervical system of care in both the Knee posture and Side posture positions.
Dr. Joey Miles' life was changed after receiving Upper Cervical care. Through the healing process he has experienced improved ability to focus, enhanced capability of comprehension, balanced digestion, better athletic recovery, and an overall feeling of well-being. He has since devoted his life to the study of health and healing through Upper Cervical care. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Human Biology. He then went on to graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, MO, with a Doctorate of Chiropractic. Dr. Miles furthered his education and received his Upper Cervical Academy (U.C.A.) post graduate degree from Sherman College and utilizes the Hole in One (H.I.O.) Upper Cervical system of care in both the Knee posture and Side posture positions.
Board Member
Dr. Kerry Johnson - I am in my 30th year of practicing upper cervical. I was not very good at the business or patient management side of practice and my upper cervical technique group (NUCCA) focused on the science and art. At the brink of failure, my only choice was to seek help from a management company. Since then, I have shelled out boatloads of money acquire the information I needed to become successful. I have been fortunate to build a very successful practice and I am grateful to all those who have helped me over the years.
Being an idea person, I have often wondered if there was a way for successful upper cervical doctors to collaborate in passing on the business and patient management side of practice to those who desperately need it without asking for their first born. When Dr. Amy Holliday told me that Upper Cervical Health Centers had moved from a franchise to a membership model I had to find out more. I vetted UCHC for several months and then decided to jump in with both feet. I became convinced that UCHC is the way to fulfill this little passion of mine to help other doctors become successful so that Upper Cervical becomes the force it needs to be. There is strength in numbers but an upper cervical community of highly successful doctors is a much greater force.
Dr. Kerry Johnson - I am in my 30th year of practicing upper cervical. I was not very good at the business or patient management side of practice and my upper cervical technique group (NUCCA) focused on the science and art. At the brink of failure, my only choice was to seek help from a management company. Since then, I have shelled out boatloads of money acquire the information I needed to become successful. I have been fortunate to build a very successful practice and I am grateful to all those who have helped me over the years.
Being an idea person, I have often wondered if there was a way for successful upper cervical doctors to collaborate in passing on the business and patient management side of practice to those who desperately need it without asking for their first born. When Dr. Amy Holliday told me that Upper Cervical Health Centers had moved from a franchise to a membership model I had to find out more. I vetted UCHC for several months and then decided to jump in with both feet. I became convinced that UCHC is the way to fulfill this little passion of mine to help other doctors become successful so that Upper Cervical becomes the force it needs to be. There is strength in numbers but an upper cervical community of highly successful doctors is a much greater force.
