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Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Political Action Committee was established in 2025 for support of candidates who are sensitive to the issues that affect the athletic training profession.
LAT-PAC is connected to LATA, but is a group that provides campaign contributions to approved office holders and candidates on behalf of ATs in Louisiana.
Although the LAT-PAC is crucial to supporting the interests of the athletic training profession, the voluntary contributions (donations) of members of LATA and other outside individuals looking to improve the status of Louisiana athletic trainers
LATPAC Mission Statement
The Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Political Action Committee (LAT-PAC) mission is crucial to supporting the legislative interests of the athletic training profession in Louisiana through the voluntary monetary contributions of ATs and healthcare workers of Louisiana. The LATPAC will be cognizant and supportive of office holders and candidates who are sensitive to the issues that affect the athletic training profession, regardless of their political association.
LATPAC Vision Statement
The LAT-PAC, in combination with The Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association Governmental Affairs Committee and Public Relations Committee, will continue to explore, create, develop and deliver opportunities for the members of the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association membership to gain access to supportive legislation for the benefit of the profession.
LAT-PAC will provide the members of the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association with complete transparency and accountability while raising and spending funds for political action.
2025 Management Board
Cory Couture Scott Cochran Chad Arceneaux Jordan Blough Deanna Meloncan
A political action committee (PAC) is a general term that describes different types of political committees regulated by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and campaign finance law. For individuals that want to band together to influence an election, the default PAC is the traditional nonconnected committee. Under federal election law, a nonconnected committee is any committee that conducts activities in connection with an election—and is not one of the other three defined political committees, which are:
- Party committees, which represent a political party and are part of the official local, state or national party structure
- Authorized committees, which have been authorized by a candidate to accept contributions or make expenditures on the candidate’s behalf
- Separate segregated fund (SSF), which are established, administered or financially supported by a connected organization (either a corporation or labor organization)
A political action committee (PAC) is a general term that describes different types of political committees regulated by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and campaign finance law. For individuals that want to band together to influence an election, the default PAC is the traditional nonconnected committee.
Any organization required to report to the FEC as a political committee is waived from providing separate notice to the IRS of tax-exempt status under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). Because PACs qualify for tax-exempt status under section 527, PACs are often also referred to as 527s. However, not all 527s are PACs.
Section 527 organizations are required to be organized and operated primarily for the purpose of directly (or indirectly) accepting contributions or making expenditures, or both, for an exempt function. The exempt function of a political organization is influencing or attempting to influence the selection, nomination, election or appointment of an individual to a federal, state, or local public office, or office in a political organization. Activities that directly or indirectly relate to or support an exempt function are exempt function activities and a political organization’s primary activities must be exempt function activities to be within the law.