MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
April 27, 2023
The Honorable
Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council
of the District of Columbia
John
A. Wilson Building
l350Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
In accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law
2-142; D.C. Official Code
§ 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 215 of the District of Columbia
Health Occupations Revision Act
of 1985, effective March 14, 1995 (D.C. Law 10-205;
D.C. Official Code§ 3-1202.15), I am pleased
to nominate the following person:
Ms. Regina McLinden
4th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
(Ward 6)
for appointment as a massage therapist licensed in the District member
of the Board of Massage
Therapy, replacing Joseph Reo, for a tenn to end October 29, 2025.
Enclosed you will find biographical infonnation detailing the experience of the above
mentioned nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the
confirmation process.
I
would appreciate the Council's earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation.
Please do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor's Office of Talent
and Appointments, should the Council require additional infonnation. 1
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Chairman Phil Mendelson
at the request
of the Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
14 To confirm the appointment of Ms. Regina McLinden to the Board of Massage Therapy.
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16 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
17 resolution may be cited as the "Board of Massage Therapy Regina McLinden Confirmation
18 Resolution of 2023".
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20 Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
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22 Ms. Regina McLinden
23 4th Street, SW
24 Washington, DC 20024
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27 as a massage therapist licensed in the District member of the Board of Massage Therapy,
28 pursuant to section 215 of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985,
29 effective March 14, 1995 (D.C. Law 10-205; D.C. Official Code§ 3-1202.15), replacing Joseph
30 Reo, for a term to end October 29, 2025.
31 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
32 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
33 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. Regina
Mclinden
LMT, CMLDT, ESTHETICIAN
Contact
Credentials
DC Licensed Massage Therapist
Mf2295
DC Certified Esthetician
CSES5200716
Klose Training CMLDT
KTM1020PA12
AMTA: DC Chapter
Chair: Commun irt:y Outreach
Commit
tee
Board Secretary
American Red Cross
CPR:+ First Aid Certified
lTM Chiang Mai (Thailand)
Certified Thai Massage Levels I- IV
Education History
CIDESCO Skincare Certification 2018-2019
Tajmeel: Qatar International Beauty School
Massage Therapy Diploma 2017
American Massage and Bodywork Institute
High School Diploma with Honors
Fauquier High School
Currently Enrolled
2014
Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC)
Work Experience
Global Wellness Options
Founder
Nov 2020 -Present
• Managing day to day operations of a self-owned
massage practice, including customer relations,
advertising, regulatory adherence, and charitable work
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Providing direct services as a licensed massage
therapist
Eaton Hotel Oct 2019 - Present
Massage Therapist: Community Outreach
• Organizing and executing charity massage events for
unserved members of the community to receive free
bodywork services.
The Watergate Hotel
Massage Therapist
Oct 2017 - Jan 2021
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Providing direct services as a licensed massage
therapist in a lux ury environment informed by Forbes
standards for protocols
• Traveling internationally to visit product providers
and receive education on treatment methods * * * WEARE
WASHINGTON
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Executive Office of the Mayor -Office of Talent and Appointments
John A. Wilson Building I 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 I Washington, DC 20004-
Regina McLinden
Ms. Regina McLinden is a licensed massage therapist and founder
of Global Wellness Options.
Throughout her career, Ms. McLinden has been a dedicated
massage therapist, esthetician, and certified manual lymphatic
drainage therapist. At Global Wellness Options, her practice is
uniquely eclectic, utilizing worldly training in different massage
modalities that explore luxury spa services. Ms. McLinden
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deeply involved with the entire wellness journey of her massage
clients and provides in-depth work that is tailored to individual
needs. She provides direct services
as a licensed massage therapist, with gentle approaches to
muscular and lymphatic manipulation.
Ms. McLinden believes in the power
of bodywork to serve as a tool in social justice movements
to empower, nurture, and comfort communities that would benefit from soft touch the most. She
started Global Wellness Options to make such services available to everyone who was ready
to
amplify their approaches to self-care. To expand her reach, Ms. McLinden has since partnered
with Eaton Workshop DC, to extend free massage and lymphatic drainage services
to
underserved members of the community and social activists. She currently serves as the chair of
the AMTA DC Chapter's Community Outreach Committee, as well as the secretary of their DC
board. Ms. McLinden is also a District
of Columbia certified esthetician, certified in CPR and
first aid from the American Red Cross, and ITM Chiang Mai certified in Thai massage levels I
to
IV.
A Ward 6 resident, Ms. Regina McLinden is a student majoring in Psychology.
* * * GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
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WASI-IINGT ON
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Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
To:
From:
Date:
Subject: Tommy Wells, Steve Walker
Betsy
Cavendish
March
31, 2023
Legal sufficiency review
of Resolutions nominating Cary Bland, Johanna Brook s,
Maisha Goss-Johns, and Regina McLinden as members of the Board of Massage
Therapy
This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced resolutions and
found them to be legally unobjectionable.
If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
hesitate to call Vanessa Careiro, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office
of the Mayor, at
202-724-1303, or me at 202-724-7681.
Elizabeth A. (Betsy) Cavendish
The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsyl vania Avenue, NW • S uite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724-7681