The Association of Pool & Spa Professionals

THE ASSOCIATION OF POOL & SPA PROFESSIONALS bers; a lot of our pool builders started out as landscapers, who learned how to build pool projects, so they’re associate members. We have some governmental members - regulators, pub- lic health officials - because we have people who build and service commercial pools. We have educators, insurance companies, and dif- ferent groups that look to do business with our members and they become associate members.” APSP is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia with 26 local chapters around the country. The Virginia staff of 14 run the education, govern- ment relations, standards, membership, and fi- nance departments. “There are four staff mem- bers who work remotely,” adds Caniglia. “One is our Western Director on the ground in Cali- fornia, Arizona, and Southern Nevada, working on membership, education issues, and chapter growth. Then I have our Government Relations Director in Florida who handles the entire country. She works on Capitol Hill with our lob- byist (who I do not count as one of our staff). Then, there is my Education Director who lives and works out of Colorado Springs; she travels the world for our education program. I have another Education Department staff member who also works out of Colorado Springs. He’s a full-time contractor who helps develop our new products and does a lot of our technical work online.” Caniglia says that the head office communi- cates with the membership via email, a weekly newsletter, and under an agreement with Aqua Magazine, a national trade publication. “We