Senior Fellows

Ray Castle, PhD, ATC, LAT

Dr. Castle currently is the Athletic Training Program Director and Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the School of Kinesiology at Louisiana State University, a position he has held since 2002. He has been a BOC Certified Athletic Trainer since 1991, LSBME credentialed athletic trainer (LAT) since 1994, and is an American Red Cross Instructor since 2005.

Dr. Castle has an extensive background in education, clinical practice, and professional service over the last 20 years. In athletic training education, he led LSU’s efforts in obtaining its first ever CAAHEP-accredited athletic training program in April 2004 and most recently through its CAATE re-accreditation in 2009. Dr. Castle’s clinical practice background has included experiences at the clinic (Baton Rouge Physical Therapy; Lake Charles Memorial Sports Medicine), high school (Catholic High School in Baton Rouge), college (University of Southern Mississippi; University of Louisiana-Lafayette), and international (1996 Atlanta Olympic Games; USOC Sports Medicine Staff for 2003 Pan American Games; and 2004 US Women’s Bobsled) levels.

Dr. Castle has been a highly active member of the athletic training profession, having made over 50 presentations at the local, state, national and international levels, numerous publications, as well as serving on various organization committees at state, district, and national levels. Dr. Castle has served on a number of committees over the years for the LATA, and most recently is a member of the Secondary School Athletic Trainers’ Committee, as well as participating in the development group for the Secondary School Sports Medicine Curriculum Program. On the district level, Castle is currently Co-Chair of the Southeastern Athletic Trainers’ Association Annual Athletic Training Student Clinical Symposium (2002-present), as well as serving on the SEATA Corporate Partnership Committee and SEATA Athletic Training Educator Conference Planning Committee.

At the national level, he has served as chair of the NATA Educational Multimedia Committee (2004-08) and as a voting member of the NATA’s Education Council Executive Committee (2004-08). In June 2010, he joined the NATA Research and Education Foundation Board of Directors as the NATA District IX Board Member. Outside of the profession, he currently serves as the LSU Company Leader for the Capital Area Chapter of the American Heart Association. Additionally, he currently serves on various departmental, college, and university-wide committees/councils at LSU, including the Communication Across the Curriculum (CxC Advisory Council) and the Moodle Development Advisory Committee (MDAC).

David M. Hall

Born and Raised in Sinking Spring Pennsylvania, Dave graduated from Bloomsburg University with a BS in Marketing.

Dave spent 32 years at State Farm in Operations Leadership where he also earned his CPCU and ALCM designations Since then, Dave has served as the Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Coordinator at Paycom, and is currently the Disaster Recovery Architect at the City of Tulsa.

Dave served as an adjunct instructor at Indiana State University Department of Insurance & at Oklahoma State University, is a Senior Fellow at the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute at LSU and served 3 terms as the Insurance Industry representative on the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission.

Dave has served as a volunteer for the Institute for Business and Home Safety, as the chairman of the Loss Control Interest Group for the Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, as the national Chair of the Insurance Interest Groups for the Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters

He is the founder and former Chair of the Disaster Resistant Business Council – A Public/Private partnership designed to raise Business Continuity Planning awareness and participation with small businesses.